{"id":805731,"date":"2020-03-26T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=381010"},"modified":"2020-03-26T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T22:15:00","slug":"campgrounds-close-following-statewide-stay-at-home-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/campgrounds-close-following-statewide-stay-at-home-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Campgrounds close following statewide stay-at-home order"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/wild-SDN-101019-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/wild-SDN-101019-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/wild-SDN-101019-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/wild-SDN-101019-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>A scenic view from the Windy Point Campground in Dillon on Oct. 8.<\/strong><br \/><em>Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Campgrounds across the state are shutting down following Gov. Jared Polis\u2019 stay-at-home order issued Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to widespread closures to businesses and other facilities \u2014 most of which already were shut down in Summit County \u2014 the order also includes the closures of campgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced that while state parks will remain open, all playgrounds, campgrounds, dispersed camping and other camping facilities (including yurts and cabins) inside the parks will be closed until further notice. Parks and wildlife visitor centers, service centers and offices are also continuing to restrict access to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Parks and Wildlife will be notifying all campers currently on-site to vacate immediately, and staff will be contacting reservation holders to discuss the process for refunds or date changes.<\/p>\n<p>All U.S. Forest Service campgrounds, restrooms, trailheads, cabins and other sites in the area are also closing to the public, according to Parks and Wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>While state parks will remain open, Parks and Wildlife is urging visitors to practice social distancing by maintaining at least six feet from other visitors. Anyone exhibiting signs of illness is asked to stay home.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/campgrounds-close-following-statewide-stay-at-home-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A scenic view from the Windy Point Campground in Dillon on Oct. 8.Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com Campgrounds across the state are shutting down following Gov. Jared Polis\u2019 stay-at-home order issued Wednesday afternoon. In addition to widespread closures to businesses and other facilities \u2014 most of which already were shut down in Summit County \u2014 the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-805731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 23:18:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}