Cottonwood Canyon Campground
Its 10 sites are first-come, first-served (no reservations), and camping costs $15 per night per individual site. Cottonwood Canyon Campground is a BLM campground near Orangeville, Utah.
First-come, first-served
1 / 6A snowy Cottonwood Canyon Campground site with picnic table and fire ring below the canyon walls, Joes Valley area. Photo: BLM Utah, Public domain (US federal government work)
- Managed by
- BLM
It sits 0.6 miles outside the boundary of Manti-La Sal National Forest; its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Joe's Valley bouldering: The campground sits inside the Joe's Valley bouldering area: over 188 boulder problems on 9.7 miles of trails, between the San Rafael Swell and the Manti-La Sal National Forest. (blm.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- BLM
- Reservations
- None, first-come
- Fee
- $15 per night per individual site
Sources: blm.gov, accessed 2026-09-29; recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Total sites
- 10
- Site driveways
- Mixed
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Fire rings
On site: Toilets and fire rings.
Source: recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Campsites
10 sites. Every site below links to its own page on Recreation.gov, where it is booked. Official site list and booking on recreation.gov.
| Book | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site 01 | Cottonwood | Standard nonelectric | Not on record | Back-in | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 01 |
| Site 02 | Cottonwood | Standard nonelectric | Not on record | Back-in | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 02 |
| Site 03 | Cottonwood | Standard nonelectric | Not on record | Back-in | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 03 |
| Site 04 | Cottonwood | Standard nonelectric | Not on record | Back-in | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 04 |
| Site 05 | Cottonwood | Standard nonelectric | Not on record | Back-in | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 05 |
| Site 06 | Cottonwood | Standard nonelectric | Not on record | Back-in | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 06 |
| Site 07 | Cottonwood | Standard nonelectric | Not on record | Back-in | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 07 |
| Site 08 | Cottonwood | Standard nonelectric | Not on record | Back-in | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 08 |
| Site 09 | Cottonwood | Standard nonelectric | Not on record | Back-in | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 09 |
| Site 10 | Cottonwood | Standard nonelectric | Not on record | Parallel | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 10 |
Data source: Recreation.gov , accessed 2026-09-29. Site details are Recreation.gov's own per-site listing and can differ from the campground-wide facts above.
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 6,580 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.4 mi away
- T-Mobile
- No coverage mapped
- Verizon
- No coverage mapped
Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, data as of December 31, 2025
Outdoor coverage each carrier reports to the FCC at this campground's map point, and the nearest mapped coverage within about half a mile. The FCC map only includes 4G LTE at 5/1 Mbps or better and 5G; a weaker signal, a text, or an emergency call may still get through, but don't count on it. These are carrier predictions, not measurements, and can be wrong either way: real service in canyons, under trees, and inside a tent or vehicle is often weaker. 5G speeds are the FCC's 7/1 and 35/3 Mbps tiers. This product uses the FCC Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the FCC.
39.2900, -111.1776 in Emery. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Around Cottonwood Canyon Campground
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Joes Valley Reservoir, whose mapped center point is 5.5 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Joes Valley Reservoir fishing on fishypedia.com.
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More campgrounds: camping near Orangeville and campgrounds in Emery.
Sources
- blm.gov (coordinates, reservationSystem, fee), accessed 2026-09-29
- recreation.gov (sites, toilets, fireRings, reservationSystem, fee, coordinates, campsites), accessed 2026-09-29
- openstreetmap.org (coordinates), accessed 2026-09-29
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- recreation.gov (sites, toilets, fireRings, reservationSystem, fee, coordinates, drivewayType, campsites), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
Photo credits
- Photo 1: BLM Utah, Public domain (US federal government work)
- Photo 2: BLM Utah, Public domain (US federal government work)
- Photo 3: BLM Price Field Office, via Recreation.gov, Public domain (US federal government work)
- Photo 4: BLM Price Field Office, via Recreation.gov, Public domain (US federal government work)
- Photo 5: BLM Price Field Office, via Recreation.gov, Public domain (US federal government work)
- Photo 6: BLM Price Field Office, via Recreation.gov, Public domain (US federal government work)