Aspenglen Campground — Rocky Mountain National Park

Aspenglen sits just inside the Fall River Entrance, so it’s the natural base camp for running Old Fall River Road. You’re a few minutes from the Endovalley picnic area where the one-way dirt climb begins. It’s a standard National Park Service campground: numbered sites, ponderosa pine and aspen overhead, and the Fall River close by. Expect picnic tables, fire rings, flush toilets and potable water. It’s a good place to drop camp, then run the road in the morning before the crowds and afternoon storms.

This is a reservation-driven campground and fills fast in summer, so book through Recreation.gov well ahead. Old Fall River Road is one-way uphill, gravel, and generally opens around the Fourth of July once the snow lets go. It has a vehicle length limit, and RMNP has run timed-entry systems in recent seasons. Verify campground dates, site length limits, fire restrictions and entry rules with the park before you roll in. Spots are tight for big rigs. Quiet hours and food storage rules are enforced; elk and bears are both around.

Closest NPS camp to Old Fall River Road