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Swim Beach at Horsetooth Reservoir South Bay Campground

 

The South Bay Campground has a day use area that includes a swim beach. Entry costs $7 per car load. The swim beach has a nice roped off swimming area, sandy beach, volleyball nets, changing rooms, showers, bathrooms, covered picnic area with tables and lots of parking. The beach is not a sandy ocean-like beach, but it is sand and dirt with few rocks. The sand is deeper by the volleyball pits.

 
Swim beach at South Bay Campground, Horsetooth Reservoir
Swim beach at South Bay Campground, Horsetooth Reservoir
 
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Covered picnic area at South Bay swim beach
 

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You will find the South Bay Campground Area at the south end of Horsetooth Reservoir.

The swim beach is at the end of the campground road, just follow the signs.

The parking lot is at the far north end of the access road, where it makes a hairpin turn and returns to the entrance.

The beach is just north of the parking lot by 200 yards.