Sand Dunes Swimming Pool & RV Park

WOW! This campground was not what we were expecting given the name on Campendium; however, we were thoroughly surprised by the oasis in the desert! This campground is located 30-40 minutes from the Great Sand Dunes and is a true hot springs oasis for the community! We stayed 2 nights in the RV sites, then, moved over to their dry camping sites to stay longer. This campground has a kid friendly natural hot springs swimming pool AND an adults only greenhouse hot springs area with bar (food and drinks) completely isolated from the kids! The Greenhouse holds 4 hot springs pools of various temperatures and a great bar that stays open from 8am to 10pm. There is also fish feeding ponds on the property for afternoon strolls. Cellular reception was 3-5 bars (Verizon). Full laundry facility, showers, and dump station available (even for those just passing through).

We really enjoyed our stay here! Justin the manager is awesome and truly took care of us while we were there.

We arrived to an empty campground at the end of November. The prices were reasonable and the hot spring pools were an amazing feature. I’m not sure how people are only rating this place 4 stars because it checked all the boxes for us and our family during our 3 day stay. We took advantage of everything they offered (food, laundry, showers, pools, etc) except we dry docked. The views are a HUGE bonus.

Really only booked for the convenience near great sand dunes and the showers. It was relatively convenient but neither shower worked. After using up many quarters sent staff an email and called and left a message, neither of which they ever responded to. Also, there was a car partially blocking the road at the entrance and something seemed odd around the park. Spend your time somewhere else if you can.

We stopped here for a few days to visit Great Sand Dunes National Park. The RV park itself is a tightly packed dirt lot with water and 30 amp electric. There are also some dry camping sites. We did not visit the hot spring fed swimming pool. It was a good place to stop for a few days, nothing fancy, but it worked for what we needed. The options near Great Sand Dunes are pretty limited.

The main pool is a little run down, but the water temp was awesome! They also have an adults only pool with great food and bar in the greenhouse. Campers get 1/2 off pool admission. Site was level with water & electric only (even though they said it was full hookup). Dump on site. They only have 10 of these sites and lots of dry spots in the back. Very close to Great Sand Dunes National Park. Can get very windy here. We’d definitely stay again.

This place is like a desert oasis. The pools are hot spring fed and there is a adult only soaking pools which I would highly recommend. For the two of us we paid $10 for adult only soaking pools. In the adult only area there is a bar & food service. RV area does get dusty and you might want to check but I think the sites are only 30 amp with water but no sewer. Also has decent wifi.

This was a decent campground with several drawbacks. In general, the sites were decent, the bathrooms were clean, and the view of the mountains were great. Far and away the best (only?) reason to stay here was the proximity to Great Sand Dunes NP (still 40 miles from the park entrance). Positives: Pool, gift shop, on-site food/bar, sand board rentals for park experience. On the downside, the sites were super tight (our water hook up was under the awning of our neighbor), the “additional bathrooms” were porta-potties, and you have to pay to use the pool and pay to use the (just two) showers. The pool is a public pool and was loaded with people who weren’t camping, to the point that the kids didn’t ever want to swim while we were there.