In today's episode we're showing you all the best places to camp near Page, Arizona
so that you can visit, stay, and check out all the places that we told you about in the last episode.
In case you missed that, you should go back and check it out so that you understand
why we say you have to come here.
Number one is Beehives Campground. The Beehives Campground is just outside of Page
past the Glen Canyon Dam. It's a small little campground that only has six designated sites,
but the sites are pretty big and you get really great views of Lake Powell.
There are no reservations, no hookups, no dump station, no trash containers, and no restrooms.
It's $14 a night and there is a three-night limit, which is a little bit different than
what we've encountered in the past, but it also means that sites open up frequently and it's
not that hard to get in. There's a hike right behind the campground called the New Wave,
which we showed you last week, that is amazing. So this is the perfect spot to check out that hike
and we highly recommend it. You can see behind us here is the Beehive Campground that we stayed in
and... Right behind us, is the trailhead for the New Wave.
Number two is Lone Rock Beach Primitive Camping Area. Camping at Lone Rock Beach is right on the
sandy beach or in the dunes just across the border in Utah. There are no reservations or
designated sites, so once you pay your admission fee or show your pass, you just find a spot that
works for your rig and you're comfortable with. And we say that you're comfortable with because
the further down towards the beach you go, the sandier it gets, the less packed the surface gets,
so it's really up to you how far down you want to go. You can park on the upper level which is
the best bet if you're at all uncomfortable or worried. You could park there and walk down to
check it out or just stay there. There are great views of Lone Rock from up there, of the beach,
or continue further down and you can park further back or right up against the sandy ledge.
It continues even further down past that. We stayed further back. It just gave us more room
around our rig for, you know, personal space, and we still had a great view from there. But we did
spend one night right on that edge, and though it was beautiful we felt like it was sandier, it was
windier, and we had neighbors on either side. So it's up to you. It's nice, you can park wherever
you want. We drove our four-wheel drive truck down to the beach a few times to go paddle boarding,
but even with a four-wheel drive truck we still had to be careful in places.
Some brave souls towed their rigs all the way down to the beach, but they were in much smaller and
much lighter rigs than ours. In full disclosure, we did see at least a couple people get stuck,
so it is possible. You do need to be careful and cautious and aware, um, but both of those
eventually made their way out of there. And Kevin actually helped out with one of those situations.
Someone has gotten stuck, but Kevin is over there. Let's wish them luck. From this distance the new
plan to me looks like our truck is going to, uh, maybe give it a little pull backwards?
The RV is moving under its own power. Yeah! They're on the main road again.
Good good good. So that was exciting. That's probably the third rig now we've seen get stuck
in the sand out here because it is, it's awfully soft sand in some places. We saw him get stuck,
and we'd seen other people get stuck and eventually get out too. And then we saw one
other truck go over there and get some straps out and try to get them out, and it was unsuccessful.
I was out there. We're getting ready to go out for the day. And I saw him still out there,
still shoveling, nobody else was out there. I said well let's go see if there's something I
can do. Then I realized they had dug themselves all the way down to the frame of that rental RV.
It was just down in the sand. So there was almost no hope of being able to actually dig them out.
Thankfully then somebody showed up with a Jeep who had some straps. And I happened
to have the biggest truck that was around. I think. So you got nominated. I got nominated.
I think somebody had tried before to pull them out in front way, but there was nothing,
there was nothing to attach to on the front of that rental RV unless you wanted to like tear
a bumper off. Which you know nobody wants to do that. So we, I have tow hooks in the front of our
truck, so we strapped it onto their trailer hitch in the back and pulled them out backwards. And.
It worked. It worked. I ended up pulling them far enough back that they were back on the packed sand
and then could take an alternate way out. And it all worked but just glad we could help. Lone
Rock is beautiful. Be very careful of the sand. It's a beautiful place and we highly recommend
it. Just know, it'll be sandy, it'll be windy. It's good to look at the weather forecast and
see what the wind forecast is so you know if you want to be out and about in the morning or
in the afternoon. But bring your kayaks, paddle boards, swimsuits, because it's just so much fun.
Number three is Wahweap Campground and RV Park. The Wahweap RV Park has various types of sites:
no hookups, full hookups, tent camping, group camping,
you name it pretty much. What we ended up paying was $68 a night, which was a bit high for us.
Quite a bit high for us. Yeah. But we'd been doing a lot of boondocking so we took
full advantage of the full hookups to wash everything, refill, restock, reset,
so that we'd go out and do even more boondocking. Of course a place like this has more facilities
and more amenities. You do have to pay the park admission or show your park pass here as well. But
the views at Wahweap in general are amazing so even if you're not staying in the campground we'd
recommend you come to Wahweap one day and just check it out. See the views of Lake Powell. Go
to the resort or the restaurant, the marina, the picnic area, the swim beach. There's lots to do.
All right we are walking down to the swim beach here at Wahweap. It's a gorgeous,
warm, breezy day as you can tell. So we're just gonna go enjoy it for a little while.
It goes downhill quite a ways.
We're gonna, we're gonna need to eat a lot of those snacks so you don't have to haul
that bag all the way back up. I know, I intend to haul more of them here on the way back up.
It's a really nice spot down here by the water. It was a longer walk than expected. Yeah.
And the walk back is uphill, but it's worth it to come down here.
We're just enjoying this gorgeous view, amazing, even better than from up there. Yeah for sure.
If you stayed at the RV park up the hill, you would have this right at your doorstep.
Number four is Antelope Point Marina RV park. The RV park at Antelope Point Marina has over a
hundred spots. They're all full hook up. They've got pull throughs and back ins. And the back ins
seem to cost about seventy dollars a night and the pull throughs are eighty dollars a night. And
they have amazing views all around. This puts you incredibly close to the amazing Antelope Canyon,
and that is something you must see when the tours reopen. You can take a tour or right now even you
can put a boat in the water here or rent one from the marina if you want to check it out yourself
by boat. So definitely come here, and even if you can't go to Antelope Canyon at least take a walk
down to the water because that's beautiful as well. Bonus: Glen Canyon Dam parking area. If
you're somehow unlucky in finding another spot for the night, there is this great big gravel
lot by the Glen Canyon Dam bridge. There's lots of space but keep in mind that we did see
some big rig trucks here idling their engines. And I don't know if they do that all night, but it is
something to keep in mind. Another bonus place to stay: Walmart. There is a Walmart in town which
is another popular option for an easy overnight. Every time we drove by the Walmart, we saw several
RVs there. And they tended to park in the back left corner of the lot if you're facing the store,
so easy place to park. You can restock on your essentials, and they even had free pretty strong
Wi-Fi. That Wi-Fi was no joke. It was probably the fastest open Wi-Fi spot I've ever found anywhere.
That just had to be mentioned. For any of these places that don't have a dump station, be aware
that there is a Maverik gas station right next to the Walmart in Page that has a free dump station
there. So you can go pick up some fuel, dump your tanks, fill your water, and be on your way.
It also kind of smells like a hot porta potty right here which is not so great. But hey it's
free. It's not always a glorious job, but it's definitely a necessary one. Number five is Lees
Ferry Campground. Lees Ferry Campground is a bit further away at about 50 minutes over the
mountain in Marble Canyon. It has 54 sites, no reservations, it's all first come first served.
There's also no hookups, but they do have a dump station on site. A word of caution though, the
water hose there didn't have an adapter so we couldn't connect it to any of our hoses, and we
don't have a gravity fill on our RV unfortunately. So Kevin had to hold the two hoses together
through a water flow meter to make it work. It was a bear. And he still got a bit wet. And a ranger
came by and told us they used to have an adapter, but the ones they had there kept getting stolen.
It's also worth mentioning that one of the times we were at the gas station in Page, that we had
mentioned earlier, we did run into an RVer that was staying in this campground. And he said
that the dump station there was overflowing. So he had to make the commute all the way over
the mountain to dump his tanks and return to his site. That's a little bit out of the way. Right.
There's a 14 day limit, and each site costs $20 a night. You also have the park admission itself
or again you can show your park pass. But Lees Ferry Campground is near so many things to see
and do which is actually what we're going to show you in next week's video. Final bonus:
Soap Creek Dispersed Camping. If Lees Ferry Campground is full like it was for us,
you do have boondocking options nearby. A ranger told us that if you go just a mile past the Marble
Canyon Lodge there are several pullouts on the side of the highway that you can stay the night
and then try again in the morning or you could just stay there for the full 14 day limit.
We went a bit further down the road to the Soap Creek Dispersed Camping Area. Be careful of the
big dip coming off the highway for this too and make sure that you close the gate behind you.
We stayed at the first spot on the left which was nice and big. Then it continues on to a fork,
and if you go left it gets quite a bit rockier and not really something we were gonna take our rig
down. But if you have a van or something similar that can handle that kind of terrain or you're
willing to take on that kind of terrain, the view from the rim and the camping spots down there
were amazing. And either way if you're out there you should find a way to drive, hike,
or bike down there and check it out because it was just beautiful. In fact, we're going to do a quick
YouTube shorts video on that because one night we did bike out there as a family and check it
out. The right fork goes immediately to a weather station, we think. But there are more boondocking
sites there and that road also continues to even more boondocking. Thanks for watching. I hope this
gives you some options for places to stay in and around Page because you really should see
it. We hope you come back next week where we'll show you the area around our last camping area,
Lees Ferry. We hike Cathedral Wash, dip our feet in the mighty Colorado River at Pariah Beach,
and walk the Navajo Bridge. See you then! If you like our content, make sure to subscribe
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Beehives Campground. What? I'mma try and figure out what this place is actually
called. Soap Creek Dispersed Camping? Yeah. Okay. There's tent camping, group, group,
group, a boop a boop camping. Another bonus: Walmart.
Oh yeah that's good. Ready? Yeah.
You're not ready. No I'm not ready.