Camping near Blanding, Utah

Camping near Blanding at a glance

Public campgrounds

3 (2 National Park Service, 1 National Forest)

Getting a site

3 reservable

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Natural Bridges Campground: "$16/night ($8 with Senior or Access pass)"

Distance from Blanding

11 miles (Nizhoni Campground) to 29 miles (Hovenweep Campground) in a straight line; 1 within 15 miles

Elevation

5,218 ft (Hovenweep Campground) to 7,800 ft (Nizhoni Campground), 3 of 3 on record

Season

2 open all year

Campsites

67 across the 3 campgrounds that state a count

RVs

3 take RVs; no hookups on record; longest stated RV length 53 ft (Nizhoni Campground)

Drinking water

2 of 3

Distances are straight-line miles from Blanding'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.

More campgrounds within 30 miles of Blanding

• Devils Canyon Campground, 9.9 miles from Blanding in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $20 per night); listed under camping near Monticello.
• Dalton Springs Campground, 18 miles from Blanding in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $20 per night); listed under camping near Monticello.
• Buckboard Campground, 18 miles from Blanding in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $20 per night); listed under camping near Monticello.
• Sand Island Group Sites, 26 miles from Blanding in a straight line , BLM , reservable ; listed under camping near Bluff.
• Sand Island Recreation Area, 26 miles from Blanding in a straight line , BLM , first-come ($15/night per site); listed under camping near Bluff.

Things to do near Blanding

Public land and water within 30 miles of Blanding, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.

• Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum, a state park whose mapped point is 1.4 miles from Blanding; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Manti-La Sal National Forest, Nizhoni Campground (11 miles from Blanding) sits inside this national forest; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
• Bears Ears National Monument - Indian Creek Unit, a BLM unit whose mapped point is 15 miles from Blanding; its camping rule, field office, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Dark Canyon Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 26 miles from Blanding; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Natural Bridges National Monument, a National Park Service unit whose mapped point is 27 miles from Blanding; its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Hovenweep National Monument, Hovenweep Campground (29 miles from Blanding) sits inside this National Park Service unit; publiclandsdb.com has its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary.

Supplies and emergencies near Blanding

Nearest emergency room: Blue Mountain Hospital, 802 South 200 West, Blanding, UT, 1.8 miles from Blanding , (435) 678-3993. Next nearest: San Juan Hospital, 380 W 100 N, Monticello, UT, 20 miles, (435) 587-2116. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) ; the location of Blue Mountain Hospital is from OpenStreetMap, the Census geocoder could not place its address. In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• Clark's Market supermarket · 1.9 miles · (435) 678-2721 · Hours Mo-Sa 07:00-21:00
• CBs C-Store convenience store · 1.9 miles
• Maverik convenience store · 2.2 miles

Fuel

• Canyon Country Fuel Center fuel station · 1.9 miles
• Exxon fuel station · 2 miles
• Sinclair fuel station · 2.2 miles

RV dump station

• Blue Mountain RV and Trading RV park · 2.5 miles · (435) 678-7840

Pharmacy

• San Juan Pharmacy & Gift pharmacy · 19 miles

Laundromat

• One stop laundromat laundromat · 2 miles
• Laundromat laundromat · 2.2 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Blanding: propane, potable water fill, 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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