CO Journey RV Park

Campground in Simla, CO • 19 RV Sites

CO Journey RV Park sits in Simla, Colorado, on the Eastern Plains of Elbert County about 30 minutes east of Colorado Springs—a new park in a small agricultural town that functions as a genuinely quiet alternative to the crowded RV parks and campgrounds that fill up in the resort corridors of the Front Range and mountain communities during the Colorado summer season. The park serves both travelers moving through on US-24 and the I-70 corridor and those seeking a convenient, affordable base for exploring Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region without paying mountain-resort prices for a campsite. Full hookup sites with 30 and 50-amp electric service, water, and sewer are standard across the site inventory. Scenic picnic areas and fire pits provide the outdoor communal space for evenings on the plains, where the unobstructed horizon delivers sunset views across the flat grassland that stretches east toward Kansas without interruption. The park is pet-friendly and accommodates a range of RV sizes in a new, clean facility that has been built to modern standards rather than accumulated through decades of incremental expansion. Simla's small-town character means the park operates with the kind of owner attention that larger commercial parks cannot sustain, a difference that traveling campers often notice immediately. Simla sits in the heart of Elbert County's agricultural plains, where the high-altitude grassland that covers this part of the Colorado Piedmont has supported cattle ranching and dryland wheat farming since the homestead era of the late nineteenth century. The landscape here is big-sky country in the classic sense—wide open, sparsely populated, and defined by the relationship between the flat ground and the enormous Colorado sky rather than by any topographic feature at ground level. The distant profile of Pikes Peak visible to the west on clear days is a daily reminder of how close the mountains are despite the landscape's unmistakably plains character. Paint Mines Interpretive Park, a Elbert County open space property about 20 minutes from the park, protects a series of dramatically colorful sandstone and clay formations eroded from the Dawson Formation into hoodoos, spires, and gully walls painted in shades of pink, rust, purple, and cream—one of the more visually surprising geological formations on the Eastern Plains and a particularly rewarding sunrise or late-afternoon photography location. Colorado Springs is a 30-minute drive and provides the full range of Pikes Peak–region destinations: Garden of the Gods, the Broadmoor resort area, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Pikes Peak itself, reachable by the Pikes Peak Highway or the Broadmoor Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway, rises to 14,115 feet and provides one of the most accessible fourteener summit experiences in Colorado. CO Journey RV Park is open year-round in a high-plains climate where winter is cold and windy but rarely brutal and summer is warm with low humidity. The Eastern Plains location means the park avoids the thunderstorm and lightning frequency that makes exposed mountain camping precarious in July and August, and the proximity to Colorado Springs allows guests to drive up to the mountains for the day and return to a quieter, more affordable campsite in the evening. The park's newer infrastructure and affordable rates make it a sensible choice for budget-conscious travelers exploring the Pikes Peak region.

Campground rules and policies

Check-In Procedure
- While each park attempts to accommodate your exact spot request, the on-site manager has the ultimate decision for spot placement.Arrival Times
- 2:00 PM - 11:00 PM.Children Policy
- Children are welcome with an accompanying adult.Pet Policy
- No aggressive dogs.
- Must be on a leash under the control of the owner.Credit Card Security
- Your credit card information is stored and processed securely.