Pearl Lake State Park
Pearl Lake State Park is a peaceful and scenic retreat in Colorado featuring a beautiful, serene lake with no motorized boats. The park offers various outdoor activities including hiking and paddle sports like SUP, kayaking, and canoeing with rentals available. It has campground options including campsites and yurts with modern amenities such as restrooms with flush toilets and electricity. The park is family and dog-friendly, with facilities accessible for wheelchair users. Picnic areas with barbecue grills and tables create a great environment for gatherings. Visitors can enjoy tranquil wildlife viewing, making it a hidden gem favored for its natural beauty, tranquility, and welcoming atmosphere.
Reviews
One of my favorite SP in Colorado. The lake is peaceful and serene with no motorized boats. Lots of birds, wildflowers, and deer. I saw an eagle on my hike around the lake. The campground is beautiful if you can score a reservation. Very good Verizon signal. You can rent paddle boards or kayaks there.
Pearl Lake State Park is a hidden gem, or at least it seemed like it when I was there. Very quiet, beautiful, and not busy at all. We went just to check out the lake and see what was there. We now want to come back as soon as possible to stay here. They have kayaks to rent right on the water’s edge. There were a few people paddle boarding, some even had their dogs. I love it when people paddle board with their dogs!
There are campsites at the park as well, there are even a couple of yurts.
We will be back with paddle boards and dogs in hand! 🤣
UPDATE:
We stayed at campsite #5 over Memorial Day ’24 weekend and it was glorious! Cannot wait to come back. I want to experience these views in all seasons!
I think this state park is totally underrated. The place offers really amazing views and plenty of picnic and camping spots. There’s also a stand that rents out paddle board, canoes, kayaks (price inclusive of safety jacket rental). They also sell snacks and drinks 🍺 also big shout-out for the really friendly staff to assist everyone with the rentals.
We rented a 1 hour canoe with a beer for about 46-50 dollars as of 2025 June. You can also rent for 2 hours or longer as long as you agree to add time to it. Restrooms available at parking lot. There’s a couple of bench to sit. The lake can get really windy sometimes.
Remember to pay your state park admission fee or use a Keep Colorado Wild annual pass upon entering! This spot makes Rocky Mountain National Park admission seemed like a rip-off.
Beautiful lake to visit. Easy trail around the lake.
Stayed in a yurt, family of 4 and 2 dogs- loved it! Bathroom with flush toilets, sink and electricity directly across from yurt. Raised deck surrounding the yurt so the pups could watch wildlife from a safe, contained environment. Nice having electricity in the yurt and the metal grate outside to put our camp stove on. Went SUP’ing on the lake- serene! Be sure to bring your own firewood, they don’t sell it at Pearl Lake.