Best Tent Camping near La Sal, UT

Dead Horse Point has a new section called Wingate. The older section is Kayenta.

Wingate has wide asphalt spaces, electricity, fire rings, tent pads and picnic tables with wind blocks on 2 sides. There are very few trees...so no shade. (Kayenta has greater shade possibilities.) There may also be some sewer hookups.

Another feature - walk-in tent sites and yurts. There are 4 great looking yurts in Wingate and 5 others near the park's Visitor Center.

Bathrooms - they are private and include an automatic flush toilet, soap dispenser, automatic faucet and hand dryer. No showers but the bathrooms are very nice.

There is a dishwashing sink outside the bathroom. It appears the water is potable but they ask you to arrive with water and help conserve water. Their water is trucked in from Moab....per reserveamerica.com.

If you're looking for a free place to camp in Moab, then this is your spot. These campsites are just outside Dead Horse Point State Park along Long Canyon Rd. You can either drive up 313 and turn on Long Canyon Rd, or take Pucker Pass up if you have a jeep. These campsites are on state land, which pretty much has no camping restrictions besides leave no trace. Be careful to not camp too far down the road (Pucker Pass side) near the rim - it turns into BLM land that you can't camp on. We made this mistake and had the BLM Rangers visit us the next morning. We were only given a warning because we didn't know we were on BLM land. Apparently there are 'No Camping' signs when you enter the BLM land, but we obviously didn't see them. So, all of the legal campsites are along Long Canyon Rd, which is a dirt road on top of a plateau. You can see for miles out to the La Sal mountains on the CO and UT border. Although beautiful, there is no shade and it is windy. These campsites only have fire rings.

General & Site Quality: 56 electric sites, walk-in tent sites, and nine yurts in two loops: Kayenta and Wingate. Paved driveways, mostly level, a tent pad, fire ring, and a sheltered picnic table (from sun and wind) complete the electric sites. Back-in sites are on the inside of the loops while pull-thru sites are on the outside. There were three camp hosts in the Wingate loop, more than I usually see. 

Bathhouse: Eight individual units in each loop with toilet, sink, soap, and hand dryer. Although the toilets were automatic flush, they didn’t always do the job and often took multiple tries. One toilet was clogged. There are also some vault toilets. No showers. 

Activities: Nice and easy hiking trails. You can hike the west rim and east rim trails to make a loop for approximately five miles (depending on how many overlooks you include). Some trails are better marked than others, but we enjoyed a west-to-east rim hike from and returning to our campsite in Wingate. Designated mountain biking trails. 

Unfortunately, we could only snag one night here but would have liked to have stayed longer.

Got lucky and nabbed a reservation only one week before our arrival. Spent 4 nights mid-May at site 22. Huge site at the top of the hill with 360 degree views. We could have put up three large tents easily in the surrounding sandy areas. It also has a very large flat paved parking area with the picnic table up out of the sand. One of the group sites sits between this site and the restrooms, but there is a nice divide and we hardly noticed when we had neighbors. We spent a lot of time relaxing on top of the rock fin behind our site. As there was a clear view of the La Sal Mountains, we also got decent 5G AT&T signal from the rocks when needed. We have short camping chairs that let us fit under the small tree for some shade in the afternoon. Being on top of the hill, the wind did pick up in the late afternoon each day. That was a little frustrating with all the sand. I made the mistake of leaving the covers unzipped on the tent windows the first afternoon and sand leaked into the tent through the mesh. Also, the only water faucet is by the restroom, so make sure you have a good container to carry water.

This was our second night boondocking near Moab, and it was peaceful. We were the only ones out in this area camping with not a single car driving by while we were here. On the way up we passed several campers right near the entrance of Yellow Circle Road. The campsite provides views of the mountains. The sunset was amazing even through the shrubbery. It does get windy out here in May; however, the shrubbery provides a solid wind break and the wind usually dies down in the evening. There was already a fire ring when we got here. Broken glass was found in some areas, be sure to watch where you step. If one doesn’t have firewood, there are plenty of dead branches laying around to use as firewood. There is potential room for other campers if one decided to come in a group with a similar set up to our camping set up. To get to this campsite, one doesn’t need high clearance; however, parts of the road aren’t crushed gravel (good tires are a must). Enjoy this beautifully, remote campsite!

On Utah 313, 12 miles from Hwy 191 Elevation 5800 and offering 56 sites and can accommodate RV's (no hookups). Great views for sunrise and sunset! All BLM campgrounds and camping areas have vault toilets, fire rings, are open year round, and a fee is charged / collected at self pay station at entrance. No firewood gathering (available at convenience stores in Moab). Camping at all sites is limited to 14 days within a 30 day period. Be prepared for wind. Ground is pretty hard and tough to get tent stakes in - we tied down to rocks on site. About a 15 min ride from Arches and about 30 min from Moab. A great place to get away form the crowds!