Camping near Big Water, Utah
Camping near Big Water, Utah includes 3 public campgrounds on record, 3 first-come. Most (2 of 3) are run by the Bureau of Land Management. The nearest, Lone Rock Beach Primitive Camping Area, is 7.7 miles from Big Water in a straight line, and 2 of 3 are within 15 miles. 1 is free, and 1 stays open all year.
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Camping near Big Water at a glance
- Public campgrounds
- 3 (2 BLM, 1 National Park Service)
- Getting a site
- 3 first-come
- Cost
- 1 free; lowest posted fee at White House Campground: "$12/night per site"
- Distance from Big Water
- 7.7 miles (Lone Rock Beach Primitive Camping Area) to 21 miles (Stateline Campground) in a straight line; 2 within 15 miles
- Elevation
- 3,650 ft at Lone Rock Beach Primitive Camping Area (the only one on record)
- Season
- 1 open all year
- Campsites
- 20 across the 2 campgrounds that state a count
- Drinking water
- 1 of 3
Distances are straight-line miles from Big Water's point in the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2025), not driving distances. Every other fact comes from each campground's own sourced record, linked from its page.
First-come Lone Rock Beach Primitive Camping Area - Agency
- National Park Service
- Sites
- Not on record
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- $14 per vehicle per night, plus the entrance fee
First-come White House Campground - Agency
- BLM
- Sites
- 12
- Season
- Year-round
- Fee
- $12/night per site
First-come Stateline Campground - Agency
- BLM
- Sites
- 8
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Free
Things to do near Big Water
Public land and water within 30 miles of Big Water, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.
- Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 7.3 miles from Big Water; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Lone Rock Beach Primitive Camping Area (7.7 miles from Big Water) sits inside this National Park Service unit; publiclandsdb.com has its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary.
- Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 9 miles from Big Water; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, a National Park Service unit whose mapped point is 12 miles from Big Water; its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
- Paria Canyon access, at White House Campground (13 miles from Big Water): Staging area for hikers and backpackers heading into the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, in a valley beside the Paria River.
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, a BLM unit whose mapped point is 13 miles from Big Water; its camping rule, field office, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
- Lake Powell water level, a reservoir whose mapped point is 14 miles from Big Water; current water level on reservoirfinder.com.
- Lake Powell fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 14 miles from Big Water; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Arizona National Scenic Trail northern terminus, at Stateline Campground (21 miles from Big Water): The campground on the Utah-Arizona line is the northern end of the Arizona Trail, below the Paria Plateau.
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument - Escalante Canyons Unit, a BLM unit whose mapped point is 28 miles from Big Water; its camping rule, field office, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
Supplies and emergencies near Big Water
Nearest emergency room: Kane County Hospital, 355 Main St, Kanab, UT, 48 miles from Big Water , (435) 644-5811. Next nearest: Intermountain Health Garfield Memorial Hospital, 200 N 400 East St, Panguitch, UT, 67 miles, (435) 676-1262. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.
- Groceries
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- Eagles Landing Travel Plaza
- Maverik
- Walmart Supercenter
- Fuel
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- VP Racing Fuels
- Pilot
- Wahweap Marina Gas Station
- RV dump station
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- Wahweap Campground
- Paria River Ranch
- Page Lake Powell Campground
- Laundromat
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- Page Laundry
- Sunshine Coin-Op Laundry
Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Big Water: propane, potable water fill, pharmacy, and ice. Stores, fuel, propane, dump stations, water fill, laundromats, and pharmacies are the nearest few mapped within 25 miles, straight-line, © OpenStreetMap contributors (data as of 2026-09-29; this extract under the ODbL). Hours are as mapped; call ahead.
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