Picnicking

* The use of disposable or portable charcoal grills, wood fuel camp stoves, and gas grills is allowed for food preparation as adjuncts to fire grates provided by the park in auto campgrounds and picnic areas. Where portable grills are allowed, the used charcoal and ash must be completely extinguished and disposed of in trash receptacle.

• Day use picnicking is prohibited in all five campgrounds from the Friday before Memorial Day through the end of September: Aspenglen, Glacier Basin, Longs Peak, Moraine Park, Timber Creek. Any picnicking which interferes with overnight campers is prohibited at all times.
• Horses and other stock are not permitted in auto campgrounds and picnic areas.

 

East Side	Tables	Fire Grates	Use of Portable Grills *	Toilets	Notes
Beaver Meadows Visitor Center	4	0	No	Flush restrooms	Open year-round
Big Thompson/Kaley cottages	2	0	No
Copeland Lake			Yes
Endovalley	32	30	Yes	Vault toilets
Hidden Valley	4 tables in pavilion, scattered tables on hillside	0	Yes	Flush restrooms year-round
Hollowell Park	10	0	Yes	Vault toilets	Open all year
Lawn Lake Trailhead	3	0	No	Vault toilets
Lawn Lake Horse Ramp	2	0	No
Lily Lake	4	0	No	Vault toilet	Shore trail open all year
Lily Lake group picnic area Available by reservation only; $350 administrative fee to reserve area	12	0	Only self-contained grills only with special use permit	Vault toilets next to parking lot at Lily Lake	¼ mile walk to picnic area
Longs Peak ranger station	7	0	No	Vault toilet
Park & Ride	3	0	No	Vault toilet
Sprague Lake	27	16 pedestal grills	Yes	Summer flush toilets. Winter vault toilets	All handicap accessible. Open all year
Tuxedo Park	2 by road + 5 or 6 by the stream	0	Yes		Open all year
Upper Beaver Meadows	10	6	Yes	Vault toilet	Walking access only in winter.
West Alluvial Fan	8	0	Yes	Vault toilet	More tables along the road
Wild Basin Trailhead	8	0	Yes	Vault toilets	Additional tables along the road

 

West Side	Tables	Fire Grates	Use of Portable Grills *	Toilets	Notes
Beaver Creek	4	4	No
Beaver Ponds	6	6	Yes
Bowen/Baker	3	0	Yes	Vault toilets	Accessible
Colorado River	6	4	Yes	Vault toilets
Coyote Valley	7	0	No
Harbison Meadows	4	4	Yes
Holzwarth Historic Site	3	0	Yes	Vault toilets
Kawuneeche Visitor Center	6	6	No	Flush toilets at Visitor Center	Open year-round
Lake Irene	8	0	Yes	Vault toilets
Timber Lake Trailhead	8	8	Yes	Vault toilets