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Rocky Mountain National Park
Picnicking

East Side

Tables

Fire

Grates

Portable Grills *

Toilets

Notes

Beaver Meadows Visitor Center

4

0

 

 

 

Big Thompson/Kaley cottages

2

0

 

 

 

Copeland Lake

 

 

Yes

 

 

Endovalley

32

30

Yes

Vault toilets

 

Hidden Valley

4 tables in pavilion, scattered tables on hillside

0

Yes

Flush restrooms open all summer and winter weekends

 

Hollowell Park

7

0

Yes

Vault toilets

Open all year

Lawn Lake Trailhead

3

0

 

Vault toilets

 

Lawn Lake Horse Ramp

2

0

 

 

 

Lily Lake

2

0

No

Vault toilet

Shore trail open all year

Lily Lake group picnic area

12

0

 

 

¼ mile walk to picnic area

Longs Peak ranger station

7

0

 

Vault toilet

 

Park & Ride

0

 

 

Vault toilet

 

Prospect Canyon

2

0

 

 

 

Prospect Canyon south

1

0

 

 

 

Sprague Lake

27

16

Yes

Summer flush toilets. Winter vault toilets

All handicap accessible. Open all year

Tuxedo Park

2 + 5  or 6  by the stream

0

Yes

 

Open all year

Upper Beaver Meadows

10

6

Yes

Vault toilet

Walking access only in winter.

West Alluvial Fan

8

0

Yes

Vault toilet

 

Wild Basin Trailhead

8

0

Yes

Vault toilets

Additional tables along the road

 

 

West Side

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beaver Creek

4

4

No

 

No portable grills

Beaver Ponds

6

6

Yes

 

 

Bowen/Baker

3

0

Yes

Vault toilets

Accessible

Colorado River

6

4

Yes

Vault toilets

 

Coyote Valley

7

0

No

 

No portable grills

Harbison Meadows

4

4

Yes

 

 

Holzwarth Historic Site

3

0

Yes

Vault toilets

 

Kawuneeche Visitor Center

6

6

No

Flush toilets at Visitor Center

No portable grills

Open all year

Lake Irene

8

8

Yes

 

 

Timber Lake Trailhead

8

8

Yes

Vault toilets

 

 

 

* The use of disposable or portable charcoal grills, wood fuel camp stoves, and gas grills is allowed for food preparation as adjuncts to fire grates provided by the park in auto campgrounds and picnic areas. Where portable grills are allowed, the used charcoal and ash must be completely extinguished and disposed of in trash receptacle.

  • Day use picnicking is prohibited in all five campgrounds from the Friday before Memorial Day through the end of September: Aspenglen, Glacier Basin, Longs Peak, Moraine Park, Timber Creek. Any picnicking which interferes with overnight campers is prohibited at all times.
  • Horses and other stock are not permitted in auto campgrounds and picnic areas.
A photo of arrowheads that archeologists found in the park.  

Did You Know?
The area now known as Rocky Mountain National Park has been occupied by human beings for 10,000 years. Archeologists have found more than 300 prehistoric sites at elevations ranging from 8,000 to 13,000 feet above sea level.
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Last Updated: July 02, 2008 at 14:09 EST