Glamping & Camping in Lyons, Colorado

Lyons, Colorado has 3 outdoor stays in our index right now, spanning RV sites, primitive sites, cabins, and glamping lodges. The rated stays average 4.8★ across 279 guest reviews. Apple Valley Camping -RVs and vans currently leads on rating — a solid first look.

What Lyons guests reward most in their reviews: location, comfort, and the hosts. It's a useful lens — the properties that nail these tend to be the ones people rebook.

On the ground, the Lyons mix skews toward RV sites (2 spots), with primitive sites, cabins, and glamping lodges filling out the rest. That's worth knowing before you search: the format shapes the trip more than the town does — a dome is a stargazing stay, a cabin is a basecamp, an RV site is a road-trip anchor. Pick the format first, then the property.

Set in the Rocky Mountains, Lyons works as a base for 14er climbing, backcountry skiing, and hut-to-hut hiking. Plan around the season: Late June–September for high country; September is golden-aspen season. Colorado's national parks (Rocky Mountain, Mesa Verde, and Great Sand Dunes) make good day-trip anchors from here. Below you can filter by stay type or jump to a specific format — every listing links straight to the operator's own site, never a middleman, so the prices and dates you see are the real ones.