Happy Meadows

Happy Meadows Campground is situated along the South Platte River near the Eleven Mile Reservoir and Eleven Mile Canyon. Excellent fishing, tubing and hiking await visitors. Eleven Mile Canyon is rich in natural resources and historic significance; originally called Granite Canyon, its towering gray walls rise 500 feet above the river. World-class trout fishing is a major attraction on the South Platte. Visitors can also venture to Florissant Fossil Beds to view fossils and petrified redwoods, and Eleven Mile Canyon and the Tarryall Valley offer scenic drives with impressive views. Happy Meadows offers seven RV campsites. Each site has a picnic table and a campfire ring. Drinking water from a water pump and a vault toilet are available. Campsites are a short walk to the lovely South Platte, a major tributary of the Platte River that runs through Colorado and Nebraska. As part of Pike Forest, Happy Meadows enjoys abundant and varied wildlife, seven peaks above 14,000 feet, called fourteeners, and miles of great trails. The town of Lake George is just 3 miles away, offering a general store, fish tackle and bait shop, and cabin rentals.