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Place near Longmont, CO
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Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:04 pmby Shazza
Hey all you amazing Colorado people.. I have the opportunity to spend one overnighter with my 19yo daughter looking for last minute near Longmont CO with water, trees for Sat noon to Sun evening.... Any suggestions?
Posted:
Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:36 pmby Pete B
Hello Shazza,
St. Vrain State Park, formerly Barbour Ponds, is right on I-25 (not great!) at one of the Longmont exits. Here is the website:
http://parks.state.co.us/Parks/stvrain/ ... nHome.aspx
I've never stayed there, but it would be convenient. There are probably other places not far from Longmont and up in the foothills, but I don't know of any. Hope this helps. Pete
Posted:
Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:19 pmby asianflava
We've lived here for just a couple years so we haven't visited too many local places.
We checked out St Vrain, we weren't too crazy about it it had lakes but no trees. If you're willing to drive a little bit, Boyd Lake is pretty nice. It's about 20miles away in Loveland. There are camping areas in RMNP, but we couldn't check them out because there were closed when we drove thru the park.
If you're really wanting to camp in town, the only other place I can think of off the top of my head is at the fairgrounds.
Posted:
Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:32 pmby ssrjim
Is that at the nuclear plant?
Thanks so much
Posted:
Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:06 pmby Shazza
Thanks guys.... I don't really want to camp in town. Just within a half hour to an hour away or so away......
I wonder about the lake.... mmmmm
Posted:
Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:28 pmby bdosborn
West Lake Campground in the Red Feather Lake region. We were up there two weeks ago and it was awesome. Its probably too late for a reservation though.
http://campincolorado.com/federal/arapa ... _lake.html
You can also find some spots above Bellaire Lake. PM me for details.
Bruce
Posted:
Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:14 pmby bdosborn
Well how did that spot work out for you?
Bruce
Posted:
Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:13 amby Shazza
Hey Bruce.. my daughter came in sick... and spent the entire time with a fever and sleeping.. Guess she came home to have me take care of her... So I'll head up to your spot hopefully in the next week or two.
Thanks a bunch!
Posted:
Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:40 amby asianflava
You should try to make it to the Last Gasp gathering. We'll all be there.
Posted:
Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:38 amby bdosborn
Not only is the price right but it's the only gathering in Colorado...
Bruce
Posted:
Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:48 amby doug hodder
ssrjim wrote:Is that at the nuclear plant?
It closed in '92....went natural gas in '96. Doug