This is a nice, smaller Forest Service campground featuring a spectacular view of its namesake Sleeping Elephant Mountain (elev 9600) to the east. The sites are best for tents, pop-ups or smaller RVs or vans, as the campground road is narrow and most of the site parking spots are short and unlevel. There is access to the Poudre River across the road for fishing. Note that it is a fee area and the campground and pit toilets are well maintained.

I love this area its absolutely beautiful great access to hiking the river the mom and pop stores if you need some supplies I have camped here for a wk every year!!!!

What an absolutely beautiful place! One of my favorite mountains! There’s nothing special about it, nothing that separates it to much from other Mountains except it’s shaped like a sleeping elephant! About an hours drive from Fort Collins up through Poudre Canyon, you can’t miss the sign lol! I however couldn’t find a trailhead to this beauty! If there is someone please comment! I bushwhacked the majority of it and followed a few elk trails and crossed the poudre to get to the top! So route finding is a must! During summer the waters rip through here, us caution crossing, as for winter ice is thick and solid, use caution and know what to look for when walking on ice. The peak is roughly 9,100 ft. With an isolation of 1.7 miles its quad peak is Boston Peak.

One of our favorite spots! Just went up there today so check the damage from this past fire season. OMG! The firefighters saved almost if not all the campgrounds up the canyon to mile marker 78. Thanks to all the heros that saved this awesome area!!

Nice spot right off the road. We got the last spot available, fortunately, and had a lovely time hearing the flowing river and stargazing at night.

The facilities are always clean and the campgrounds are kept. This campground is a sure shot when the lower campgrounds are full.

We love this campground. Be very careful with your small pets as Bears like to stroll through from time to time. The car alarm seemed to work very well to scare him off.

This canyon was way busier than we expected and we ended up driving a bit further in than we intended. This was the only campsite we could find with space and we took the last possible spot. The fee was a bit steeper than I would expect from public lands, probably due to a for-profit third party managing the area. The campground is nice and arranged in such a way that your neighbors seem not to be there. There are ticks in the area due to the closeness of the river. Overall, this was what I expected and it was an enjoyable overnight and a wonderful drive up and back down the canyon.

Ok place to camp if everything else is full. You have to cross the highway to get to the river. About a third of the sites are in full sun. All sites are small.

Very clean facilities we go every year for a wk for 13 yrs now and we love it

Very nice campground, not very many sites have a big enough area to put up a big tent though.

This canyon had a lot of camping options but they were all full. This was the last option that we could find. There was a tiny little pad to sleep on. Like it was good but just not the camping experience we were expecting. Snooze you lose.

Beautiful view, quiet camping spot on the Poudre River

Overall it was a good place for a primative camp site, no hookups.

Great views from the campground. Be careful there are bears around the place.

Our camp host Mark helped us with issues when a bear got into our food. Gave us great advice for next time. He also helped us with a problem we were having with our RV. Ed and his wife, also camp hosts, helped us track down Mark and came to our site to make sure our problem was solved. Thanks to all of you.

Dont feed the elephants!!

Quiet peaceful and relaxing

Beautiful