Utahraptor State Park Campground

This has great proximity to arches national park. The price is a bit steep at 50+ dollars. My spot was pull through which is nice. There are two dump stations on way out. Cell phone was 1 bar so using starlink for phone calls. The gate is 24 hours and had an attendant at it at 9 pm.

This location needs to be removed from the free listing for campgrounds.

Although review said $15, it has become $30!! We were put in the overflow area as we did not have a reservation. (Don’t need for dispersed sights) The entrance to the overflow area was extremely rough!! 🤬 For $30 a night, they could at least grade the yard.

I tent camped for about 10 days. I liked my camping spot....I just didn't like that the park service workers or whatever they're called keep on driving by my site like every 45 minutes it seemed. Wish I choose a site farther back. Other than that it was nice. I was there on the aurora borealis.... some of my pictures are super red because of that. Loved seeing the red dirt/sand. I was at a primitive site....so no water or anything. My Verizon cell service was 4g about 1-2 bars. The town of Moab is about a 15 minute drive. Oh and if you go to Moab go to Tacotime ....it's a food truck and the crispy meat burrito 🌯 is really good.

Yes, you were going to pay $50 if you want to plug-in and have water. But from a Van life perspective this is a fantastic stop. The road is newly paved. The bathrooms are clean and so fantastic. This campsites have a beautiful new canopy over each picnic table. There’s a fire pit that probably has never been used before. The scene from the sites that I stayed in are absolutely beautiful. There is limited traffic noise. So other than having to pay to stay, this is a really great for pay campground.

As others have mentioned, this is now a pay campground. As of today, $15.00 for (primitive), which has a fire ring and a picnic table, and “partial hookups” (don’t know what that includes). We got the perfect spot for us, this will depend very much on what you are looking for.

Very large and very quiet campsite. Everything is new and very clean. Sites with roofs over the picnic tables are a must. We were at the 210. Incredible view of the surrounding rocks. Very close to the bathrooms (spacious and very clean). The downside is that there's only one dumpster and it's far from the sites. We have a van without air conditioning, fans are required because it's very hot in July. Luckily, it's often windy.

This area is now UtahRaptor State Park. Officially to open May 2025, but until then it is open without an entry fee and camping is available on three loops in the Willow Springs Primitive camping area. 27 designated sites are large, graveled and level.

Update 9-2025. The primitive campsites are still $15 but are all reservable now. They were all FCFS. No park entrance fee if you are paying for camping. Access to the Sovereign trails requires a $15 day use fee if not camping. Access to the Klonzi BLM trails is free (but don't use the Park restrooms!) Haha!

Absolutely incredible site. Plenty of sites to choose from, easily accessible. It does get crowded on the weekend, but everyone is respectful. Felt very safe here. There are nice pit toilets as well and a dumpster near the entrance. $15 to enter the state park. Willow springs road will take you to arches as well, HOWEVER, absolutely do not attempt unless you have a high clearance 4WD vehicle.

Clean quiet and convient. Boondocking with large off grid trailer

We got a nice pull through site with a picnic table, fire ring, and near the clean pit toilets at about 5:30 pm. Tons of folks were looking for spots from 6-8. The site was nice, spaced away from others, and very very convenient to Arches NP. $15 fee for the Utahraptor State Park that manages it now.

Right outside moab. Lots of free camping spots and porta pottys available for usage which is awesome. Right off the highway but still felt in the desert and had a great sleep for being so close to the interstate. Fire pits available to use as well. Only downside is strangers can pull up alongside pretty close to you in middle of night because sites are close together.

This BLM campground cost $15 per night. The sites have a picnic table, and fire ring. There are porta potties throughout. It was very comfortable with beautiful beautiful views of the Utah landscape.

We arrived late. Hard time findya site then went off to the north and found a section that was more open.  WiFi was limited so hard to pay fee but hiked up the hill a little and was able to pay.  Beautiful setting.  Great bargain.  I’ll stay there again.

A lot of sites for tents and rv,s. Porta loos. Clean and quiet. 15 min drive to Arches. Lo reception on cell. T-mobile is Ok. Site highly recomended. 25 foot rig.

We arrived shortly after sunset, having spent the afternoon in Arches. A lot of spots were already taken, but we found a free one about a mile in (couldn’t hear the highway). Sites vary in size and on some it might be difficult to maneuver with bigger rigs. We are a 19’ class B, so it wasn’t an issue for us. There was still a bit of traffic on the dirt road in the evening and in the morning, but the night was very quiet. Would choose this again.

For BLM camping, this was a great option. Close to town so we could go get our 5% beers on tap (or real beer to go) and some great food at both Moab and Proper, and close to most of the MTB trails we were there for. In fact, at the end of this road is the KlonZo trail network. That's a really nice set of trails if you don't want to drive.

I mention selection because if you show up late, you'll be left with some of the spots close to the road. Those will get noise and dust from the passing vehicles and UTVs. 

The spot we got was okay. We arrived on a Wednesday and it was mostly empty. Friday night was when things filled up and people doubled up in some spots. Good way to make friends and share beers. We didn't mind.

If you go about 1 mile in, there are some nicely sheltered spots to the right. The tradeoff is that your view of the sunset is probably blocked. 

Pit toilets distributed adequately and a trash dumpster near the exit. 

We also had fair Verizon cell coverage.

This is a great campground with tons of space. There were lots of people and lots of kids the whole time we were there but it’s cheap, close to Moab and all the attractions therein. We will definitely camp here again. Moab has affordable laundry, great food, water fill ups at the visitor center and everything an outdoors person could want.

We rolled in late one night and didn’t have any other options to go exploring especially not being from the area. I knew of this area from the last time I visited. We would see people camping out in random spots from the highway and we tried it to and it worked out great. Woke up to hot air balloons in the air around us.

Located on BLM Road 142 in Utah, just North of Moab, this area was open/free BLM land.  Even when free, this area was not very "pretty".  The State took over the land and designated it: Utahrapter State Park in early 2023, and began charging $15 per day.. which gets you Porta-Potties, and that's it !  The State has not even performed any maintenance on the roads through the park.  ..Just watch the Video'

Easy to find right off 191. Has trash and porta potty’s. Large RV’s can make it just fine. There is a $15 fee but no one checked.

This campsite was relatively easy to find and had PLENTY of spots to choose from, even arriving at 10:30 pm like I did. My Honda HR-V was able to make it to the campsites near the front, but I would recommend a high clearance 4x4 to get to the sites in the back. There were several clean porta-potties spread out so no worries about having to run to find a restroom. Relatively quiet and private making for a great camping experience!

This is a good spot for only $15. We found the area after dark but were able to find a spot without too many neighbors. Recommend a vehicle with high clearance ro reach farther back sites.

15 dollars a day, you could probably get away with not paying the fee, no one validates it. Very cool campsite, very sandy and windy. Tons of spots to choose from, so many you don’t have to worry about them filling up. The cooler spots are further along the roads, you can find some cool ones along big rock formations that offer shade, but less toilets back there and the road gets super bumpy, AWD at least and anything lifted will do better. Lots of porta potties, and one pit toilet we found. All very clean with hand sanitizer and GOOD, fluffy toilet paper. Ground is hard to drive stakes into, so bring some para cord if tenting. Watch out for cactuses and the area is busy so can get loud at night. People like to party. Cool spot.

The best cheap spot to lay down an RV for the night. Didn’t need a water/electric hookup, don’t think they had any of those. Fire pits, ample space arriving at 8:30PM, decent cell reception. Porta potties if needed.

Nice trails with plenty of fire rings. Some sites harder to get to than others.

Clear, designated spots. Clean bathrooms and great views!

We loved camping here! We found the coolest dispersed site with tons of space and no body else around. Our site was huge and the ground was all rock which was pretty cool. Lots of porta potties. The stars and views were spectacular. 4wd vehicle needed to get back to the cool sites that are not right off the road

Not free dispersed. $15 per VEHICLE...until State Park CG is built.

Camping overnight for the super moon and treated to a beautiful desert rain. My class b van handled the road well. 15 dollars paid through the Utah park ap.