Camping near Moab, Utah

Camping near Moab at a glance

Public campgrounds

47 (35 BLM, 4 National Forest, 4 State Park, 2 County, 2 National Park Service)

Getting a site

23 reservable and 24 first-come

Cost

1 free; lowest posted fee at Masons Draw Campground: "Single Site: $10 per night"

Distance from Moab

1.1 miles (Sand Flats Recreation Area Group Campsites) to 27 miles (Hamburger Rock Campground) in a straight line; 33 within 15 miles

Elevation

3,964 ft (Gold Bar Campground) to 9,400 ft (Warner Campground), 13 of 47 on record

Season

3 open all year, 2 seasonal with posted dates

Campsites

754 across the 41 campgrounds that state a count

RVs

38 take RVs; hookups at Dead Horse Point State Park Kayenta Campground, Gastonia Campground, and Dead Horse Point State Park Wingate Campground; longest stated RV length 60 ft (Ken's Lake Campground)

Drinking water

1 of 47

Distances are straight-line miles from Moab'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 Moab

• Drinks Canyon Campground, 5.5 miles from Moab in a straight line , BLM , first-come ($20/night); listed under camping near Castle Valley.
• Fisher Towers Campground, 17 miles from Moab in a straight line , BLM , first-come ($20/night); listed under camping near Castle Valley.
• Windwhistle Group Site, 28 miles from Moab in a straight line , BLM , reservable ; listed under camping near Monticello.
• Windwhistle Campground, 28 miles from Moab in a straight line , BLM , first-come ($20/night per site at self-service fee station (exact cash or check)); listed under camping near Monticello.
• Creek Pasture Group Site, 28 miles from Moab in a straight line , BLM , reservable ($65/night); listed under camping near Monticello.
• Creek Pasture Campground, 28 miles from Moab in a straight line , BLM , first-come ($15/night per site); listed under camping near Monticello.
• Superbowl Campground, 30 miles from Moab in a straight line , BLM , first-come ($15/night per site); listed under camping near Monticello.
• Superbowl Group Site, 30 miles from Moab in a straight line , BLM , reservable ($65/night); listed under camping near Monticello.

Tent camping near Moab

• King's Bottom Campground : 11 walk-in sites , 2.2 miles from Moab.
• Jaycee Park Campground : 7 walk-in sites , 3.4 miles from Moab.
• Dead Horse Point State Park Wingate Campground : 11 tent sites , 11 walk-in sites , 12 miles from Moab.
• Oowah Campground : 11 tent sites , 16 miles from Moab.

Things to do near Moab

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

• Slickrock Bike Trail, at Sand Flats Recreation Area Campground (1.5 miles from Moab): Sand Flats is home to the Slickrock Bike Trail, a world-renowned mountain bike ride across sandstone domes, and close to 40 miles of 4x4 and off-highway trails.
• Corona Arch Trail, at Gold Bar Campground (4.6 miles from Moab): The Corona Arch trailhead is across the road: a 1.5-mile hike to two large arches. Petroglyphs line the drive in, and Poison Spider Mesa has a dinosaur track trail nearby.
• Colorado River beach, at Big Bend Campground (6.6 miles from Moab): Many sites sit right on the Colorado River at the "Big Bend", with a sandy beach, a river viewing area and a boat launch for the Moab Daily float stretch.
• Manti-La Sal National Forest, 4 of the 47 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Porcupine Rim at 11 miles from Moab; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
• Whole Enchilada mountain bike trail, at Porcupine Rim (11 miles from Moab): A former dispersed area turned developed campground on the Whole Enchilada mountain bike route, with views down into Castle Valley.
• Dead Horse Point State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 11 miles from Moab; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Dalton Wells dinosaur quarry, at Fossil Flats Primitive Campground (11 miles from Moab): One of North America's largest dinosaur bone beds: over 5,500 bones of more than ten species, including Utahraptor, Gastonia and Moabosaurus. The park also has about 50 miles of Sovereign motorized trails.
• Dalton Wells dinosaur quarry, at Gastonia Campground (12 miles from Moab): One of North America's largest dinosaur bone beds: over 5,500 bones of more than ten species, including Utahraptor, Gastonia and Moabosaurus. The park also has about 50 miles of Sovereign motorized trails.
• Dead Horse Point overlook, at Dead Horse Point State Park Kayenta Campground (12 miles from Moab): The park's namesake overlook sits 2,000 feet above a gooseneck of the Colorado River, facing Canyonlands National Park; the park is an International Dark Sky Park.
• Dead Horse Point overlook, at Dead Horse Point State Park Wingate Campground (12 miles from Moab): The park's namesake overlook sits 2,000 feet above a gooseneck of the Colorado River, facing Canyonlands National Park; the park is an International Dark Sky Park.

Supplies and emergencies near Moab

Nearest emergency room: Moab Regional Hospital, 450 Williams Way, Moab, UT, 0.7 miles from Moab , (435) 719-3500. Next nearest: San Juan Hospital, 380 W 100 N, Monticello, UT, 49 miles, (435) 587-2116. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• 7-Eleven convenience store · 0.1 miles
• City Market supermarket · 0.2 miles · (435) 259-5181 · Hours Mo-Su 06:00-24:00
• Walker Drug & General Store general store · 0.2 miles · Hours Mo-Sa 07:30-21:00; Su 09:00-18:00

Fuel

• Exxon fuel station · 0.2 miles · (435) 259-6030 · Hours Mo-Su 06:00-24:00
• City Market Fuel fuel station · 0.3 miles · (435) 259-5181
• Texaco fuel station · 0.4 miles · (435) 259-6848 · Hours Mo-Su 07:00-21:00

RV dump station

• Sun Outdoors North Moab campground · 2 miles · (435) 259-7660
• Moab Rim Campark RV park · 2.5 miles · (435) 259-5002
• Spanish Trail RV Park RV park · 3.8 miles · (435) 259-2411

Laundromat

• Wet Spot Laundry laundromat · 0.2 miles
• Moab Laundry Eypress laundromat · 0.4 miles
• Moab Laundry laundromat · 0.4 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Moab: 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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