San Luis Valley Campground
- May–Sep
- best months
Clear at last check
Weather is good · OpenWeather · checked 14 h ago
- At 7,958 ft
San Luis Valley Campground is a campground in Colorado, about 2 miles from the town of Villa Grove. It sits in the San Luis Valley, a high-elevation basin in the state's southwest corner, and serves as a base for exploring the surrounding area's hot springs, hiking and paddling. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Saguache weather station show July highs around 80°F with lows near 50°F, while winter highs stay in the mid-30s. The station sits a few hundred feet lower than the campground, so temperatures here run slightly cooler. Clayton Camp is about 2 miles away, and Valley View Hot Springs is roughly 8 miles off. For hiking, Cottonwood and Kelly Creek are both within about 6 miles.
Local outfitters
- Joyful Journey Hot Springs4 mi away
- Valley View Hot Springs8 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Clayton CampCamping1.7 mi
- Joyful Journey Hot Springs RV SitesCamping3.6 mi
- CottonwoodHiking5.7 mi
- Kelly CreekHiking6.2 mi
Valley View Hot SpringsCampingPhoto: Dan Nevill, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)7.7 mi
Electric PeakHikingPhoto: lamblukas, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)7.7 mi
San Luis CreekCanoeingPhoto: Scarpy, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)7.8 mi- Black CanyonHiking7.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Valley View Hot SpringsCamping · ~13 min drivePhoto: Dan Nevill, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Vallie BridgeCamping · ~27 min drivePhoto: LeeAnne Adams from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
O'Haver CampgroundCamping · ~31 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Cotopaxi Arkansas River KOACamping · ~33 min drivePhoto: LeeAnne Adams from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Camper VillageCamping · ~34 min drivePhoto: Ej Lowell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Salida EastCamping · ~34 min drivePhoto: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Four Seasons RV ParkCamping · ~35 min drivePhoto: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Monarch ParkCamping · ~49 min drive
- Alvarado CampgroundCamping · ~40 min drive
- Clayton CampCamping · ~3 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Mineral Hot SpringsHot spring · ~6 min drive
- Electric PeakHiking · ~13 min drivePhoto: lamblukas, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- San Luis CreekCanoeing · ~13 min drivePhoto: Scarpy, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Galena PeakSummit · ~13 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Hot SpringsMountain biking · ~15 min drive
Best time to visit San Luis Valley Campground
Best months: May–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
36° / 7°
3 wet
Feb
41° / 11°
3 wet
Mar
51° / 22°
4 wet
Apr
59° / 27°
4 wet
May
68° / 36°
4 wet
Jun
77° / 44°
5 wet
Jul
80° / 50°
8 wet
Aug
79° / 49°
11 wet
Sep
73° / 40°
7 wet
Oct
62° / 30°
4 wet
Nov
49° / 20°
3 wet
Dec
36° / 8°
2 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Saguache, CO, 13.8 mi away at 7,701 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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