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Campgrounds

Established sites, dispersed camps, and the ground worth sleeping on.

  • Big Bend Campground — The largest BLM campground on UT-128 — 33 sites total (Sites A, B, C plus 3 reservable group sites), 7.4 mi east of US-191. Sandy beaches, cottonwood shade, direct river access. Sites A and B sit against the river; Site C is in a side canyon across UT-128.
  • Devils Garden Campground — Arches’ main campground—excellent trail access, but reservations are often required in peak season.
  • Dewey Bridge Campground — 7 individual sites + 3 group sites at mile post 29 on UT-128, at the historic Dewey Bridge site. Take-out for Cisco-to-Dewey-Bridge trips and put-in for Dewey-to-Hittle reach. Site of the 1916 suspension bridge that burned in 2008.
  • Drinks Canyon Camping Area — 17 sites (4 walk-in) at the mouth of Drinks Canyon, ~6.2 mi east of US-191 on UT-128. Primitive BLM camping with shaded riverside sites.
  • Echo Park Campground — Vehicle-access NPS campground at the Yampa–Green confluence beneath Steamboat Rock — reached by Echo Park Road from the Harpers Corner highway. Primitive: vault toilets, picnic tables, fire grates, no water, no hookups. A seasonal ranger station and a primitive boat ramp (used in emergencies and for ranger patrols, not as a public put-in or take-out) sit at the confluence. The campground is the closest you can drive to the meeting of two of the West's wildest rivers.
  • Fisher Towers Campground — 5 sites beneath the Fisher Towers — iconic Moenkopi/Cutler sandstone spires including Ancient Art (5.11a) and The Titan (900 ft). Accessed via Fisher Towers Road (2 mi off UT-128). NOT riverside; popular with climbers and photographers.
  • Goose Island Campground — Closest BLM river campground to Moab — directly on UT-128 at river mile 65.5 opposite Goose Island. 16 individual + 2 group sites. Heavy use; fills quickly in peak season.
  • Grandstaff Campground — 16 tent-only sites (no RVs or trailers) between UT-128 and the Colorado at the mouth of Grandstaff Canyon (formerly Negro Bill Canyon). Adjacent to Grandstaff Canyon Trailhead and Porcupine Rim trailhead.
  • Hal Canyon Campground — 11 sites (4 walk-in tent) at the mouth of Hal Canyon side drainage, ~6.6 mi east of US-191. Adjacent to Oak Grove Campground; riverside with cottonwood shade.
  • Hittle Bottom Campground — 12 primitive sites at Hittle Bottom Recreation Site (mile post 23), the put-in for Moab Daily trips. Historic Hittle homestead site in Professor Valley. Direct river access; boat ramp on-site.
  • Indian Crossing Campground — USFS campground at the B Section take-out / C Section put-in on the Green River in Browns Park, Utah. Reached by Red Creek Road (~2 miles of gravel) off the upper Browns Park corridor. Co-located with the Indian Crossing boat ramp, making it the natural overnight for trips ending the B Section float or staging the C Section. Quiet, low traffic, and a long way from the busier camps of upper Flaming Gorge.
  • Lodore Campground — NPS campground at the Gates of Lodore — the put-in for Lodore Canyon on the Green River. Co-located with the boat ramp, ranger station, and permit check-in. Reached via CO-318 from Maybell, CO (~65 miles of paved highway). The Gates of Lodore Nature Trail leaves directly from the campground and climbs to the overlook where Powell named the canyon in 1869.
  • Lower Onion Creek Campground — 21 individual sites + 2 group sites at mile post 22 on UT-128 (accessed via 1.5-mi gravel road opposite the Fisher Towers sign). Two boat ramps on-site. $20/night. 10 people / 2 vehicles per site. 14-night stay limit.
  • Oak Grove Campground — 7 sites directly next to Hal Canyon Campground, ~mile post 7 on UT-128. Scrub-oak shade, riverside. $20/night.
  • Rainbow Park Campground — Primitive NPS campground on the Green River in the Utah half of Dinosaur National Monument, at the put-in for the Split Mountain day section below Island Park. Reached via a long dirt road (Island Park Road) from Jensen, UT.
  • Split Mountain Campground — Developed NPS campground at the take-out boat ramp for Green River multi-day trips through Gates of Lodore and the Yampa. Paved access from Jensen, UT; the staging ground for Dinosaur river trips leaving the water.
  • Upper Big Bend Campground — 6-8 individual sites on a bench above the Colorado ~mile post 9 on UT-128. Quieter alternative to nearby Big Bend.
  • Upper Onion Creek Campground — 14 individual sites and 2 group sites at mile post 21 on UT-128, at the mouth of Onion Creek. Access to Onion Creek Road and Fisher Mesa country.