Best Tent Camping near Jensen, UT

Recent Tent Reviews near Jensen, Utah

413 Reviews of 30 Jensen Campgrounds

• S

  Santos A.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 21, 2020

  Fossil Valley RV Park

  Last Minute

  Owner is great . I arrived here around 8:45pm . He allowed me to tent camp here. I ride a motorcycle. I saw more Rv than tent site. I would definitely camp here next time .

• 

  Rene R.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 23, 2019

  Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area-NFS Antelope Flat Campground

  Clean and well kept campground with clean flush toilets.

  We stayed three nights at the Antelope Flat Campground on the east shore of Flaming Gorge. The campground itself is a bit dated, but we were OK with it. Seems to be best for tent camping, there are RV spots available but without hook ups. There is a dump station. Tent sites are well kept and well maintained. We met the camp hosts for 2019, they were a very nice older couple. Seems like the wife maintains the bathrooms with flush toilets. Super clean! And her husband maintains the sites. All sites and fire rings were clean and free of weeds and debris. He worked everyday we were there on a new site. Kudos to them! Campground had super easy access to the boat ramp where we launched our kayak. Great spot to launch. Also it can get very windy!!!!!

• 

  Nicole H.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 12, 2018

  Red Fleet State Park Campground

  I love this place!!!

  I have been camping here for about 30 years and I'm only 30 years old. My family and our camp friends have been going here, year after year, for the great camp sites, fun hiking and most of all, the sublime waterskiing. To keep it fairly brief, the camp sites are mainly situated around a large, open, slightly uneven grass area which is great for tent camping and day activities (volleyball, frisbee, catch, BBQing.) Not much shade from the smaller trees but there are shaded picnic tables for each site. Around that are the RV sites with full hookups. The surrounding tent sites are in a more desert like, sandy area where I haven't spent much camp time. The bathrooms are usually clean and in good working order with running water, but nothing fancy (no showers.) The lake has a plethora of awesome acitivites including boating, kayaking, canoeing, swimming, cliff jumping, fishing and does provide some rentals. We usually try to go during the week as it does get quite busy/crowded on weekends.

• 

  Amanda B.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 22, 2016

  Red Fleet State Park Campground

  Camping at Red Fleet State Park during Paddlefest 2016

  I love camping at Red Fleet State Park for so many reasons. Surrounded by beautiful red rock and pinion pines, the beauty of the desert will take your breath away. There are fossilized dinosaur tracks in the rocks across the lake, and beautiful hiking trails for you to enjoy. One of my favorite things to do every year is to camp there during Paddlefest. They close down the lake to all motorized vehicles, so that people can enjoy paddle boarding, kayaking, and all other forms of non motorized floating. Live music, vendors, and so much more! The camp spots are limited during this time, so you must reserve quickly. All camp spots have a fire ring and covered picnic table. Some of the tent camp sites have trails down to the lake. There are also two teepees you can rent!

• 

  Ana P.

  Traveler

  

  Mar. 17, 2023

  Vernal / Dinosaurland KOA

  Seriously

  Don't give this place your money. You can't even tent camp here for less than 55.00 per night. Just go another 8-9 miles down the highway to Steinaker where tent camping is 20.00 and RV sites with full hookups are around 35.00.

• A

  Anna H.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 17, 2018

  Red Canyon

  Red Canyon RV Park Tent Sites

  We stayed at the Red Canyon RV Park which had 2 tent sites. The tent sites were huge compared to other tent sites we have been to. There was a water faucet right by our site along with picnic tables and a firepit. We had an extra car and tent join us at no extra cost. View was great. The site is right by the highway though - we slept great with ear plugs in, but could be a little loud otherwise. The bathrooms were great too, and just a 15 min drive from Bryce Canyon.

• 

  Nathan G.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 8, 2019

  Green River Campground — Dinosaur National Monument

  Fun little camp spots on the Green River

  It's a nice little Kim spot about 9 miles from the dinosaur national monument visitor center Utah side. There's a lot of chipmunks and if you have allergies cottonwood trees. Also the ground not to level so for tent camping it's takes a little bit to find a spot to lay your tent. just a few minutes up the road there split mountain which is for group Canton so there's more white out spaces for Tent's but you also sacrifice to tree cover on hot days.

• 

  William W.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 16, 2018

  Deerlodge Park Campground — Dinosaur National Monument

  Great quiet little campground!

  If you are tent camping, this is a great little spot that’s inexpensive and very peaceful and beautiful. Everyone we met here was friendly and respectful. Good place to camp if you are going to Dinosaur National Monument or rafting down the river.

• 

  Ana P.

  Traveler

  

  Mar. 17, 2023

  Red Fleet State Park Campground

  Absolutely Gorgeous!

  I absolutely love Red Fleet. We stay here any time we are visiting Vernal. Hands down my favorite place. Clean, quiet, boat launch, fish cleaning station, and just beautiful primitive walk up sites. They also have RV parking with full hookups. Tent camping is 15.00 per night.

• E

  Emily

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 22, 2022

  Vernal / Dinosaurland KOA

  Gorgeous site, lovely host

  The scenery was lovely. Able to pull into the tent site with our Ford E150 no problems, basically no one else in the tent portion of the site (mostly in the RV section). Every site has a fire pit and a picnic table and chairs. Bathrooms were clean, water was hot.

• 

  Cooper F.

  Guide

  

  May. 11, 2022

  Outlaw Trail RV Park

  Clean, convenient, affordable

  Friendly staff, clean areas, and no-frills complete hookups on gravel lots. Tent camping area is nice and green, but the highway noise seems like it could be a distraction. Convenient spot to start a day at Dinosaur Nat’l Mon, especially if you don’t want to risk the 1st come - 1st served with the two parks at the monument.

• 

  Cortney M.

  Legend

  

  Sep. 25, 2016

  Red Fleet State Park Campground

  Red Fleet

  Red Fleet offers RV sites, tent sites, and even has a couple teepees you can also rent out and stay in. Short walk to the lake. Bathroom facilities with running water. Grassed area with covered picnic tables. Host to the annual DinoTri and also Paddle Fest.

• L

  Lauryn

  Scout

  

  Oct. 4, 2021

  Red Fleet State Park Campground

  Convenience and views

  Red Fleet is a very accessible campground. There are several large RV spots with full hookups (30amp, one handicapped spot with 50amp) in addition to tent camping. Boat ramp down to reservoir. Sandy beach and hiking trails. Large parking lot for cars/boats. Dumpster, bathrooms, water hookups, and very fast WiFi (available for $3/day). $25/night for hookup spots, $15/night for regular spot. Pets allowed but must be on leash.

• 

  Brad B.

  Legend

  

  Jun. 14, 2019

  Red Canyon

  Amazing views and saw sheep

  This is an amazing campgrounds. Nice big spots. I camped in June and there was only 2 people using the campground. There is water hookups with outhouse style bathrooms and picnic tables. Amazing views of Flaming Gorge resivore.

  We saw big horn sheep right by camp. The look out is within walking distance and it is close to the trailhead to the loop trail. Tent camping and RV this is a nice set up.

• 

  Cortney M.

  Legend

  

  Jun. 21, 2017

  Greendale - Ashley National Forest

  Very Green

  This is a small campground just before you reach the pineforest campground. It is rather small but very peaceful. The sites come have firepits and picnic tables. There is green grass throughout the entire campground with well maintained roads. There is toilet facilities available in this campground. Alot of trees and foliage adds to the privacy of the sites. RV sites with no hookups or tent sites available.

• 

  Greg L.

  Legend

  

  May. 22, 2021

  Red Fleet State Park Campground

  RV Trailer sites x Walmart

  Was surprised how packed in the RV trailer sites are, they have to back into a spot on pavement between parking lines, right next to each other, the tables and grass areas are behind each parking spot. Tent sites are better since they can walk in and space out a bit. I would never camp here with an RV/TT...it looks like at a Walmart or a casino between the white lines.

• 

  Sarah M.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 16, 2024

  Dragon Douglas Trail BLM Dispersed Site

  Dragon Douglas Trail BLM

  This spot is for OHV parking. There’s a fire ring and we parked to the left of it so we didn’t interfere with parking. There’s 5 sites up the OHV trail that we saw. It was muddy so we weren’t comfortable towing our 19’ rig up the trail. We took our 4 runner up the trail and didn’t need 4wd. If dry, you could tow your small camper in if high clearance. There’s a bit of a rise to get from the road to the grass. Sites are perfect for tent camping.

• 

  Tammy H.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 27, 2016

  Steinaker State Park Campground

  Close to town

  This is a great recreation area close to the town of Vernal, about 5 miles out. There is a lake for fishing, swimming and water sports. There is a nice beach with pavilions and picnic sites. The campground has full hook up spots, Electrical, a cabin you can rent and tent sites. There is a great group site that gives you access to the water and has a covered pavilion. There are many walking trails and atv trails accessible from this campground.

• 

  Cortney M.

  Legend

  

  Jun. 21, 2017

  Firefighters Campground

  Hot

  Well maintained campground with bear canyon hiking trail and bootleg amphitheater across the road. Toilets and water spigots are available. They also have a dump site for trailers. There are both RV sites and tent sites with fire pits and a picnic table. The trees in this campground aren't very big so it doesn't offer much shade so bring an awning of some sort. Right off the highway so you can hear the traffic. There is a camp host who sales firewood if you forget to bring you own

• 

  Tammy H.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 26, 2016

  Red Fleet State Park Campground

  Great for water sports

  Red Fleet is an awesome lake for water sports. The campground is nice. The RV parking and hook ups are actually in the parking lot, but there is a nice green open space with tables that are assigned to each site. The tent camping is a little more primitive along a windy trail in the cedars, also with nice picnic tables. There is a beach area with a floating dock to swim out to. They rent kayaks, paddle boards and canoes. The bathrooms are clean and well kept. There is a boat launch and dock & fish cleaning station. Numerous trails surround the park for hiking, including the Dinosaur track trail where you can actually see dinosaur tracks in the sandstone rock.

• L

  Lin

  Guide

  

  Oct. 22, 2021

  Jug Hollow Road - Dispersed Camp

  Fabulous views! Grimy campground

  This campground sits right on the shore of Lake Flaming Gorge. The access road is dirt, with ruts and rocks. Tricky when wet. Scout before deciding to go down it. Camp ground has great cell coverage and stone fire rings but nothing else. Not much shade since, there are no trees. Sadly, bushes and thickets have been used as toilets and are downright gross! Wind off the lake can be furious. Try to find a spot further in, especially if you are tent camping. Generators tear through the silence of the night. Bring ear plugs! Hiking is great right out of the campground. Not sure if I’d come back. Although views and sun set are spectacular, everything else looks is not.

• 

  Amanda B.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 22, 2016

  Canyon Rim

  A fun backpack in to the Canyon Rim Campground, Flaming Gorge, UT.

  We did a small backpacking trip from the Greendale Overlook on highway 40 to the Canyon Rim campground for the night. The hike was beautiful, crossing creeks and surrounded by ponderosa pines. It's about 4.5 miles one way.
  Canyon Rim Campground is beautiful, also surrounded by ponderosa and aspen, and with a beautiful overlook of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. There are specific sites for tent camping, and plenty of RV spots. Each spot has tables and fire rings. There are vault toilets.
  Our only complaint is that all of the water to the campground was shut off! No signs warning that there was no water available. This was actually awful as we had backpacked in with our dogs (who at this point were very thirsty), and brought dehydrated food that required water to make. Luckily, Red Canyon Lodge is located about a mile away. We were able to hike over and buy water. 16 small bottles of water for like 45 dollars...not ideal.

• 

  Cynthia K.

  Legend

  

  Jun. 28, 2022

  Vernal / Dinosaurland KOA

  Close to area atrractions

     This campground is only a few blocks from downtown Vernal, but out of town enough for a rural feel. Some highway noise, but quiets down by nightfall. This campground had a good feel to it IMO. Not super large, but almost all the sites were pull through. I requested a spot by the bathroom/shower building & we got a patio site. Very nice site with a propane grill provided. 

     There are 3 bathroom/showers in the campground. One in the office building, one by the pool & one by the tent section. Bathrooms were clean. I used the laundry room without issues. 

     They had a couple of tipis, a woody tent (don't know what that is). 15 tent sites & cabins. The RV sites were basic KOA.- in a row & kind of close. We had no issues with WIFI. Staff was courteous& they had a lot of area information. I especially liked the day trips that were numbered. We camped at Vernal/ Dinosaurland KOA Holiday in a Travel Trailer.

• C

  Callie B.

  Ranger

  

  Aug. 19, 2021

  Canyon Rim

  Great View

  Right on the edge, there are 3 tenting sites within 50 ft of the side of the cliff, 8,9, and 10. Definitely the best spots. Otherwise there are several spots scattered around the area just not with a great view. Each site has picnic table and a fire pit with bathrooms in walking distance.

• 

  Cortney M.

  Legend

  

  Jun. 21, 2017

  Red Fleet State Park Campground

  Paddle Fest 2017

  Red Fleet Holds its annual Paddle Fest every year around this time. Because camping space is very limited our friends and family went and waited in line bright and early to get spots. At Paddle Fest they shut down the lake to all motorized water craft. This allows for kayakers, paddle boards, canoes, and swimmers to be in the water safely. They set up a giant slip n slide on the boat dock and bring in vendors where you'd normally park after launching boats. They also set up a concert stage and have fireworks at night. Red fleet has 2 bathroom facilities. Tent and RV camp sites with no hookups. They have a fish cleaning station for your daily catches. There is a large area with grass, covered picnic tables, fire pits, and bbq's. Each RV site comes with a tent site on that grass. RV sites are very close together so if someones running a generator you will be hearing it. Fishing is off and on as they killed out the lake a couple years ago and replanted smaller fish into it.

• 

  Cortney M.

  Legend

  

  Jul. 1, 2017

  Steinaker State Park Campground

  Always Busy

  This is a great lil campground although I feel like they tried to cram alot of campsites right on top of each other. All sites have picnic tables and firepits with a grill. Its kinda a dry vegetation in the park mostly sage brush and junipers, Some bigger shadier trees towards the lake but you better book those way in advance cause they fill up fast. They have small sites, tent sites, many large pull through sites, and even one small cabin. I did notice 3 bathroom facilities in spread throughout the park though and water spigots throughout. They have recently built a nature trail that runs from the side of the lake around to the front of it so thats a nice lil jont. They do also offer one group site that has a pavilion. This campground is not for anyone that doesnt like to be seen cause most likely you'll have a neighbor right next to you, above you, or below you.

• M

  Marcus K.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 13, 2024

  Deerlodge Park Campground — Dinosaur National Monument

  One of the most beautiful places

  This camp ground is one of the best spots that I ever spent a night at. The scenery is breathtaking, it is very remote and absolutely silent. There is literally no noise whatsoever.

  Downside of course is, it is not serviced. So no electricity or water if you are traveling with a motor home. Plus, the camp site is basically only walk-in and mostly designated for tents. With a RV, you will park at some sort of parking lot, close to the actual sites but not really there. That lot is also not big, so if there are a couple more people, it might be hard to find a decent spot for a vehicle. Also you wont have a table right at your spot, since only the tent sites have adjacent tables. However, if nobody is there, you might be able to park right at the river front, which is stunning!

  Other than that, and if you are lucky like me - I have been totally alone, it is very, very beatiful. Particularly in October when the trees are all colored in yellow.