Westcliffe Fall Excursion - Sept. 20-23
Wed, Sep 20
|Westcliffe/Alvarado Campground
It's the Miata time of year! Make it more memorable, with a few starlit nights in Westcliffe!
Time & Location
Sep 20, 2023, 2:30 PM – Sep 23, 2023, 4:30 PM
Westcliffe/Alvarado Campground, Westcliffe, CO 81252, USA
About the Event
Fall is when I often head to Westcliffe for a few nights of dark-sky camping at the nearby Alvarado Campground. I plan to do that with my Miata, beginning Wednesday, 20 September. It's quiet there this time of year, no reservations required and lots of campsites to choose from, but a word of warning -- the easy road into the campground has a mile or so of washboardy gravel. I can fit my tent and comfy camp mattress into my 1999, and I eat and shower in town, so I don't pack any cooking stuff.
Not into Miata camping? There are lots of lodging options in town. It's a beautiful time to be in the Wet Valley (correction Wet Mountain Valley) in a Miata. There are lovely, lonesome drives out of the area, and the Mt. Princeton and Valley View hot springs are easily reachable. (The latter includes three miles…