Town Park

This park is beautiful and located at the south end of town. The weekend I was there, they had the hot balloons. It was great to see all the families come out.

Pretty magical park with loads of events all year round. They also have a campground attached which has pretty nice bathrooms. It can be pretty crowded during the events, but it's all about the fun, great views of the mountains and a nice little Creek and River to play and enjoy loads of other activities around the park, including a cool skate park and a stage and an inside ice skate rink

Awesome public pool that has ample space for dozens of patrons on a hot summer day. They have two climbing walls that you can ascend directly from the pool and then jump back in from the top. $9 entry fee per person. Highly recommend stopping in here on a hot day to cool off and relax poolside.

We would stay here again. Great location. Booked a walk in tent site. Little more packed than I’d prefer. Our site was probably the worst due to a walking trial nearby and passerbyers with poor navigation skill walking through our site next to our tent…. Gate at front with attendant. Annoying to have to open and close it ourselves every time we entered and left. Showers are nice. Require $1 bills only though to get tokens. So I was stuck with only two 75 second tokens

It may be cliche' but what a lovely urban park. The mountain view is breathtaking and it's conveniently located near the stores of downtown Telluride. Loved the view of the waterfalls and wish next time I'll have time to climb up to Bridal Veil falls or others of the local gems. I've been for a festival but would certainly go back even on a non-event day.

Nice little Park. Really pretty. Good bathrooms with water fill up station

The Telluride Blues Festival is flipping fantastic. The view, the people, the volunteers, the vendors and the bands were welcoming and lovely. What a great event this is.

I only saw this place when it was packed with campers at the Bluegrass Festival. But I imagine if it was just a regular weekend, it would be the bomb. Very nice area with amazing views.

The campground attendant, Fred, was so welcoming. You can hear the pride he takes in the facilities. He made our stay the best we had in any campground this summer. We will definitely be back.

Beautiful park in Telluride. It has a river moving through it and I could have stayed there all day listening to the running water. Honestly forget the high priced restaurants and touristy shops and art galleries and spend a day at the park.

The location and campground/park facilities (ie pool & ball fields) were incredible, and my family and I enjoyed them very much. Unfortunately, our interactions with the Campground host Fred were incredibly negative and left us reconsidering if we would return to the Town Park campsite following our visit. When we arrived at the town park campground at 8pm, Fred welcomed us by angrily sharing that he had been waiting up for us, without so much as a hello. Although we had booked a walk-in tent campsite, I had to reiterate a number of times to Fred that we had a tent and would not be sleeping in our car. The next morning, as a single parent I decided to make our breakfast on a camp stove within our assigned parking area to save time and energy from moving the cooler and stove back and forth to our campsite. Fred drove over in his golf cart and again without a greeting informed me that cooking near your vehicle was against the rules and then proceeded to take pictures of our family and kitchen set up without asking our permission. When I asked, Fred was unable to show me where preparing your meals in your assigned parking spot was against park rules. For the remainder of the visit my family and I moved our gear back and forth to our campsite to prepare meals to avoid further confrontations with Fred. Fred continued to bully and antagonize our family from the comfort of his golf cart for the remainder of our stay. Ironically, a site that provided on site parking remained vacant for the entirety of our stay, and although I brought this to Fred's attention several times, Fred instead prioritized being unpleasant and unhelpful. Hoping that this review will encourage the Telluride Town Park leadership to replace Fred with a campground host that appreciates the beauty and guests of this truly stunning campground,

I want to start by saying this is the only park in the town and it offers tons of amenities. Pool, multiple jungle gym/playgrounds, soccer field, river to fish, baseball fields and tons of areas to hang out and relax while enjoying the beautiful scenery. The reason for our visit was a baseball tournament and sadly we were quite disappointed by the fields. For being such an expensive and historic town, the fields were amongst the poorest we have seen. There is no actual fence to specify the outfield (on one field), no dugout for the players (it's a park bench) with no covering, infield is all dirt and the backstop is maybe 5 feet from home plate. The park itself is beautiful and has plenty to do and offer other than baseball fields.

Why two stars: Positives: Beautiful facilities! The bathroom is a token shower but the water is hot, it was great. There are sinks with hot water to do dishes another positive. The sites are pretty darn nice for a town campground! You still have trees around you. The views are fantastic and so close to town with paths that take you right there. Negative: The camp host!!!! He is very aggressive and grumpy. We had a car site the first night then a tent site. When we came to check in he was very confrontational because we have an ikamper and he wanted to make it clear we could not sleep in that for the tent sites. Correct sir we have a tent in the car for that night. Still very agressive repeated himself multiple times to the point I invited him to come check that night to see for himself we will have two tents set up and a screen tent! I can read and on your website it says that so I do understand! And there was no reason to be so rude!! Not everyone is trying to break the rules or take advantage! The Camphost then tells you when you come and go move the cones but when you go to move the cones he comes out very confrontional stating he does not recognize you and want to know if you are staying here. Maybe instead say welcome back, maybe ask our name and, what site are you at? Or just see we have your parking pass on the dash. Then our next incident was he gave us the wrong parking pass for our tent site and he came at us again stating we did not have the appropriate pass but sir is this pass not the one you gave to us when we checked in and and this is in fact your hand writing! Then we had friends coming to meet us she drives a converted van. Apparently (not on their website) there is a size stipulation for vehicle parking for tent sites. So even though she had a tent and we were going to park our car elsewhere, she was not allowed to park here because her van is too big. HOWEVER there was a van the same size as hers with people sleeping in it parked at the tent sites for the first 2 nights. I tried to talk to the camp host who was extremely rude again. So then waited for business hours and went to check in they said it is up to their "descretion". This is not appropriate! If there is a "rule" (it is not on the website) everyone should have to follow it. We felt very unwelcomed and it ruined our experience and their first time to Telluride! Please update your website with all of your rules and regulations so there is no more "discretion". Also maybe find someone who is actually friendly to be the host, I am not the only one who has said he is unwelcoming.

A rating of two stars means "could've been better" and, in fact, it could have been. The campsite itself is WONDERFUL in so many ways. This negative rating is only due to the host, FRED, whose goal seemingly was to make sure campers did not enjoy themselves. He was described by campers at 4 other campsites as, "Uh oh, this guy is miserable", "He was a jerk to us when we checked in", " He was a total d**khead", and "He is an a**hole". He was all of that and more. I have been camping for decades and have never once had a bad camp host. It is rare to meet someone as negative as Fred. He is aggressive for no reason. He is nosy and questions people unnecessarily. More than unhelpful, he goes out of his way to hurt your experience and make things complicated and a problem at the camp ground when they don't need to be. I have never once written a negative review (even when it was warranted) but after seeing that someone wrote about the negative camp host experience last year, I feel it is necessary in hopes that Telluride Parks and Rec will recognize that it is time for a new host. Based on what the other reviewer wrote, I am guessing she too had Fred as a camp host. I encourage more people to write an honest review of their experiences with Fred so that there is a chance he will be replaced with an acceptable host, allowing us to enjoy the beautiful camping experience Telluride has to offer.

We walked down the main drag of Telluride, which is what most people will do. The shops, the restaurants, and all the touristy fun mountain town things. It was fun--though during COVID, much trickier and less shopper/diner accommodating than it surely must be otherwise--and we were nearing the end. As we saw the last block of buildings appear, I felt a great desire to suddenly be in a park. I felt it so strongly that I said out loud, "Oh, you know what would be great here? If there was a big ol' park at the end of town." Well, like some kind of parks prophet, we walked past the last buildings and saw a river, and then what appeared to be groomed grass way on the other side. A minute more of walking and we saw the sign: Town Park. Giddy, we popped over the river and to the parking lot, and found exactly what we wanted: a HUGE city park, complete with picnic tables, sports courts, a stage/amphitheatre, BBQ grills, a fishing pond, restrooms, and lots and lots of trees for shade. But the greatest thing it has is fresh mountain air and those views. THOSE VIEWS! We hadn't planned on finding the park, so we had to go all the way back and get the car on the other end of town, but we rolled the dice and drove right to the parking lot, and two cars were leaving as we pulled in. We parked at the heart of the park, got out, found a grove of trees, and did what anyone should do on vacation: hammocking. We hung our hammocks, laid in them, read, talked, laughed, napped, and let the afternoon air wash over us. We left the heat below us, and at 8K+ feet, it was perfect weather. The soundtrack of people laughing, playing frisbee, and a couple of dudes "rescuing" fish out of the now-drained fishing pond and releasing them into the main river; that was our music in the background. We came to discover this park has so much more, including a campground that looks to be pretty nice, if not a little crowded and packed in. There are playgrounds, a pool (though I'm not sure if it's open to the public or just locals, and certainly not sure about that during COVID), pickleball, tennis, volleyball, basketball, skate park, and during the winter, sledding and ice skating. Look, Telluride can be a spendy town. And it's a fun town. A destination. But for us, there was some real magic in discovering this incredible park, setting up a hammock, and just being in the mountains on a lazy afternoon.

This is specific to the playgrounds in Town Park, but I've walked the entire park as well and it's lovely! This is the large park area you can see as you're about 1/4mi up on the Bear Creek Trail. There is a little league field and a couple baseball diamonds. A small pool rec center and larger playground is nearby those baseball fields. This is a pretty cool playground with a couple sand pits, two swings, monkey bars, and it looks like a castle. My 6yo and 8yo loved it, but were disappointed when we had to leave because other kiddos and their families were not following the COVID guidelines to wear masks. We also checked out the toddler playground (it was empty) because they have a little rock structure for 5-12yo kids to climb. This is located on the other side of the park, close to the city. Overall, the kids rated this pretty high considering the minimal playground options in Telluride, especially when the one at the beginning of town is closed during school hours.

-Gorgeous campground. Telluride is insanely beautiful. You're surrounded by mountains. -The only campground in Telluride. You will find other camping in the area but this is the only camping spot within walking distance of town. -2019 season dates: May 10th - Oct 7th. -First-come, first-served. -28 vehicle sites (10 are larger to accommodate most RVs): $33.00 / $20.00 for seniors 59+. (Limits: 6 people, 2 vehicles, or 1 RV (pop-ups, trailers, and detached campers are considered vehicles). -5 walk-in sites: $19.00 / $14.00 for seniors 59+ (Limits: 4 people, 1 vehicle, no RVs). -No hook-ups provided. -Info and registration center on location: Open 8am - 5pm, 7 days a week. There is a self-registration kiosk available (cash only) if you happen to snag a spot after hours. -There are actual bathrooms with showers ($3.00 in quarters buys you 5 minutes of hot water; quarters available in the office). -There is cell service since it's located right by the downtown area. CAMPGROUND RULES: -7-day camping limit within a 30-day period. -Check-out time: 11am. -Quiet hours are from 10pm - 8am daily. -No wood fires, only charcoal (grills available). -Dogs allowed, on a leash. GETTING A SPOT: Snagging a spot can be tricky as Telluride is a popular destination and this is the only campground. According to their website, the way it works is "campers must leave some obvious, physical object such as a vehicle or tent at an available site in order to claim it. Once you have claimed the site in this way, we can proceed with your camping registration in the Information Center. All license plate numbers and camper names are needed for registration." Essentially, you have to drive around and look for an empty site (unlikely) or for a site where people appear to be packing up or are slated to leave (each site has registration stickers with the check-out date on a wooden pole). These stickers are rather tiny and hard to see from a car so I recommend parking your car in the large parking lot (this is a town park) and walking around. This way, you can look at the stickers and see which sites are expected to clear. You can even bring a physical object like a chair so you can claim the site. Technically, you want to come early but if you come too early and everyone is asleep, you can't really claim a campsite (can't really park or plant your stuff on a campsite without talking to the occupants first especially since they have until 11am to check out). From what I saw, most people drove around and asked people if they were leaving. Unfortunately, some people were a bit rude ("twenty people already asked me," or "they're circling like vultures.") Pretty inconsiderate since this is unfortunately the only way to get a site. So, you have to get the timing right. After walking around, we saw people packing up and didn't see anyone parked there. We went to the registration office just to double check and the site wasn't yet registered to a new party (btw, you can go to the registration center, or even call, to find out how many sites are slated to open that morning; they might even tell you which ones). Then we parked across from the site and sat there for about an hour waiting for the people to pack up. Those people were a bit rude to us so we didn't want to talk to them again and just waited. Next time, I'd ideally arrange with the previous occupants to leave a physical object at the site (like a chair or a tent), go register the site and swap out the sticker, and go walk around town while they finish packing. It's a really annoying process and you pretty much have to get lucky and get the timing right. It's even tougher if you have an RV and need a bigger site. Btw, we came on a weekend that didn't have a festival happening (which is rare for Telluride). I'd imagine on a festival weekend, it's impossible to get a spot (so definitely check to see if there's anything happening that weekend). If you can, come in the middle of the week as your chances of grabbing a spot will be better. Good luck!

Great facility for a small town Went in search of pickleball. Pickleball lines are painted on tennis courts. Urban legend is that a group reserves courts on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for pickleball. The is no town sponsored pickleball in the summer. Cool that there is a walk in campground here. Note that during their many festivals, you can reserve sites through the event organizers. Great place to start exploring the beautiful river walk. Nice pool area, ball fields, ramada.

One of the most gorgeous parks that you'll ever visit! On this last trip, our son old enough to play in their toddler area which was absolutely fantastic! It was perfect for a 2 year old. It kept him busy for a full hour which is pretty hard to do at his age. The bathrooms are always super clean and there is loads of space for kiddos to run. The scenery can't be beat and it is a quick jaunt from the heart of town, perfect for an afternoon break or picnic lunch! We can't wait to return!

Wonderful experience. Amazing for kids as the playground is on premises. They are building a new wash house which will very comfortable when it's done.

Great spot right in town. Access to the river right at the door. Small but lovely waterfall 100 feet away. The only bummer was the pool was listed as everyone can visit with reservations but it only for Telluride residents.

Perfect spot right on the edge of downtown. Make sure you make a reservation first! Quick and peaceful with the little creek running through. We even got to watch a local soft-pitch game, which was funny. The field turned into a dog park in the morning and early afternoon, which was great for our bulldog. Unfortunately, the showers weren't working when we were there.