Cathedral Gorge State Park Campground
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Reviewed Jul. 15, 2020

Quiet Desert Campground in the Heart of Cathedral Gorge

Nice and quiet campground in an interesting state park. We went for site #4, which was in the interior part of the single-loop campground. The bathrooms were a short walk over a hill shortcut or you could walk the campground loop road to them.

Bathrooms are clean with a single shower. I had no problem with hot water, but the campground was not busy on the Monday after Fourth of July and it was hot out. It was nice to be able to get off the dust!

We had checked out another site on the outside part of the loop (#12, if I remember correctly) and it had a nice tent space, but ours could easily fit two small tents and possibly up to three if you did not have a fire.

There was an electrical hookup box, but the regular plug-ins were blocked, so we were unable to use it to charge our phones. (There was like a plastic insert blocking the plugs.) I didn't have an RV-style plug to try.

People were good about turning off their generators at 10pm.

There are a few trails that go off from the campground to explore the local area and its slot canyons. A nice afternoon excursion if you have the time. Pretty flat trails, though the one we took had been washed out in places. Just follow the trail posts up the dry stream beds in those parts and you'll be fine.

Beware of flash flooding in this region. I know the campground was caught in a flash flood in July of 2018 because of video online, so just be aware of that. From the news coverage, this does not seem to be a common event.

I would definitely come back to this campground.

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  • Review photo of Cathedral Gorge State Park Campground by Susan V., July 15, 2020
  • Review photo of Cathedral Gorge State Park Campground by Susan V., July 15, 2020
  • Review photo of Cathedral Gorge State Park Campground by Susan V., July 15, 2020
  • Review photo of Cathedral Gorge State Park Campground by Susan V., July 15, 2020
  • Review photo of Cathedral Gorge State Park Campground by Susan V., July 15, 2020
  • Review photo of Cathedral Gorge State Park Campground by Susan V., July 15, 2020
  • Review photo of Cathedral Gorge State Park Campground by Susan V., July 15, 2020
  • Review photo of Cathedral Gorge State Park Campground by Susan V., July 15, 2020
  • Review photo of Cathedral Gorge State Park Campground by Susan V., July 15, 2020
  • Review photo of Cathedral Gorge State Park Campground by Susan V., July 15, 2020
  • Review photo of Cathedral Gorge State Park Campground by Susan V., July 15, 2020
  • Review photo of Cathedral Gorge State Park Campground by Susan V., July 15, 2020