Morning light streaming through tall pines at a wooded mountain campground in Colorado
A Wooded Campground · San Juan Mountains

Unplug under
the pines.

Shaded sites, cool mountain air, and a trout creek running past your tent.
No screens required — the good stuff's already out here.

Plan Your Escape See Sites & Cabins
Pines
Tent Loop
Trout Creek
Campfires
Miles of Trails
Camp Store
The Whispering Pines Way
Cell service optional.
Campfire mandatory.

We're a family-run campground tucked into ninety acres of ponderosa pine, high in Colorado's San Juan Mountains. The kind of place where the kids come back for dinner smelling like woodsmoke and nobody knows what time it is.

Roll in with a rig, a tent, or just yourself and a sleeping bag. Grab a cabin if you'd rather not pitch. However you camp, the creek's cold, the stars are loud, and the coffee's on by six.

— The Hollis family, since '74
Ways to Stay

Pick your patch of forest.

Three honest ways to spend the night under the pines — from a full-hookup site for the rig to a cabin with a porch and a creek out front.

Shaded RV campsite under tall pines
$45/nt

Shaded Sites

90 Sites · RVs & Trailers

Level gravel pads under a real pine canopy, with partial and full hookups. Room for the rig, a fire ring at your feet, and shade all afternoon.

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Rustic log camping cabin among the pines
$95/nt

Camp Cabins

12 Cabins · Sleep up to 4

Snug log cabins with a covered porch, a couple of bunks and a real bed. No tent to pitch, no plumbing to fuss with — the bath house is a short walk.

Peek inside →
Tents pitched in a clearing ringed by pines
$32/nt

The Tent Loop

Walk-in & Drive-up

Soft, shaded tent sites along the creek loop, each with a fire ring and a picnic table. Fall asleep to the water and wake up to the birds.

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Postcards from the pines.
A family playing at the creek
Creek days & skipping stones
A hiking trail through the forest
Trailheads right out back
A dog at a forest campsite
The good boy approves
Life at Camp

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

No water park, no lazy river, no arcade blinking at midnight. Just the honest camp stuff done right — and a store for the marshmallows you forgot.

Trout Creek
Miles of Trails
Camp Store
Campfire Rings
Hot Showers
Firewood & Ice
Dog-Friendly
Playground
A campfire with string lights at duskCampfire o'clock
The rustic camp store
The trout creek running through the pines
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0Elevation
'74Since
From the Logbook

What folks write down.

★★★★★Aug '25

"Kids didn't ask for a screen once in five days. They were too busy in the creek. That's the whole review, really."

The Marlow FamilySite 41 · Albuquerque, NM
★★★★★Jul '25

"Cabin 7 has the best porch in Colorado. Coffee, pines, the sound of the creek. We rebooked before we left."

Dana & Rob K.Cabin 7 · Denver, CO
★★★★★Sep '25

"Real fire rings, level pads, and a family that actually runs the place. Cleanest bath house we've found all summer."

Full-timers, 34' AirstreamSite 12 · on the road
Straightforward Rates

No surprises at check-in.

Honest nightly rates, kids and dogs included.
Stay a week and the seventh night's on us.

$32Tent Site
$45Shaded Site
$95Camp Cabin
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Tall pines silhouetted against a starry twilight sky
Your Campfire's Waiting

Come get lost.
On purpose.

Summer sites and cabins fill up early. Tell us your dates and we'll hold your spot in the pines.

Reserve Your Stay
Whispering Pines Campground · Est. 1974

Sites, Cabins & Tents

90 Sites · 12 Cabins · 24 Tent Spots

Ninety wooded acres, laid out in easy loops along the creek.
Here's every way to stay, and exactly what it runs.

Shaded RV site under the pines
01 — Shaded Sites

Room for the Rig

From $45 / night · partial & full hookups

Ninety level, gravel-pad sites spread through the ponderosas, so you get real afternoon shade instead of an asphalt griddle. Most take rigs up to 40 feet, with 30/50-amp power, water, and a fire ring and picnic table at every site. Full-hookup sites along the lower loop add sewer.

Up to 40 ft rigs
30/50-amp power
Partial & full hookups
Fire ring & picnic table
Real pine shade
Level gravel pads
Steps from the bath house
Firewood at the store
40'Max Length
50aPower
90Sites
Log camp cabin exterior
02 — Camp Cabins

Porch Included

From $95 / night · sleeps up to 4

For the nights you'd rather not pitch. Our twelve log cabins keep it simple and cozy — a queen bed plus a bunk, a covered porch with two chairs, heat for the cool mountain evenings, and a lantern-lit table. No plumbing inside; the spotless bath house and hot showers are a short stroll down the loop.

Queen bed + bunk
Sleeps up to 4
Covered porch & chairs
Electric heat & lights
Mini-fridge
Fire ring & picnic table
Bath house nearby
Bring your own linens
4Guests
12Cabins
1Great Porch
Cozy interior of a creekside cabin
03 — Creekside Cabins

Water Out Front

From $120 / night · most requested

Four cabins sit right on the creek loop, close enough to hear the water from bed. A touch roomier, with a little kitchenette, a half-bath, and a private deck that hangs over the bank. These are the ones that book first — and the ones people drive back for year after year.

On the trout creek
Kitchenette
Private half-bath
Creek-view deck
Queen + bunk · sleeps 4
Heat & lights
Fire ring at the water
Only four available
4Cabins Only
½Bath
10'To The Creek
Tent sites in a forest clearing
04 — The Tent Loop

Just You & the Pines

From $32 / night · walk-in & drive-up

The quiet corner of camp. Soft, shaded tent sites along the creek — some you can pull right up to, a handful of walk-ins for the folks who want a little more hush. Every site has a fire ring, a picnic table, and a flat, cleared pad for the tent. Water spigots and the bath house are close by.

Walk-in & drive-up
Creekside shade
Fire ring & table
Cleared, flat tent pad
Water spigots nearby
Quietest loop in camp
Steps from the trailhead
Stargazing wide open
24Tent Sites
8Walk-ins
0Bad Ones
The Full Rates

What it runs.

StayStandardPeak (Jul–Aug)
Tent SiteWalk-in or drive-up · fire ring · creekside
$32/night
$38/night
Shaded Site (partial)30/50-amp · water · shade
$45/night
$55/night
Full-Hookup SitePower · water · sewer · lower loop
$55/night
$68/night
Camp CabinSleeps 4 · porch · bath house nearby
$95/night
$115/night
Creekside CabinKitchenette · half-bath · creek deck
$120/night
$145/night
Weekly stay (7th night)Free
Extra vehicle$7/night
Firewood bundle$9
Bag of ice$4
Well-behaved dogsFree
Kids under 12Free

Rates per night for two adults; kids under 12 stay free. Peak season runs July–August and holiday weekends. A one-night deposit holds your reservation. We're open May through October — the road snows in for winter. Check availability →

Whispering Pines Campground · Est. 1974

The Local Area

San Juan Mountains · Colorado

We sit deep in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, where alpine lakes, old mining towns and one very famous train are all a short drive from your fire ring.

The Ranger's Map

Where we send our campers.

The country around camp, drawn the way we'd sketch
it on the back of your site map.
Click a numbered waypoint to jump to its field notes.

A hand-drawn map of the country around Whispering Pines Campground with six numbered waypoints: trailheads at camp, Molas Pass north, downtown Durango and the Durango–Silverton railroad south, the Animas River between, and Mesa Verde National Park southwest. THE LANDS AROUND WHISPERING PINES San Juan Mountains · Colorado · drawn from memory & mostly right N San Juan Mountains Animas River US 550 the steam train Timberline Rd Silverton Durango WHISPERING PINES YOU ARE HERE Trailheads 1 Molas Pass 2 3 Downtown Durango 4 The Railroad 5 Mesa Verde 6 LEGEND Highway The steam train Cold water 1 Worth the drive ≈ 10 miles, as the raven flies

Mostly to scale. The good parts are exactly where we say they are.

Out the back gate

No car needed

Trailheads Out the Back Gate

Right here

You don't have to drive anywhere to hike. Our own trails connect to the national forest, from an easy creek loop the kids can handle to all-day climbs into aspen groves and high meadows. Ask at the store and we'll point you to the wildflowers.

Half-day trips

Back for the campfire

Molas Pass & the Alpine Lakes

30 min north

Colorado's high country at its most jaw-dropping. Crest Molas Pass at 10,900 feet for wide-open tundra, wildflower meadows in July, and glassy alpine lakes a short walk from the road. Bring a jacket — it's a different world up there, even in August.

Downtown Durango

45 min south

A historic railroad town that never lost its charm. Brick-front Main Avenue is full of good coffee, better breweries, gear shops, and river outfitters. It's where our guests reprovision — and where you'll want dinner after a long trail day.

The Animas River

50 min

Raft it, tube it, or drop a line in it. The Animas runs cold and lively out of the high country, with guided whitewater above town and mellow floats below. A classic San Juan afternoon when the trails can wait.

The big day out

Pack a lunch

Durango & Silverton Railroad

45 min to the depot

The famous coal-fired narrow-gauge train has been climbing this canyon since 1882. Ride it from Durango up to the old mining town of Silverton along the Animas River — one of the great train trips in the country, and a perfect rainy-day plan.

Mesa Verde National Park

1 hr 15 southwest

Eight hundred years of history carved into the cliffs. Tour the ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, drive the mesa-top loop, and catch a ranger talk. A big, unforgettable day trip — leave early and pack a lunch.

DURANGO · 45 MIN SILVERTON · 40 MIN MOLAS PASS · 30 MIN AIRPORT (DRO) · 1 HR MESA VERDE · 1 HR 15
Getting Here

Worth the drive.

Whispering Pines is off Timberline Road outside Timber Hollow, up a paved county road with an easy grade — no white-knuckle passes to reach us.
Fuel up and grab groceries in Durango on your way in.

Paved all the wayEasy-grade county roadLast fuel & groceries: Durango
Whispering Pines Campground · Est. 1974

Save Your Spot

A Real Person Answers · (970) 555-0148

Tell us your dates, your crew, and whether you’re bringing a rig, a tent, or nothing but a sleeping bag.
We’ll hold your place in the pines.

Contact & Reservations

Tack up a note.

The office is the little log store at the entrance, and yes — a person answers the phone.
Pin your note to the board and we'll get back to you, usually the same day.

Camp Bulletin Board
Find Us

4120 Timberline Road
Timber Hollow, CO 81147

Ring the Store

(970) 555-0148
Daily · 8am – 7pm in season

Write Us

hello@
whisperingpinesco.com

Check-In & Out

In from 2:00pm
Out by 11:00am

The Season

"The gate opens in May and closes when it snows. Up here, that's October." — the Hollis family

Found

One very good dog. Answers to anything if you're holding a hot dog. Claims to own Site 41 — inquire at the store.

Request your stay.
A quick note — no obligation. We'll confirm what's open.
Asked Around the Campfire

Before you roll in.

When are you open?+

We run May through October. Up here at 6,800 feet the road snows in for winter, so the gate closes once the weather turns. July and August are our busiest — and our prettiest, with the high-country wildflowers in full swing. Spring and fall are quieter, cooler, and a favorite of ours.

What size rig can you take?+

Most of our shaded sites handle rigs up to 40 feet, with 30- and 50-amp power and water; the lower loop adds full hookups with sewer. We're a mountain campground with real trees, so a few sites are cozier — tell us your length when you book and we'll match you to a pad that fits. Bigger than 40 feet? Give us a call and we'll sort it out.

Is there cell service and Wi-Fi?+

Honestly? Barely, and that's kind of the point. Cell coverage is spotty in the canyon, and Wi-Fi reaches about as far as the porch of the camp store, where you're welcome to check in with the outside world over a coffee. Out at your site, plan to be gloriously off the grid.

Do the cabins have bathrooms?+

Our standard Camp Cabins don't — they're the simple, cozy kind, with heat, lights and a mini-fridge, and a spotless bath house with hot showers a short walk down the loop. The four Creekside Cabins do have a private half-bath and a little kitchenette. All cabins are BYO linens, or rent a bedding set at the store.

Can we fish the creek?+

You bet — that trout creek is one of the best things about the place. It runs cold and clear right through camp, with a catch-and-release stretch along the tent loop. You'll need a Colorado fishing license (easy to grab online or in Durango), and the store stocks a few flies and the local know-how to go with them.

Are dogs allowed?+

Always. Good dogs stay free and are welcome on every trail in camp. We just ask that they're leashed around the sites and the store, that you clean up, and that they're not left alone at your site — the local wildlife is real, and we'd like to keep everyone friends.

How do I book, and what's the deposit?+

Send us the form or call the office and we'll confirm what's open and hold it with a one-night deposit; the balance is due at check-in. Summer weekends, the cabins, and the creekside sites book months ahead, so the earlier you reach out, the better your odds of the good spots.

Whispering Pines Campground · Est. 1974

The Camp Rules

Short · Friendly · Bear-Aware

A short, friendly list that keeps the pines quiet, the creek clean, and the bears where they belong.

Check-In & Check-Out

Check-in is 2:00pm and check-out is 11:00am. Getting in late? Call ahead and we'll leave your site assignment and a map at the store — the loop is easy to find in the dark, and we'll have a spot lit for you.

Need an early arrival or a late departure? Just ask; if the site's open we'll do our best to flex.

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Reservations & Deposits

A one-night deposit holds your reservation, with the balance due at check-in. We take all major cards. Weekly stays get the seventh night free, and kids under 12 always stay free.

Cancellation

Cancel seven or more days before arrival for a full refund of your deposit. Inside seven days the deposit is non-refundable but transferable once to another date the same season. Because our season is short, cabin and holiday-weekend bookings are held a little more firmly — we'll always spell it out when you book.

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Campfires & Firewood

Fires belong in the fire rings, and only when there's no county fire ban in effect — we'll always post the current status at the store, so check in when you arrive. Buy your firewood here or nearby and leave any you don't burn; hauling wood in from home moves tree-killing pests, so please don't. Drown your fire dead before bed.

Quiet Hours & Speed

Quiet hours run 10:00pm to 7:00am so everyone gets their mountain stars and their sleep. The camp speed limit is 5 mph — for the kids, the dogs, and the folks walking to the bath house in the dark. Generators are fine during the day at reasonable volume, but off during quiet hours.

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Pets

Good dogs are welcome free of charge and on every trail in camp. Keep them leashed around sites and the store, clean up every time, and never leave them alone at your site. A couple of breeds are restricted by our insurance — the list is at the office if you're unsure.

The Creek, Trails & Wildlife

Fishing needs a Colorado license, and the tent-loop stretch is catch-and-release. Swim and wade at your own risk — mountain water is cold and moves fast after rain. This is bear and critter country, so store all food, coolers and scented things inside your rig, cabin or vehicle overnight, and pack out what you pack in. Give the wildlife plenty of room; a fed animal is a lost animal.

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Tents, Rigs & Guests

Site rates cover two adults and your kids under 12; a couple of extra adults are welcome at a small nightly rate. One rig or up to two tents per site, please, and one vehicle — extra vehicles use the $7 rate or the overflow lot. Day visitors should check in at the store first. Above all: leave your patch of forest better than you found it.

That's the whole trail — see you at the campfire.