Lightner Creek Campground, Durango, CO
We’re parked in site #34 at Lightner Creek Campground, just outside of Durango.
Our site is a “30 Amp Creek Site”, with full hookups. With friends in #33, there’s plenty of room between and in back of both rigs. Unfortunately Lightner Creek is dry this time of year, but the tall shade trees along the creek provide welcome shade to the afternoon sun.
Other than the full hookups, these sites are fairly rustic with level gravel/dirt back-in area and a picnic table but no pad or fire ring. There’s a fair amount of deferred maintenance in the park from crumbling asphalt driveways to untrimmed trees. But, the park did provide trash pick-up at each site – daily at 11AM sharp!
Lightner Creek Campground, site #34
We are configured “awning-to-awning” with a motor coach in site #35. There’s a semi-private wooden fence between the two sites, but it was as if you were in conversation with your neighbors, and their dogs lunged and barked loudly at the fence anytime we walked outside.
Lightner Creek Campground, site #35
Lightner Creek Campground, site #36, premium patio site
The pool and laundry room were open on an appointment basis, all other public amenities closed, dog park, shower house, office, camp store. The pool was cold – even though they advertise a “heated pool”. They told us they have switched to “solar power” (which seems to mean, we’re no longer heating it), but are doing nothing to retain the heat during the cold overnights.
Lightner Creek Campground
Lightner Creek is a nice location, but at a bit over $60/night, we don’t rate this campground as a good value. Next time we’d probably check out other parks in the Durango area.
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