Coconino Rim Road Dispersed Camping
Reviewed Jun. 9, 2021

Nice, widely spaced sites, just a mile or so off of East (South) Rim Road (

We have a 36’ Class A with a Cherokee Trailhawk tow and parked and dropped just past the entrance to the NF, then went to scout for a site that would accommodate us. We found a site about a mile in or so, just off to the right of Coconino Rim Rd(FR 310) for 7 days(end of May, beginning of June). As others have said, the Forest Roads, while a little bumpy, are in much better shape than the first part of the road as you turn off of Hwy 64 and leave GCNP. There are quite a few sites along the FRs and almost all of the sites are very well spaced, most being 0.4 miles apart or more. Some are clustered a little more closely together, but would make nice group sites. There is quite a bit of traffic on Coconino Rim Rd and the vehicles and ATVs do kick up bit of dust. The further off of the road you can get the better, and with the winds predominantly out of the“West”, that side of the road is generally less dusty. There are a number of trails/forest roads in the immediate area to hike and/or bike. Due to the decades long drought, there is usually a fire ban in the area. We did see herds of elk late in the evenings and early mornings. The ranger that stopped by to check on us was very nice. He said they have to truck water in for the elk now, as there are no longer any natural water sources for them. Flies were only a periodic nuisance, but we were infested with dozens of Dingy Cutworm Moths every night from~7-10pm. I understand that this only happens for a few weeks a year, but it was very annoying. AT&T coverage was weird, varying between 4 bars of LTE service, to 4 bars of 4G, to 4 bars of 3G(mostly), to no service and speeds wildly varying as well, ranging from nothing up to about 2 MB/s. There was a T-Mobile tower about 300 yards from our site. I contacted AT&T and they’re looking into the weirdness. There were few trees, but widely spaced, so we were able to get DISH coverage on all three western satellites at our site. There were no OTA channels to be had with our fixed omni antenna.

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  • Review photo of Coconino Rim Road Dispersed Camping by Ray & Terri F., June 9, 2021
  • Review photo of Coconino Rim Road Dispersed Camping by Ray & Terri F., June 9, 2021
  • Review photo of Coconino Rim Road Dispersed Camping by Ray & Terri F., June 9, 2021
  • Review photo of Coconino Rim Road Dispersed Camping by Ray & Terri F., June 9, 2021
  • Review photo of Coconino Rim Road Dispersed Camping by Ray & Terri F., June 9, 2021
  • Review photo of Coconino Rim Road Dispersed Camping by Ray & Terri F., June 9, 2021