Top 7 Equestrian Campgrounds near Monticello, UT

You can't beat the scenery in Utah! Beautiful views of the mountains, clear open skies, trails and hiking options for beginners and avid hikers alike, close enough to Moab to visit but separated enough you can forget it's even there. Clean facilities and well kept sites, perfect place to get some distance but not TOO much!

We stopped here on our loop of the Utah big 5. Weren't expecting much but it surprised us! There was a nice river and some petroglyphs a short walk away. Water fill and some picnic tables. Spots were of a reasonable size.

There was a boat put in, and it seemed like many people were canoe camping.

Close to Mexican Hat, Valley of the Gods and Goosenecks state park

You will find this lovely campground just outside of the town of Bluff, UT. Sand Island Campground is located on the north bank of the San Juan River about 3 miles west of Bluff, Utah, on the south side of Highway 191. The hotels in town fill up fast - but this hidden spot is where you want to be if you love being off on your own! At $15 per campsite per night (2 car maximum) price is right and they offer 25 campsites. Keep in mind that the campsites are "first come, first served" and self-register. There are some amenities like drinking water, Picnic tables,Fire grates, &Pit toilets. There is a boat launch that did get regular traffic. What I loved best was the petroglyphs! There are 2 full walls of them and lots to explore down a trail that runs along the river. The sites are fairly small but ours was private and the camping area was near empty when we were there in Sept. You do have to treat yourself to dinner at the Cottonwood Steakhouse while you are there and take time the visit the nearby Bluff Fort. Their home-made rootbeer is the best I have ever had!

buddy and I just pulled off the main road to sleep for the night, there was only one other car at the site and e didn’t get a chance to explore but it was beautiful

Way up there where it's hard to breathe! Had to do things slowly and deliberately but a beautiful setting. No way to get to Bears Ears National Monument unless I had a 4x4 and I have a Subaru outback. Found a great spot that was completely quiet and perfect for stargazing. No bear issues but no facilities of any kind whatsoever. Go prepare!

The ride on Lower Butler Wash Road to reach this site was no problem for our campervan. Crossed 2 dry washes; took it slow. One of several dispersed sites along road. The site is well off the road. Flat, level spot. It has a rock fire ring. Along side Butler Wash which was nearly dry at the time. Beautiful views all around. Very quiet & peaceful. Only 2 other vehicles drove down Butler Wash Rd. Ground cover & juniper provided some privacy. No AT&T nor T-Mobile service.

A stunning area to camp, rest, swim, kayak, and hike in! Many established little areas with fire rings and picnic tables. I highly recommend hiking to Clark Lake as well to get some stunning Mountain View’s! Clean bathrooms, good signage, and a manageable road. Tons of stunning wildflowers and aspens!

A simple campground (there’s water and a vault toilet) with lovely views. It was almost empty when we were there in June. It makes a good stopover since it’s not far from Hovenweep, Four Corners (which isn’t worth the visit, IMHO), Monument Valley, and a small town for basic supplies. No reservations, no caretakers, so get ready to feel like you’re in the middle of nowhere (in a good way).

Nice first come first serve sites. Pit toilets, but potable water, and the standard fire ring and picnic table. Not too busy.

Was late and quickly running out of options when we found this treat. We pitched in the A loop along a natural large stone wall. A perfect setting for the night

Tucked along the San Juan river, this CG is also the rafter boat launch for river trips. Loop B is the larger loop for the larger TTs and RVs. Loop A is for the small tenters and has a length restriction for RVs. $15/$7.50 senior, water spigots available, vault toilets, dumpsters. Cell signal is fair on T-Mobile.

Sites are nice. Is right on the San Juan. Great for Kayaking. Put my Kayak in the water in Bluff and paddled to the campground.

We just needed an overnight site. Sites were clean and quiet. Water and pit toilets available.

We arrived early on a Friday and met the cheerful helpful rangers at arrival. They were very helpful and gave us directions to campsites as well as info about our checkout for our river trip on the San Juan River the next day. Campsites were clean and close to the boat ramp but also allowed for seclusion. We set up our hammocks n site #1. A short walk away was the Sand Island Petroglyph Panel. Very cool and well maintained. Our kids met us for the night and enjoyed a night camping with our darling grandbaby. Loved the area and will return.

Nice and quiet, has shade trees on A loop. B loop had a few flooded sites. Has potable water and pit toilets. Great stop over between four corners and monument valley/ Grand canyon.

We stayed in site 8 and literally could have gone for a swim from our site. The sites are too close together for my liking, but we were the only ones at the campground. The pit toilets were clean (and not smelly)..The sites all had fire pit/grate, picnic table and flat spot for a tent or RV parking. The highway noise was a bit annoying, but not unbearable.

The sunrise over the river was incredible!

We camped here in mid October as a stopover between Sedona, AZ and Telluride, CO. The place was very full and several people who arrived after us (5:00pm) did not get a spot. Loop A is quieter as it’s farthest from the bridge/highway above Loop B. Loop A was 100% tents when we were there. Loop B was mostly RV, but we did see a couple of tents there too. Vault toilet was clean. Coming from the red rocks of the Sedona area....arrived to peak fall colors with the golden trees ablaze. It was fantastic. 80 degrees day/40 degrees night. It’s a cool location that really does feel like an oasis with the trees and water.

This review is for the campground. Total of 23 campsites in two loops. The 8 sites in loop A are for tenters and van campers...there is a vehicle length restriction posted. Loop B has 15 sites that are designed for larger campers, trailers and RVs. Scattered water spigots, vault toilets at both loops and a trash dumpster at entrance by the boat ramp area. 15$ nite for camping. 14 day limit. Sites are tucked into cottonwood trees and the San Juan River is close adjacent. In addition there are two group camping sites close to the boat ramp area. This seems to be the put in for floating the San Juan River down to??. Only issue and reason for only 4 stars was the constant truck traffic noise heard in Loop B due to the hwy 191 bridge close by.

Easy access and right on the San Juan River. water and Vault toilets. Two camp areas A &B. B is larger as are the sites. A is for no lthing longer than 22 ft and no trailers. The campground has hundreds of petroglyphs, you can hear the wild donkeys and we saw wild hordes on the river bank. $15 per night Poor cell service -Verizon Butler wash down the road an mile or two has Boondocking and some amazing ruins that are just a mile or so off the road.

I'm writing this review from my camp chair. This is one of those sites you don't want to tell people about. I stopped on a road trip from Denver to Phoenix- I showed up on a Friday night around 5:30pm (March 11th, so still a little early in the season) and there were quite a few people parked at the boat ramp, but loop A was basically empty. You could spit into the river from sites 7 and 8 and there's gorgeous red rock views basically 360⁰. The vault toilet is right across from my site and it's as clean as you'd hope for. No one working on-site, so just paid at the little box in the middle of the loop. I have 2-3 bars of service (Google Fi, so not sure which tower I'm pinging). Can't complain, 10/10 will stop here on my next road trip to Phoenix.

This is a clean, very quiet campground right off of the highway, very easy to find. Lots of people here but you would never know it, everyone has been very quiet thus far! There are petroglyphs a short 5 min walk from B loop that are absolutely fantastic! There is also river access from the boat launch, but I didn’t find any other access places that were easy to get to. There is no power available, but there are outhouse type restrooms and water taps in each loop. Very little noise from the highway, the Verizon phone service is very spotty.