Camping near Bluff, Utah

Camping near Bluff at a glance

Public campgrounds

3 (2 BLM, 1 State Park)

Getting a site

1 reservable and 2 first-come

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Goosenecks State Park Campground: "$10/night (first come, first served; no reservations); $5 per extra vehicle"

Distance from Bluff

2.1 miles (Sand Island Group Sites) to 20 miles (Goosenecks State Park Campground) in a straight line; 2 within 15 miles

Elevation

4,965 ft at Goosenecks State Park Campground (the only one on record)

Season

2 open all year

Campsites

25 across the 2 campgrounds that state a count

Drinking water

1 of 3

Distances are straight-line miles from Bluff'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 Bluff

• Hovenweep Campground, 30 miles from Bluff in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($20/night ($10 with Senior or Access pass)); listed under camping near Blanding.

Things to do near Bluff

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

• San Juan River put-in, at Sand Island Recreation Area (2.1 miles from Bluff): Main launch for the 102-mile San Juan River run between Montezuma Creek and Clay Hills Crossing; river permits are required.
• Goosenecks State Park, Goosenecks State Park Campground (20 miles from Bluff) sits inside this state park; publiclandsdb.com has its hours, entrance fee, and boundary.
• San Juan River goosenecks, at Goosenecks State Park Campground (20 miles from Bluff): Camping on a canyon rim 1,000 feet above the San Juan River, which winds over six miles through entrenched meanders while advancing a mile and a half west; an International Dark Sky Park.
• Bears Ears National Monument - Indian Creek Unit, a BLM unit whose mapped point is 23 miles from Bluff; its camping rule, field office, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum, a state park whose mapped point is 24 miles from Bluff; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Hovenweep National Monument, a National Park Service unit whose mapped point is 29 miles from Bluff; its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Bluff

Nearest emergency room: Blue Mountain Hospital, 802 South 200 West, Blanding, UT, 23 miles from Bluff , (435) 678-3993. Next nearest: San Juan Hospital, 380 W 100 N, Monticello, UT, 43 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

• K & C Convience convenience store · 2.1 miles · Hours Mo-Su 07:00-21:00
• White Mesa Travel Center convenience store · 14 miles
• Dino Mart convenience store · 16 miles

Fuel

• Sinclair fuel station · 2.1 miles · (435) 672-2221
• Marathon fuel station · 14 miles
• Sinclair fuel station · 16 miles · (435) 485-4761 · Hours Mo-Su 06:00-21:00

RV dump station

• Blue Mountain RV and Trading RV park · 22 miles · (435) 678-7840

Laundromat

• One stop laundromat laundromat · 23 miles
• Laundromat laundromat · 24 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Bluff: 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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