The Riverside campground is located on the southeast end of the dam along the Smoky Hill River and the facilities include: 25 camping sites (16 electric and 9 non-electric), dump station, shower house, playground, 9 hole disc golf course, and river access.Ĭampgrounds contain level campsites, picnic tables, and fire rings. The Venango campground is located on the northwest end of the dam and the facilities include: 126 camping sites (81 electric hookups with 30 having both water and electricity), boat ramp, dump station, primitive group camp area with shelter house, reservable picnic shelters, shower house, swimming beach, playgrounds, ATV area and nature trail. During the months of 1st October - 30th April in Venango Campground utilities are unavailable with primitive camping available free of charge. There is a $10 per night utility fee at sites with electrical hook-ups from the 1st October – 30th November and 1st April - 30th April in Riverside Campground. A private concessionaire manages the Tower Harbor Marina.įees for Venango and Riverside Campgrounds (1st May - 30th September) include $20.00 electric/water, $18.00 electric, and $14.00 non-electric. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism manage Horsethief and Langley state parks. The Corps manages two of these campgrounds - Venango and Riverside. Do they talk, absolutely, but there are 2 separate and individual RMP's which guide how the particular resource is managed and what decisions are based upon in most cases, the instruction manual for the resource so to speak.Īs to the fire bans not being contiguous in RH and WW, while I wasn't privvy to the decision making in this instance, I would guess that one of the reasons for the discrepancy is, there's a lot more dry grassland in RH then their is in WW, which is contained mostly in a steep walled canyon with very little grassland, not to mention the user days in RH being triple that in WW (that was an estimation, but looking at the WW ramp on a Sunday afternoon, I get that feeling).Four developed campgrounds are conveniently located around Kanopolis Lake. The Colorado BLM and the UT BLM are 2 separate entities, managing RH and WW thru their respective offices. While RH is contained by the boundaries of Mesa County, it's managed by the Colorado BLM as it's federal land. Nothing to do with the Federal Government always makes sense, but I'll try and expand a little. Never get between a mother and her cub even if the cub appears to be alone or sick.Ĭlick the link below for more bear safety tips!.Never approach, crowd, pursue or displace a bear you see ahead on the trail. Ěvoid surprising bears by making noise, as bears will avoid you if they can hear or smell you.Loose dogs can startle bears and cause them to chase the dogs back to their owners. Keep your pets leashed and secure their food between meals.Keep your tent free of strong smelling lotions, perfumes and food.Never sleep in the clothes you cooked in.Properly store food and garbage away from your tent.While away from camp, secure food and garbage. All food, toothpaste, soda and juices, and other bear attractants should be secured away from tents. It's that time of year again where we have had several bear sightings along the Colorado River in Ruby-Horsethief.
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