| Description: Chatfield offers the Denver metro area everything one could wish for- an expansive reservoir with a marina, miles of trails, a livery, & even a hot air balloon launch site & a model airplane field. The campground has 153 sites, & there are also ten group sites. Great blue herons nest at Chatfield from March through September in the heronry on the south side of the park. Fishing, sailing, boating, waterskiing, & swimming in the reservoir. Fishing for yellow perch, crappie, bass, catfish, bluegill, & bullhead. Ice fishing & cross country skiing in the winter.
Location: From Denver, take Wadsworth Blvd. (CO 121) south past C-470, & turn left into the Park at the Deer Creek entrance.
Season: year round.
Fee: entrance fee, fee for camping. |