Mesa Verde National Park · caps RVs at 40 ft
Morefield Campground holds 15 full-hookup pull-throughs (40 ft) inside the park — the largest in-park RV concessioner operation. Cliff dwelling tours sell out in hours; book the moment the window opens.
40ft
full
Yes
Mid-April – mid-October
Morefield Campground holds 267 sites including 15 full-hookup RV pull-throughs at a 40-ft cap, runs mid-April through mid-October, and is the largest single concessioner-operated RV facility inside any national park. The trade-off is the four-mile access road from the entrance to the mesa top — a steady 4-5% grade with two switchbacks — and then a separate 21-mile drive each direction to the actual cliff dwellings at Chapin and Wetherill Mesas. Tour reservations for Cliff Palace, Balcony House, and Long House open two weeks ahead and sell out within hours all summer. The mesa-top loop roads accept any rig length to the major overlooks, but the Step House and Far View Sites pullouts shrink for 35-ft+ rigs. Dumping at Morefield, on-site.
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How to book this park
Reservations + adjacent staging
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Other national parks in Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Trail Ridge Road climbs to 12,183 ft at a sustained 6-7% — bring transmission cooling and trust your brakes. Moraine Park is the year-round 40-ft basecamp on the east side.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
South Rim Campground holds 35-ft rigs with electric — only hookups in the park. North Rim is gravel and 22 ft; East Portal's 16% grade road is closed to any RV.
Colorado rules · last verified 2026-05-10
- Rental tax
- 7.60%
- Min driver age
- 21+ std · 25+ Class A
- Gravel roads
- Varies by rig — verify with vendor
- Generator quiet
- 22:00-07:00
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