Tunnel View Recreation Site
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area
Write a Review CR-384A Buena Vista, CO 81211 719-530-5520 Official WebsiteGPS: 38.8686, -106.1474
Overview of Tunnel View Recreation Site
Accessibility is not guaranteed, always scout ahead before driving down dirt roads.
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Last Price Paid: $0
Reported by Chuck on 8/6/2024
Longest RV Reported: 36 feet (Class A)
Reported by Bruce on 7/26/2021
Pad Type dirt
Elevation 8,136 ft / 2,479 m
Max Stay 14
Max Length 30 ft
Tent Camping Yes
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Reviews of Tunnel View Recreation Site 24 people have reviewed this location.
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Confirmed by 13 Users
Last reported 8/6/2024
Confirmed by 8 Users
Last reported 5/18/2024
Confirmed by 4 Users
Last reported 7/26/2021
“watch for animals ”
Reviewed 8/6/2024
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 14 |
| Site Number: | 12 |
| RV Length: | 25' (Class C) |
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last year a cougar came into camp, seen by the ranger. This year two bears were getting into trash every night.
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Chuck would stay here again
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“Beautiful Scenery On The Arkansas River”
Reviewed 5/18/2024
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 10 |
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Great spot. Quiet and clean. Sites are well spaced. The Arkansas River runs right along side. Lovely setting.
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kcook would stay here again
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“Worth The Stay”
Reviewed 10/16/2023
| Days stayed: | 1 |
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| Site Number: | 11 |
| RV Length: | 30' (Travel Trailer) |
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We stopped here on our way to Durango with our 30’ TT. Its easy to find off Hwy 24. The narrow road descending into the valley was a bit scary but once down there the sites are well marked, level and maintained. The views all around are magnificent. Well worth the stop over.
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CR57 would stay here again
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“Really nice, but not a lot of sites”
Reviewed 10/7/2023
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 9 |
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This is not really dispersed camping, because there are specific marked sites. You could probably get away with just parking on the grass, in other than a marked site, but I'm not sure. The place was mostly filled up when I was there on a Fri night, but I was able to find one that was open and it wasn't far from a river and could wa... more
This is not really dispersed camping, because there are specific marked sites. You could probably get away with just parking on the grass, in other than a marked site, but I'm not sure. The place was mostly filled up when I was there on a Fri night, but I was able to find one that was open and it wasn't far from a river and could walk back there and really beautiful.
Cell service was not strong. I occasionally had one bar with Verizon and about the same with AT&T. There is a long steep one lane entrance road to the camping area, and would not be fun to have someone coming the other one. One vehicle would have to back up, for sure. Anyway I would stay here again if it worked out.
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Jwalker would stay here again
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“Great Dispersed Camping”
Reviewed 5/29/2023
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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Road is flat and easy to drive on, campsites are spread out and there are many of them. The only downside is that this site attracts a lot of side by side drivers - so is noisy and dusty when they drive by.
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camper-822733 would stay here again
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“Perfect Spot In BV”
Reviewed 10/12/2022
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 4 |
| Site Number: | 16 |
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Awesome BLM Camp. Very Spaced Out And Quiet. Sites To The South Have Better Cell Coverage. The North Ones Are Prettier With River Front Sites. Drive Down Hill Is A Little Nerve Racking.
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Parks31 would stay here again
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“Poor Entrance”
Reviewed 9/27/2022
| Days stayed: | 7 |
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| Site Number: | 11 |
| RV Length: | 30' (Class C) |
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I can only give this campground a three rating due to the terrible entrance road. It’s a very steep road with deep potholes, large rocks and no gardrail. I feel its very dangerous for my class C RV.
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Verizon 4G
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“Incredible, With River Access”
Reviewed 8/30/2022
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 15 |
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I absolutely love this campground and will be back soon. Most spots have access to the Arkansas river and except for 3 of them that are meant for tent camping, the rest are quite separated from each other. The road down is narrow but easy for a van. Spots are for all sizes. Although this is a 100% free campsite, there is a host who i... more
I absolutely love this campground and will be back soon. Most spots have access to the Arkansas river and except for 3 of them that are meant for tent camping, the rest are quite separated from each other.
The road down is narrow but easy for a van. Spots are for all sizes.
Although this is a 100% free campsite, there is a host who is very friendly and will go above and beyond to help everyone.
There are 3 portapotty which are super clean.
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EmEn would stay here again
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“Amazing spot - feels remote but close to town”
Reviewed 7/16/2022
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 3 |
| Site Number: | 4 |
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Great campground less than 10 minutes into town. The road down into the campground from the trailhead is pretty narrow with some dips, but we made it just fine with our 27’ airstream. Once you get to the bottom of the hill, the road splits and there are sites on both sides. The campground host is super friendly and helped us get a s... more
Great campground less than 10 minutes into town. The road down into the campground from the trailhead is pretty narrow with some dips, but we made it just fine with our 27’ airstream.
Once you get to the bottom of the hill, the road splits and there are sites on both sides. The campground host is super friendly and helped us get a spot when we pulled in at night.
We ended up in site #4 which was huge and level (turn left at the base of the hill and it’s the second to last site). All of the sites for the most part looked good - all sit right on the river and the campground was really quiet at night. There’s a trail that runs along the river that we could access right out the back of our campsite so easy fishing access.
We had planned to only stay one night but ended up staying three because this spot was so good.
Cell reception was okay - 2-3 bars on Verizon.
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Jon would stay here again
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“Very spacious”
Reviewed 4/30/2022
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 3 |
| Site Number: | 4 |
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We stayed here in one site and then moved to a better site the next night. #4 was best for bigger trailers. They were all spaced far apart most along the river. Once you come down the entrance, if you go to the right towards the rock outcrops you cannot turn around with a trailer. We had to back out! Should have scouted first. At dus... more
We stayed here in one site and then moved to a better site the next night. #4 was best for bigger trailers. They were all spaced far apart most along the river. Once you come down the entrance, if you go to the right towards the rock outcrops you cannot turn around with a trailer. We had to back out! Should have scouted first. At dusk the Antelope come down to bed! Very cool. We were to get some snow one night and decided that we should move to a more established camping site (went to hecla junction). The road down to the river valley is a single path rutted shelf. We were worried if muddy we might not get back out for a few days. We would definitely stay again.
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Kent would stay here again
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