{"id":18448,"date":"2025-07-30T20:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-considers-raising-price-of-tent-camping-in-town-parks\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:04:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:04:45","slug":"dolores-considers-raising-price-of-tent-camping-in-town-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-considers-raising-price-of-tent-camping-in-town-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores considers raising price of tent camping in town parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=a4b2cc2d-5574-4606-8032-5d102adbc93a&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1450\" alt=\"The annual Dolores River Festival attracts visitors and campers. The town is considering increasing the cost of camping in the park.  (Journal file photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The annual Dolores River Festival attracts visitors and campers. The town is considering increasing the cost of camping in the park.  (Journal file photo)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Dolores Board of Trustees on Monday discussed increasing the price of special permit camping, just days before the town breaks ground on green space in Joe Rowell Park for a <a href=\"http:\/\/the-journal.com\/articles\/new-bike-and-skate-park-set-to-join-joe-rowell-park-in-fall\/\" id=\"link-050c8b7c69ceb1276d463c2a9149d0ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new skate and bike park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trustees said the fee for tent camping should be increased to $25, up from $5 currently listed on the town website. RV camping would no longer be allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Camping is allowed in town parks only by special permit for events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody else in the county allows special permit camping,\u201d said Town Manager Leigh Reeves. \u201cNobody allows camping, period. That doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t be unique and continue our tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trustees agreed that they\u2019d charge $25 for camping per event. However, further details, like per tent or per person costs have not been fully decided, Turner said in an email.<\/p>\n<p>No final decision has yet been reached, Turner said.<\/p>\n<p>Popular gatherings for the town, such the Dolores River Festival and the softball tournament held for Escalante Days have brought campers to the park, manager Reeves said.<\/p>\n<p>The town plans to break ground on Lost Canyon Bike and Skate Park on Aug. 4 in an area once occupied by campers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost people camp where the bike and skate park are about to start, said Reeves. \u201cSo that\u2019s basically gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While weighing the decision, trustees stated a desire for increased revenue and pointed out that compared with common prices for camping nearby, Dolores\u2019 options were cheap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we did it we could really turn up the revenue stream,\u201d said Trustee Chris Curry. \u201cLet\u2019s keep it special, let\u2019s keep our traditions, but let\u2019s make more money on it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trustees say that Dolores should raise cost of camping from $5 to $25 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[44,28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-18448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dolores","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20594,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18448\/revisions\/20594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18448"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=18448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}