Fort D.A. Russell FamCamp

We had heard a lot about this place being muddy and having lots of ruts in the road before we arrived. Cheyenne just had a huge rainstorm about an hour before we arrived and there were no ruts and no standing water! What a pleasant surprise! Check out our video tour of this campground. We will be back!

It was very dusty and covered our coach/ car in a thick dust layer. Had to have coach washed after leaving. Also there were moths swarming. We spent two days at FE Warren and took week to get rid of the moths.

On arrival at our site (16), there was standing water at the entrance to the site and deep mud. It was hard to maneuver into the site with a 25' foot trailer and all that deep mud. Tried to reach out via FB Messenger to ask if we could move, but never received a response. The rules ask you to not park on the grass and to park perpendicular to the site, but there was no way to do that with the pond in front of the site. There are train tracks right above the campsite with trains passing a couple of times per day. The grass is very high and with all the water and swamp land, there is a very bad mosquito issue. We were swarmed (and I'm not exaggerating) as we were trying to unhitch and set up. We had to open the rig up and get out the bug spray to be able to tolerate it. Went to Tractor Supply and bought a Thermacell just to be able to sit outside during the nicer weather. There are serious drainage issues in this campground. We had a couple of afternoon thunderstorms that didn't last very long, but we were left with a mess trying to get in and out of the rig. The laundry facility is decent, but the table to fold clothes on has a bunch of succulent plants on it that left water on the table if you moved them. The pronghorns were nice visitors, but that was the only highlight.

The current directions going n/b on I25 from I80 do not work. Gate 2 entry is closed. Looks to be undergoing reconstruction. Go to exit 12, Central Ave. & turn west. Enter through Gate 5 and continue west. Central Ave gradually bends to the south and becomes Missile Dr. After crossing railroad tracks watch for a dirt/gravel road on the left after a slight descent. The sign to the FamCamp is not marked going this direction. If you miss the turn and reach the exchange & commissary turn around then the sign to FamCamp will become visible soon after.

FE Warren Crow Creek FamCamp is a wonderful facility that I would highly recommend. The facility and restrooms/bathhouse/laundry are clean and in good repair. The staff is super friendly and was extremely accommodating to us when due to a personal emergency we had to delay our arrival date by nearly a week. They just rescheduled us without penalty. While the sites are just compressed gravel, they are pretty flat. In Site #3, we did not even need to level our rig. The base commissary and BX are not the largest facilities we have seen but seemed clean, well-stocked, and had a good variety. A fun part of our stay was a visiting herd of antelope, sometimes 20 or more, that would graze on the grass around the campground. About the only negative, and the reason I rated the overall experience as only a 3, was because base security required me to renew my wife’s access pass on a daily basis. So every day of our stay (9 days) at FE Warren we had to make a pilgrimage from our site off the base to the Gate 1 Welcome Center to get her a new pass for the day. This was further complicated on the weekend when the Gate 1 Welcome Center is closed. We were then required to go to Gate 2 security, where we were told that I could access the base and use base services and facilities, but I could not sponsor my wife on base. I showed them my FamCamp rental contract, and my wife's expiring access pass already issued to her by the Welcome Center and politely suggested that maybe that horse was already out of the barn. They were very nice about it and explained that they understood that I had received access at the Welcome Center, but that was not in the operating procedures of Gate 2. They agreed to give her a “courtesy” pass until Monday at which point we could go back to the Welcome Center for ongoing access. So there still seems to be a lot of confusion at FE Warren as to what access is or is not allowed for disabled vets. That being said, it’s a very nice base that is close to town, right off of I-25, and within probably 5 miles of almost any store or service you may need.

Campground is kept in excellent conditions. Laundry room and bathrooms were very clean. They have a very large overflow space when the campground is full. A friend and cooperative staff. Stayed in a Class A and would stay again if in the area.

This Famcamp is promising little spot, but it is Mid May and they have not turned on the water and sewer yet, With that said, the electric only is $12 a night. The staff are only on duty Mon -Thur and answering the phone in that time frame. The road off Gate 5 and Missile drive is the best way end because the other entrance has a bridge height of 11' 6". The dirt road to the famcamp is full of stutter bumps, so take it easy coming in. There is a little creek that runs near the camp and a herd of Antelopes hang out near the camp. One thing about AFB Warren, it is a small post and literally everything shuts down on the weekend except the Base Exchange and Commissary. Overall enjoy the campsite and would comeback again. Even at full summer rates, the cost of the Famcamp is almost half of other RV sites in the area.

Pretty little camp set among lots of trees, with a big green belt in between the two sections of the park. The downside to the greenbelt is there are lots of bugs and they will get into your rig. Mostly quiet - there were some helicopters buzzing overhead late at night a few nights, but I think it was just some temporary exercises. Wifi was ok most of the time. Verizon signal strong. A few o/a tv stations available, but no cable. The trees precluded my satellite radio from working, and I suspect in most of the sites, except the pull throughs, tv satellites will also not work. The camp looks as though it had a small initial section (sites 1-14), with the rest added on later. Those initial sites are really nice and roomy. The rest of the sites though, are very crowded together. The pull-throughs are all buddy sites, with not much space between buddys. Sites 26-32 are back ins, and they were designed by an idiot. Not only is there very little space between sites, but they are slanted so that your neighbor's sewer connection is right at your front door, and your sewer connection at your other neighbor's front door. Very awkward and unappealing. This is the main reason I rated this campground down - had I been in one of the nice spots, I probably would have rated it higher. The two employees I encountered were extremely friendly, and comically incompetent. Commissary is poorly stocked, but there is plenty of decent shopping in town. DO NOT follow GPS to the campground! There are three ways in, and two of them will send you under a low clearance bridge. As of August 2021, the only approved gate is Gate 5, off exit 12 of the freeway. From Gate 5, drive straight onto the main road (Central, turns into Missile) and go 2.6 miles. You will come to a gravel road with a sign saying "Famcamp Picnic Area. Turn in there and it will take you to the camp. Drive all the way past the campsites until you have to turn left, turn left and drive forward to the office. Poorly signed, pay attention.

***USE GATE 5*** sometime before 7/7 Gate 2 has been closed. Use Gate 5, you rig will fit. Easiest route to the FamCamp. (Avoids the low clearance RR bridge) This camp in located in the woods. Appears rustic but 50AMP FHU sites sized to your rig. Wide sites. Nice Restrooms. Occasional train and helicopters during the day. If you dry camp there is a dump station. More after we have finished our stay, but we'd stay here in the future is in the area!

A rating for a stay that was cancelled, and an update on directions to the FAMCAMP. Due to a freezing weather event Labor Day week, the base shut off all water and sewer at the FAMCAMP. On F.E. Warren, once they shut water down they leave it off until the next spring. When we called the week before our planned arrival the staff was very informative about the conditions and when we said we wanted to cancel our stay they refunded our pre-payment efficiently. We stayed at a commercial RV Park in the area and drove around the FAMCAMP to see how things looked. They have a couple of new people on staff and it appears they're taking good care of the facility. The staff passed along new directions to get to the FAMCAMP. The base has rearranged the gates. The old front gate on Randall Ave. is closed off. The new front gate is on Missile Dr. Use exit 10D off I-25 and follow signs for Missile Drive West and or the base. There's construction at the offramp so signs are changing a bit. For those who know the area, this is the Missile Drive gate that had been closed off for several years. From the south, take a left at the end of the offramp and then merge right to stay on Missile Dr. to the base gate. From the north, they're building a dedicated ramp into Missile Dr. to the gate. After entering the base, stay on Missile Dr. past the BX/Commissary complex, past South Creek Dr. and then the FAMCAMP road will be on your right. There are a few serious potholes in FAMCAMP Road near the bridge over Crow Creek. Hopefully the base roads crews will take care of them this fall or next spring. The FAMCAMP staff said the gate changes were made to help alleviate traffic backup problems that had been growing over the years.

Called there 11-18-19 and was told the famcamp is under complete renovation. They said it's just a big parking lot till completed.

I was stationed here 40 years ago and spent many nights in this FamCamp. Returned to update the campground information, get some new photos, and to make a drive-thru video. Spoke with the office staff, who were very friendly. The campground itself is a bit rustic, it's just not a "RV Resort". I like it, being in the woods and along a creek. Plenty of wildlife to view in the area. Be careful when it rains, as the area can get flooded. We even went rafting in the fields many years ago. The base is very historic and I love the cavalry style buildings. Lots of memories from this base for my wife and I. I wouldn't hesitate to stay here again, as long it wasn't during the crazy Cheyenne Frontier Days. Prices for the FamCamp go to $50 a night during this annual event.