8 Places for Great Glamping and Unique Colorado Camping
Looking for a different camping experience or a camping experience that doesn’t feel like camping at all. Here are eight Colorado gems for great glamping and unique camping…
- Yurts
It may surprise you to know the numerous places in Colorado from which you can rent a yurt. A few options include AirBnB yurts, there are 20 or so of them in almost every conceivable variety. Colorado Yurt Company has yurts that you can both view and stay in. If you are feeling financial fooloose and fancy free check out the full-fledged glamping yurt – yours for $500+/evening.
- Cabins in State Parks and on State Land
Of course you can camp in Colorado’s State Parks, but why not glamp, in a state owned cabin for not much more money and a lot more comfort. Seven of Colorado’s State Parks, from Mueller State Park near Colorado Springs and Golden Gate Canyon State Park to Steamboat Lake State Park or Vega State Park southwest of Glenwood Springs. See all State Park cabins as well as the unique USDA cabins which are not only charming but budget friendly (some for as little as $20/night). You can also go all out and stay in a cabin at the luxury Dunton Hot Springs.
- Tiny House Hotel in Lyons, Colorado
Headed to Rocky Mountain National Park and looking for a unique place to stay? Check out Wee Casa in Lyons, Colorado, 30 minutes outside of the park. Each of the 12 tiny homes ranges between 135 and 250 square feet each and ooze charm and character.
- Restored RVs
Colorado, being Colorado, has not one but many options if staying in a restored vintage RV suits you. Check out Starlite Classic Campground in Canon City to have your pick of ten mid-century RVs or trailers.
- Sleep in a Fire Tower
Fifty five feet in the in air and a few miles outside of Mancos, Colorado (northeast of Mesa Verde) is Jersey Jim’s Fire Tower used as a fire lookout by the US Forest Service until the 1970s. True to its original form it comes with the actual furniture used at the time, heat, lights, a refrigerator and a stove. You can stay in the fire tower for a budget friendly $40 / night, late May through mid-October.
- Stay in the Only Hotel in a Colorado National Park
Although Colorado has four national parks, there is only of them that has lodging – Mesa Verde National Park. The 150 room Far View Lodge boasts “fantastic views, warm hospitality, superb dining and 60 newly renovated rooms.” The cell-phone-service, TV and smoke free Fair View Lodge was designed to honor the tranquility and beauty of Mesa Verde. All rooms come with private balconies to allow for stargazing – all evening long.
- A Tiny Caboose or a Covered Wagon (or Both)
For a two and a half hour drive from Denver and $70/night for a covered wagon or $175/night for the tiny caboose you can enjoy some of the most unique accommodations right on the edge of some of the best hot springs in the Western U.S.
- Stay in a Tipi
Escape to Gunnison, Colorado and unwind from life for in a tipi for only $40/night. If a drive to Gunnison doesn’t fit the agenda, what about Larkspur, Colorado? Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park & Campground rents tipis for $61/right.
