mredneck
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Maybe you can help me. I am not trying to get to anyone "special place"! Texas is short on public land for boondocking, and is hot 8 months out of the year and really hot 3 more. It is also flat and our rivers do not really flow.
For next summer, I am looking for some where reasonably close to Texas, (ie CO, AR, NM) that has a nice place to boondock on a river where I can take my kayaks up stream and yak down to the camper. I would like to have running water but not necisarily rapids. I have recreation yaks not white water yaks.
It will need to be able to hold three or four TTs. Does such a place exist?
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TexasShadow
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there are several, small, riverside campgrounds along the Arkansas river west of Pueblo, CO. I don't know who "owns" them, state or federal. They have a toilet, but can't recall if they have anything else.
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NGRRFan
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TexasShadow wrote:there are several, small, riverside campgrounds along the Arkansas river west of Pueblo, CO. I don't know who "owns" them, state or federal. They have a toilet, but can't recall if they have anything else. Those are State owned. Upper Arkansas Headwaters
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F-TROUP
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Texas Creek OHV is just west of Canyon City, Co. on Hwy 50 on the Arkansas River, I've seen rigs overnight there.
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profdant139
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If you can do without a river, the North Rim of the Grand Canyon offers very cool high-altitude boondocking.
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eubank
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It's not boondocking per se, but the Orilla Verde Recreation Area (BLM developed campground) is right beside the Rio Grande about 10ish miles below Taos. Take your kayak upstream to the John Dunn Bridge about 10 miles north of Taos and go all the way through the gorge back to Orilla Verde. Be fit. It may be a pretty demanding ride, depending on runoff!
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mredneck
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Thanks for the info I will look into these and run them by the gang and see what we are gonna do next summer. The Toas trip does intrige me.
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mommag
Thornton, Colorado
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The River Hill CG in Rio Grande National forest in Colorado. HWY 160 through Creede and follow the signs for Rio Grand Resivour. No hookups but does have vault toilets and potable water, picnic tables and fire rings. We had a site right on the Rio Grand river in mid to late July. Level was about 2-3 (I think)at that time and dropping. So earlier in the season you could probabley count on a 4 depending on how much water is released from the resivour above. Very beautiful site. Cow moose and calf came through camp on 3rd evening. Can do alot of things in area.... Creed isn't far, hikes and fishing are great things too.
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mommag
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Oh, sorry about for another post but forgot to add this in the previous post....Poudre Canyoun has many great CGs and great kayaking too. Brothers used to kayak the Poudre any chance they got. (We grew up in Fort Collins). Happy trails and keep the flat side down, and the head bucket dry. 
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Opie431
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We spent several weeks one winter in Arkansas looking over the campgrounds. Found some great places to camp both Federal and state but I do not know what the summer temperatures would be in their little bitty mountains.
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