if you're thinking of planning a trip to Utah's many national parks, then this is
the list for you.
How's it goin? Welcome to the Campendium YouTube channel where it's our hope and
our goal to provide you with the resources and the information to get out
there and camp. And today we're looking at Utah's mighty five national parks. They
have Arches National Park, so they have Canyonlands, they have Capitol Reef, they
have Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park and a lot of areas in between that are
definitely worth exploring. And I think it's safe to say that the Moab area is
one of the most popular of all these areas to go to. There's just so much
packed into that area so if you're wanting to go to Arches National Park in
the Moab area, where you can get a slice of pizza and still get outdoors and see
these amazing sights. You could look at Devil's Garden Campground where a review
from MLD says we camped here for three nights while exploring Arches National
Park. We enjoyed the ability to hike right from the campground. We parked our
RV and didn't move it for three days. We had a back-in site that was quite nice,
well spaced from the neighbors. Also in this area, you could check out Ken's Lake
Campground where a Aluminarium said "Great price and lots of space between the
sites made us happy for a week. There's also some great hikes on site one to a
beautiful waterfall." We know that people flock to this area because of the
off-roading opportunities and the mountain biking, so if you're looking for
some off-road opportunities you could look at Sand Flats Recreation Area this
one is well known for four-wheel-drive enthusiasts so it might be a little
noisy during the day but it does quiet down during the evening. Now if you're
all set up for off-roading and your rig has some good ground clearance you could
check out Lower Gemini Bridges. I don't recommend going in here if you don't
have ground clearance on your rig, but if you still want to be in the area and you
want full hookups you could look at the Moab Valley RV Resort. With all the
boondocking opportunities around sometimes it's nice to hit a full hookup
RV park so you can empty your tanks and reload to head back out there.
Canyonlands is our next National Park and it shares Moab as its hub but it
definitely comes with its own flavor and own experiences for its
National Park. So the first place that we're gonna look at for this area that
you can camp at his Potash Road where Kaylie be said "This place was amazing,
you have a great view of the Colorado River in the back side of Canyonlands
with the beautiful views for a quiet and clean place to camp." Next on our list is
Dead Horse Point State Park. The Journeying Jackson said "We found one
night available and we took it. This place is amazing.
This place is an amazing park in one of the most beautiful parts of the country.
We would love to stay longer but we had a great time during our short stay." The
next National Park in the Mighty 5 is Capitol Reef National Park and the first
campground we're gonna look at in this area is Fruita Campground. Zamia
Ventures says "This lush green campground has shade trees (but not so much that
solar power generation is impossible), adjacent orchards, flowing river water
sounds, prolific deer, and delicious fresh baked goods just steps away. We loved it.
It's also perfectly located to explore the hiker's paradise that is Capitol Reef
National Park, with several trails." If you can't get in there you can look at
Capitol Reef Overflow some of the titles to the reviews say beautiful and close
to Capitol Reef. Free beautiful, just a little bumpy. The road apparently can be
a little rough getting in there. Now if you're looking for something a little
less busy then maybe Bryce Canyon might be more of your style. And the North
Campground at Bryce Canyon is an excellent option. One review said "This is
a nice campground and is a great way to see Bryce Canyon. Sunset point is only a
few minutes trek from most campsites. The stars were incredible and the canyon
itself was awesome. It's really all about location location location. Walk to the
visitor center, access several hikes and the paved bike path right from the
campground. If that one's full you could look at Sunset Campground where it's a
first-come first-serve nice campground in the heart of Bryce. Just outside the
park where just about everything's named Ruby's something there's Ruby's Inn RV
Park and Campground. It's a private owned park with just about the closest access
to the National Park if the park is full up. But
these aren't your only options if you're looking to get into Bryce, there's some
excellent boondocking opportunities just outside of Brylce. Like George's Gift and
Tom's Best Spring there's also Whiteman Bench and Cabin
Hollow just to name a few of them. Now to finish off the Mighty 5 is Zion National
Park and is definitely a must-see. That's why we did a whole video just on Zion, we
have a whole article just on Zion National Park. But it's worth mentioning
a few of them so we could look at South Campground which is officially in the
National Park along with Watchmen if you want that in the Zion National Park
experience. But if you can't get into those the next best option is probably
the Zion Canyon Campground and RV Resort. It's situated along the Virgin River
with the same gorgeous canyon views you'll find in the park and a short walk
to the park entrance. Southern Utah is absolutely amazing with these mighty
five national parks, but you don't want to miss some of the areas that are in
between. You don't want to overlook and miss a place like Valley of the Gods.
So for the entire list and to see so many more places to stay in Southern
Utah,I'm gonna put a link down in the
description to the article that gives you so many options if you want to check
out this amazing area. Also in the description, I'll put a link to each of
the places that we talked about in here so you just press the link and it'll
take you right to the Campendium page for all the details and all the reviews so
that you can get as much information to plan your trip to this National Park
Haven. I don't know what else to call it.
There's a lot to see in there. So I think that's gonna do it for today, if you
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