Cotter Mine Road Dispersed Sites

Oof. I really wanted to love this place, but in all honesty, it felt borderline dangerous. The roads were large, chunky gravel and random deep sandy patches and some not-so-comforting drop-offs. If you do go, my strong advice not to don’t head all the way down the road. There’s no easy turnaround, and it gets steep fast. You’ll definitely want good clearance, and make sure everything inside your vehicle is secured, otherwise prepare for a full-on rattles. I hate to say it, but for what you get, it just isn’t worth it in an RV. There is plenty of space…but the views are meh and the power lines kind of crush the vibe. 

in Crosstrail 24Fl with AWD

Scattered spots to camp along a mining road on BLM land. Legal spots are signed. Road is rough and rocky but i didn't quite need 4wd. Probably would it's wet. Need to get up the first climb to get away from the power lines and road noise. Beautiful skies and decent landscape.

We pulled in moved all of our stuff from the back of my suv (we’re car camping) started a fire started cooking pulled out our chairs and kept feeling weird vibrations. I went to the car and I kept hearing something told my husband he blew it off..few minutes later kept getting louder. He went to the car and said the car was vibrating. We were getting shocked/electrocuted!! Something was going on with the power lines. It was creepy. You could feel it in the ground.

Simple enough to get there, I was in a Bronco. Roads are marked clearly. Lots of availability. Great views.

Super close to the parks (10-15 minutes from arches). Great sunset/view but cars were driving by a lot from about 6-9. You can hear and see the highway traffic. Also the train and power lines. And only a couple spots before a very steep hill. I made it up in my 2wd SUV but it was very sketchy and it looked like it got worse so I turned around.

Location is key with this site. You are 10 minutes from Arches National Park. You are also close to the state highway, train tracks, and powerlines. I didn’t mind the train. The buzzing of the powerlines took some getting used to.

Camped here while staying near Arches National Park. The road here is bumpy but manageable for most stock vehicles. We found a campsite that wide open, flat and had incredible views at night.

Busy area but the sites are decent.

Beautiful Great area with dispersed camping. Fills up fast tho. Definitely good for car/tent camping and vans. Do not drive a big trailer or camper down this road. I wouldn’t take this road in a sedan either. Narrow rough road with steep drop off with jeeps and rtvs whipping around. Not any shade for you tent either so just take note in the summer.

Got here right before sunset and just stayed the night. Road was a bit bumpy, we got one of the first few spots with our 2wd camper van. Not much traffic through the night, plenty of cow friends!

We took our small tow behind camper here and it worked out perfectly. Centrally located between arches, Canyonlands, and downtown Moab. It was so fun and private

This campsite was AWESOME! the road getting in was a little rough, but with AWD you should be good. Beautiful views, spread out spots, and easy access to arches. this campsite was a major win!

Slightly rough road to get into the campsite plenty of places to choose from. Got there at like 6 o’clock on a Friday night with a camper van and had no trouble. It was the perfect stop for the night able to have a fire and had enough privacy. The stars were phenomenal. Verizon had full bar coverage and you’re close to Arches and Canyonlands.

Phenomenal sunrise and sunsets, train did go by at night but was cool. I have not idea how my corolla made it up such the rocky and gutted road but she did

Pretty good campsite. Road is pretty rocky leading up to it. Verizon service is good

Sunsets are amazing. Easily accessed with fire pits. Verizon service is decent.

Very close to Arches, but we followed Google maps with the coordinates and it gave us wrong indications for the road, the one google gives is closed. Coming from Moab you need to enter by the road that is just on the right of a large pull off, maybe 1.5 miles before the one google indicates. Easy to go in, ok for minivan and basic cars

Easy to find a spot. Only one neighbor so many pull offs. Mid size suv okay! Stars were popping. No amenities. Very quiet felt safe

About 15/20 minutes to Arches. I had checked this website on two separate camping sites, and each gave a different entry. We came in the south entrance which was just labeled as a BLM road, and terribly hard to find in the dark ( we came through right at 9pm) that was the only negative thing. Otherwise campsite was adequate for a quick overnight. Plenty of space. The road was in decent condition, no issues there.

Looked like there were better spots than ours but they were taken. Ours was pretty decent, out of the wind, fairly quiet. Not a bad drive in, little bumpy but doable. Atvs/ dirt bikers ride a lot around the area but we got there around sunset and left pretty early so wasn't too bad.

There is a bit of a dip in the road so be careful on that but was fine to drive, go slow

awesome first camping site on a road trip in Moab. Challenging drive up, but should be fine with an SUV, AWD or 4WD will be helpful. beautiful view of an arch and the natural landscape with amazing sunset.