Best Campgrounds near Virgin, UT

The location and sites are great. Got here late at night and tons of open spots and in close proximity to Zion...

However.

The site we were at was a logistical nightmare setting up our tent due to the 40,000 ants that were making every moment living hell trying to set up our tent. Every time we stood still for more than 3 seconds (not an exaggeration) ants would start finding their way up our feet. Me and my girlfriend are master bug haters so maybe this won’t bother others, or maybe other sites aren’t as infested.

All in all, awesome spot! might recommend car camping if you stay in the site we were at if you value your sanity and don’t want your body rented out to be a home for ants and their 65,000 friends.

What a gem, this little campground has so much to offer! From the striking red rocks, to the oasis of trees that straddle the creek and all of the meandering trails that all converge here, this place is truly magical. I can't wait to go hiking because it has been so hot here in August in the last two days. Apparently, you can hike through the slots to see petroglyphs and even dinosaur tracks.

The campsite itself has water abundant with a spigot at every as sight. Some sites have a covered shelter, we while others are right up against the rocks. We stayed in 11 and it was perfect for us. It overlooks the creek area and is really close to the trash bin. There are two vault toilets nearby that were well stocked with TP but sometimes they smelled. Overall though, we are very pleased with this campground and can't wait to come back when the weather cools off some more.

Wow, this campground is absolutely stunning! We’re at site 11, and it’s right by the creek with all those trees. Water spigots are everywhere, and there are trash cans close by. Plus, there are two vault toilets not too far away. The roads and campsites are all paved. Many of the sites have a covered shelter (it can get super hot here in the summer!).

We’re here during a heat warning, but I bet this place is amazing in the spring and fall. There are tons of red ants, though—not too bad since we haven’t been bitten, but yeah, a little gross.

There are tons of trails that are super easy to get to. No camp hosts, the sites are pretty big and spread out, and some are right next to the rocks. It’s pretty quiet, and Verizon is nowhere to be found, but T-Mobile has a full-bars 5G connection.

When we first arrived here, we were not sure what to think. Mind you, we have been to over 50 campgrounds in the last 3 months and this one just didn’t feel quite right. The location is nice enough and yes, Cedar Breaks is quite spectacular but this campground just isn’t anything special.

We were in site 11 and the first thing we noticed was how closely placed all the sites were. If you want any privacy, this place is not that. The campground host is always driving around in his cart and just makes one feel uncomfortable. We had to knock on his RV door and he popped out immediately with his clip board and dressed in his khaki uniform. Some people just take their job way too seriously and this guy definitely was a bit overwhelming and overboard.

We had heard that there was a code to the showers and we just wanted to get the code from him. He proceeded to lay out the ground rules for the campground and to tell us that this was a pretty quiet place and to take that into consideration.

Apparently the night sky is incredible up here at 10,000 plus feet but if you want to see them, make sure that you keep your conversations down to a faint whisper. No joke, we are not loud people at all and the most sound that we make would be coming from our portable Bluetooth speaker during breakfast and dinner.

On the second day of our stay, we had just finished up our breakfast when Ranger Rick (Kevin, I think) decided to come over and talk to us. He let us know that our speaker was too loud (it wasn’t) and that he was asking us to turn it down because people were complaining about the noise.

If you were to have heard it, there would be no way it was too loud. We told him that the speaker was not too loud, he even had to agree but a half hour later he came back and told us that he had gotten even more complaints and that we had to turn it down.

The real issue was something else, some campers didn’t like what we were listening to on a podcast. What has happened in this country when you can’t even listen to what you choose to? Are people not allowed to even sing songs around a campfire anymore?

We have put up with so much in the past 3 months. Everything from barking dogs, crying babies, screaming kids, firework explosions, large groups of campers, concerts and loud people but our little speaker is just too loud? It’s sad that this is what it’s come to. People just can’t communicate anymore and instead choose to complain to a camp host.

This is not what we expected and overall we are not expecting to ever come back.