Camping near Hanksville, Utah

Camping near Hanksville at a glance

Public campgrounds

7 (5 BLM, 2 National Park Service)

Getting a site

1 reservable and 4 first-come

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Starr Spring Campground: "$10/site/night; $20/night for the group site; paid on site"

Distance from Hanksville

18 miles (Lonesome Beaver Campground) to 42 miles (Farley Canyon Primitive Camping Area) in a straight line; none within 15 miles

Elevation

3,719 ft (Dirty Devil Primitive Camping Area) to 8,165 ft (Lonesome Beaver Campground), 5 of 7 on record

Season

2 seasonal with posted dates

Campsites

49 across the 5 campgrounds that state a count

Drinking water

3 of 7

Distances are straight-line miles from Hanksville'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 Hanksville

• Behind the Butte East Campground, 14 miles from Hanksville in a straight line , State Park , first-come ($15/night per site (self-pay; park day-use fee is separate)); listed under camping near Green River.
• Goblin Valley State Park Campground, 14 miles from Hanksville in a straight line , State Park , reservable ($45/night including park entry; $20 per extra vehicle; group site $200 (40 people, 10 vehicles)); listed under camping near Green River.
• Behind the Butte West Campground, 14 miles from Hanksville in a straight line , State Park , first-come ($15/night per site (self-pay; park day-use fee is separate)); listed under camping near Green River.
• Behind the Butte North Campground, 14 miles from Hanksville in a straight line , State Park , first-come ($15/night per site (self-pay; park day-use fee is separate)); listed under camping near Green River.
• Fruita Campground, 30 miles from Hanksville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($25/night); listed under camping near Torrey.
• Fruita Group Campsite, 30 miles from Hanksville in a straight line , National Park Service , reservable ($125/night); listed under camping near Torrey.

Things to do near Hanksville

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

• Big Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 12 miles from Hanksville; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Middle Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 12 miles from Hanksville; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Goblin Valley State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 14 miles from Hanksville; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Muddy Creek Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 18 miles from Hanksville; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Little Wild Horse Canyon Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 19 miles from Hanksville; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Horse Valley Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 19 miles from Hanksville; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• San Rafael Reef, at Temple Mountain Campground East (20 miles from Hanksville): Sits at the east mouth of Temple Wash, a short steep canyon cutting through the San Rafael Reef; Goblin Valley State Park is 2 miles east.
• Temple Mountain Mining District, at Temple Mountain Campground West (21 miles from Hanksville): The campground sits in the historic Temple Mountain uranium mining district, with trails to reclaimed Cold War-era mines.
• Horse facilities, at McMillan Spring Campground (22 miles from Hanksville): Designed for riders, with corrals, livestock water and a trough visible from several sites, in a ponderosa pine forest; a favorite of fall big game hunters.
• Little Ocean Draw Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 24 miles from Hanksville; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Hanksville

Nearest emergency room: Moab Regional Hospital, 450 Williams Way, Moab, UT, 64 miles from Hanksville , (435) 719-3500. Next nearest: Intermountain Health Sevier Valley Hospital, 1000 N Main St, Richfield, UT, 79 miles, (435) 893-4100. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• Bull Mountain Market convenience store · 0.2 miles
• Hollow Mountain convenience store · 0.5 miles
• Silver Eagle convenience store · 0.5 miles

Fuel

• Sinclair fuel station · 0.5 miles · (435) 542-3298 · Hours Mo-Su 06:00-23:00
• Silver Eagle fuel station · 0.6 miles · Hours Mo-Fr 06:00-22:00

RV dump station

• Duke's Slickrock Campground & RV Park RV park · 0.4 miles
• Offroad RV Resort RV park · 7.8 miles · (435) 633-3714

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Hanksville: propane, potable water fill, pharmacy, laundromat, 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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