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06-01-2020, 11:00 AM
While traveling in Colorado, we were in Durango with the intention of camping in Silverton and Ouray on our way to Moab, UT. Well, Silverton cancelled because the sheriff was not allowing outsiders into town due to Covid, so we swung west to Cortez, then north on hwy 145 toward Telluride, and ultimately Ouray.
We stumbled on Priest Gulch Campground & RV Park about 37 miles north of Cortez and just love this place. The Dolores river runs through the campground and many sites back up to the river. The campground is beautifully wooded and the sites are very large with fire rings overlooking the river. You can sit in your chair around the fire, drink beer and fish - all at the same time. All the free firewood you care to burn too. Unfortunately for us we visited during a drought/burn ban so that big beautiful pile of free split firewood was off limits. Couldn’t even use my charcoal grill.
This campground is so far out in the middle of nowhere that there is no cable or OTA tv. Couldn’t even pick up a radio station. Cell phone signal was strong for voice, but couldn’t send or receive text and email most of the time. The WiFi was ok at times and unreliable at other times. Some sites were able to use satellite tv, but most sites were too wooded. Closest grocery store was about 30 miles away in Dolores, so we bought some new movies and got provisions before leaving civilization. If we could have had campfires it would have been all the nightly entertainment we would have needed.
Some may see being almost entirely off the grid as a drawback, but not us. This is a very beautiful and peaceful campground in dark sky country. Aint it great when things don’t go as planned, but go far better.
We stumbled on Priest Gulch Campground & RV Park about 37 miles north of Cortez and just love this place. The Dolores river runs through the campground and many sites back up to the river. The campground is beautifully wooded and the sites are very large with fire rings overlooking the river. You can sit in your chair around the fire, drink beer and fish - all at the same time. All the free firewood you care to burn too. Unfortunately for us we visited during a drought/burn ban so that big beautiful pile of free split firewood was off limits. Couldn’t even use my charcoal grill.
This campground is so far out in the middle of nowhere that there is no cable or OTA tv. Couldn’t even pick up a radio station. Cell phone signal was strong for voice, but couldn’t send or receive text and email most of the time. The WiFi was ok at times and unreliable at other times. Some sites were able to use satellite tv, but most sites were too wooded. Closest grocery store was about 30 miles away in Dolores, so we bought some new movies and got provisions before leaving civilization. If we could have had campfires it would have been all the nightly entertainment we would have needed.
Some may see being almost entirely off the grid as a drawback, but not us. This is a very beautiful and peaceful campground in dark sky country. Aint it great when things don’t go as planned, but go far better.