Best Campgrounds near Monument Valley, AZ

This is definitely a 1 night stay type of place. Tons of tourist coming and going, for good reason of course. The monuments are incredible and right there! The RV sites are basically just a slotted parking lot with a picnic table each. No hookups of any kind. I went in July and it was not bad once the sun went down in my popup with the windows slightly unzipped.

You don’t have a great view of the mittens from most all of the RV sites except the first few up by the entrance. But it’s a short walk over to some tables you can sit at and enjoy the stunning view.

Not my favorite campsite but it does the trick for a night to enjoy the monuments only steps away.

Bathrooms are not great and 1 of the two sinks didn’t with as well as 1 of 3 showers during my stay. Only 1 toilet Shower has been out of service for over 2 months it said so… not great at upkeep… avoid shower/bathroom from 8-10 as it was a long line out the door lol.

The tent sites are wild and have by far the best view even over the cabins. They are right in the valley by not super flat so be aware of that.

Overall a super cool place a lots of cool hand made items to check out in the gift shop.

A absolutely spectacular place for FREE! Easy access with 2-wheel drive for the first .5 of the loop at least (we didn’t go any farther). Breathtaking view of the 7-sisters and plenty of flat ground for tents. There are no amenities like restrooms or potable water and the campsite is a patch of flat dirt but even with all of that we still thought the sights made up for it.

As for the actual camping in the area, would be best to arrive after or near sundown seeing as it was in the 100’s most of the afternoon and evening. The ground is also extremely dry and hard but with a mallet you can get the stake in and it will stick like concrete. The afternoon was very windy and made it a challenge to set up but the wind died down in the evening. We did lose a stake to the rock solid ground and it actually snapped the paracord handle so be prepared for that possibility.

Overall, even though it does have its downsides, it is a breathtaking, secluded, free camping area and we would go again.

The entry road off the highway technically goes through private land. It seems that landowner has tried to capitalize on people who don’t know better, or just don’t want to go any further down the road. The sign as you turn off only applies to those areas immediately after it. Once you go a little further and cross over the cattle grate on the road to the left at the fork you’re in BLM land and the campsites are free. There are 11 total that are pretty clearly defined by rock campfire rings and open flat-ish areas for vehicles.

We visited for the first time tonight and found it empty except for 1. Went all the way to the end of the road to scope out all the sites and settled on the second to last. Beautiful view of Mexican Hat Rock and a reasonably level and open camp area.

There’s one steep section but it seems somewhat maintained. Did the whole road without issue in a 24’ 2WD Sprinter 3500XD fully loaded. Long vehicles or trailers may have issue with the 90* turn at the bottom of the steep section but there’s at least 3 viable spots before that. H