Sand Hollow State Park Campground, near Hurricane, Utah, is a vibrant spot that combines stunning scenery with a range of amenities for a memorable camping experience. With its picturesque views of red sand and blue water, this campground is perfect for those looking to soak in the beauty of nature while enjoying modern comforts.

The campground offers full hookups and well-maintained facilities, including clean bathrooms and showers that visitors rave about. Many campers appreciate the spacious sites, which provide a sense of privacy and room to breathe. One visitor noted, “The thing we like most about Sand Hollow is the space between each site!” 

For adventure seekers, the area is a playground for water sports and off-roading. You can easily access the reservoir for swimming, kayaking, or fishing, and the surrounding trails are great for exploring on foot or by ATV. As one camper put it, “This is a great place if you are looking to combine fun in the water with 4x4ing in the sand.” 

Just a short drive from Hurricane, you’ll find local dining options and attractions, making it easy to enjoy both the great outdoors and the comforts of town. Whether you’re here for a weekend or a longer stay, Sand Hollow State Park Campground has plenty to offer for everyone.

With its warm, blue waters and red sandstone landscape, Sand Hollow camping is Utah's newest state park is also one of its most popular. Boat and fish on Sand Hollow Reservoir, explore and ride the dunes of Sand Mountain with an off-highway vehicle, then camp in either the full hookup westside campground, or stay close to the action and ride your OHV from your site to the dunes in the new sandpit campground. Geography: A favorite destination for local off-highway vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts, Sand Mountain provides 15,000 acres of perfectly sculpted dunes. The red sand is an incredible backdrop for Sand Hollow reservoir. At nearly twice the size of nearby Quail Creek Reservoir, Sand Hollow offers boating and other water recreation in a spectacular setting. Recreation: Sand Hollow already one of the most visited destinations in the Utah State Park system, with recreation opportunities for nearly every user from boaters to bikers, and OHV riders to equestrians. Facilities: Three campground areas ranging from full hookups to standard camping.

Sand Hollow State Park Campground

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Hurricane

The Best Camping Near Hurricane, Utah

site: on hill/scenic. large. good space. semi-private. covered table. 
amenities: very clean. 
attractions: near Zion. off road vehicle activities. water activities. 
I would go here again.


great

The campsite was located near the Sand Hollow Reservoir. The campsites consisted of mostly sand with little vegetation and no trees by the individual sites. There is much to do in the park like swimming, boating, and renting recreational vehicles to ride around sand dunes. I enjoyed the option to get a key to get back into the park at night. The campsite was clean and provided fire rings and picnic tables at each side. All in all my wife and I enjoyed the feel of remoteness while having some amenities like showers and flushing toilets. It is also conveniently close to Saint George.

Enjoyable stay at Sand Hollow

Overall good place to camp. Must be comfortable with ATV's, SxS's, and jeeps all over the place because it's at great place to ride the sand dunes and right up to the beach.

Sun, sand, and water

We stayed 2 nights at this campground(near the sandpit). Our main reason was for an off road adventure because there are numerous off road trails for Jeeps, buggies, rzrs, dirt bikes, etc...amazing grounds! The beach is an easy walk away where there are picnic tables and places to wade in the water and play frisbee by the water. Campsites had soft sand and clean firepits available. There were flushable toilets, running water, and clean showers for campers. We loved our stay!

Clean and spacious campground 

Has dune riding, trail riding, and a lake.  

Multi-use sites

We stayed here in March.  I ended up with really bad neighbors and had to call the police.  They were up all night drunk and being very noisy. 

To many drunks

There’s always a ton of people here! But there is plenty of space, you barely even notice. It’s always a family favorite when we go to Southern Utah

Busy yet private

We stopped here instead of staying at Zion and were pleasantly surprised.  you can bring paddle boards and boats to relax and enjoy the lake.  They even have scuba diving.   while we were there is was very hot so we just cooled off in the lake and played in the water.  not many people were there so it was very quiet.  

such a cool place

It is great for anyone wanting to have fun for the day or the weekend!

Sand hollow 

This is a very unique State Park, it's a campground, it's a lake, it's a sand dune and its hardcore rock crawling trails.
This review is for the campground that has full hookups and is primarily for boaters, as in, no OHV allowed. I will review the other if The Dyrt ever makes a separate entry.
This is a very well ran park, the facilities are top notch and the lake is fun. The bad? It is VERY hot in the summer, and the shoreline of the lake has a bad case of the Swimmer's Itch

There's two very different campgrounds here

Sand Hollow State Park Camping is such a good time. The summer nights by the beach camping out with your people and your dogs is one of my favorites. The beach is mostly clean, sometimes rude people leave behind garbage but the main culture their helps out to maintain a clean peaceful and fun environment! The rangers are awesome! Highly recommend it.

Beachy, clear water, fun.

Both primitive camping and full hook ups. Lake is nice for fishing and boating, but has concerns of swimmers itch. Come prepared. Lots of rzr riding. 

Lots to offer

Dune buggies are zipping around all night... finally stppped around 1:30 am. Loud drinking parties too. Sad cause it’s a beautiful spot.

No Sleep

We stayed at a group site without hookups for a week in mid-May and had a great time! The park was not crowded at all. There are trails for all SxS/quad level riders, including dunes and rock crawling. Awesome views at the Top of the World! The lake was perfect for swimming, floating, paddle boarding, and kayaking. We heard about the swimmers itch but didn’t have any issues (showered after swimming). The bathrooms were large and clean with warm showers. Water and dump station are right by the entrance. The location was close to Walmart and other stores. We also drove about 40 minutes to Springdale and Zion National Park. 

Ride and relax

We had such a great time last weekend at Sand Hollow State Park!  Our friends were participating in the Sprint Tri so we drove up from Vegas to camp with them.  It’s clean, beautiful and there’s plenty of space to spread out.  There is a ton of razor/side by side activity so if you are looking for a super quiet campsite, this might not be the one for you although, come 11pm there was zero noise.  The lake is so pretty and the water is warm right now!  Enjoy!

Beautiful Weekend

You can camp at the rv campground (I have not camped there)  there are also group site available that are not in the sand.   The rest of the camping is dispersed primitive camping.   You can bring your rv or a tent and find a spot near the water.   Keep in mind that you will be driving in sand and can easily get stuck. 

  

Sandhollow state park is next to sand mountain sand dunes which makes the lake very popular for off road vehicles and can get noisy and dusty from them.   

  

There is a store located at the lake that rents atvs, kayaks etc. 

  

Its 25.00 a night for primitive camping there is water and a dump station available.

Review for dispersed camping

By fluke on my honeymoon we booked at this campground.! SO glad we did! My family and I absolutely LOVE it!! It’s fun of all sorts, kayaking, lake beach, boating, cliff jumping, bbq, off-roading everywhere!!! And the beauty that surrounds is unreal!!

Also a GREAT restaurant down in town called Main Street is a must!! 

My favorite spot in Utah

Sand Hollow is a beautiful man made lake with bright red sand and clear waters. This park allows for motorized and non motorized boats, off road vehicles, rentals, camping and dogs. 

There are very limited spots by the water to camp, and fires are only allowed in specific fire rings. Outside firewood is not allowed. There is also an entrance fee to enter the park, National Park Passes will not work here.

There are nice day use areas, and areas designated for camping. Tents and RVs allowed, although most access roads are covered in thick sand. I would not recommend taking a low clearance vehicle. There is also a small restaurant for food and vault toilets for use. 

You cannot camp around the entire lake. The back portion is fenced off, only allowing half of the lake to be occupied. I chose to camp as far away from the other campers by the backside of the lake. It was a very beautiful, sandy spot right by the water. However, it seemed like the other people staying at the park had no sense of respect or personal space. We set our tent up around 2:00pm and we constantly had ATV's, families with dogs off of the leash, fishermen etc walking/driving right through our site. This continued even through the night until quiet hours. Light and sound travel very well over this lake, so someone drunkenly singing with their buddies across the lake sounds like they are right next to you. People are driving their cars at all sorts of hours blinding you with the reflection off of the water. There are Park Rangers that drive around but don't seem to do anything. There was litter everywhere hidden in the sand. There are a couple of trees and bushes that provide some shade but I would recommend bringing a shade tent. There are also a couple of metal tables with attached chairs at some campsite locations.

This would be a beautiful location to visit for the day with your family. I would not recommend camping here overnight unless you don't enjoy personal space, respectful neighbors, quiet hours or humming RVs. 



Sand Hollow State Park

The primitive camping area is quite large, we found a really secluded spot despite the site being "Full". Clean beaches, well taken care of, but crowded in most areas. Lots of fun toys to rent while your there to play in the dunes. Temperatures were perfect during the last week of April.

Excellent Primitive Tent camping.

There are a couple options for camping in Sand Hollow SP. We stayed at the Westside grounds with FHU. We really enjoyed our stay here as there’s plenty of your own space with neighbors behind and in front rather than side-to-side. Our site was mostly level with a grill (that was closed to use due to fire risk) and a shade structure with a picnic bench. The grounds were very quiet at night during our stay. We stayed in late June and the temps were hot so it was nice to have the lake nearby for swimming, boating, kayaking, etc. Swimmer’s itch is real but only affects a percentage of people. Thankfully, we weren’t affected. We drove to the other side of the lake to find a quiet spot to spend the day. Shade is at a premium, so bring your own. The dispersed tent sites around the lake seem nice and private but please pack out what you pack in. We carried out some garbage strewn at the site where we spent the day. Bathrooms are intermittent and nicely maintained. The lake can get crowded but we found it’s easy enough to find a private spot. The temps were near 100, so we were grateful to have the FHU at our site, though evening temps were very pleasant and we slept with windows open. Can’t wait to return with some shade, rafts and a SUP!

Beautiful Lake & comfortable space

The only way to the camp ground is through the front entrance which they close at 10. If you arrive before 10 but have to leave to get something after 10, don’t expect to get back in. They lock the gates and put spikes on the exit so you cannot reenter the park. 
I wasted my money booking here because I ended up getting locked out of my camp site.

Lock entrance so you cannot enter or renter after 10

April 30 - May 2, 2019 Weather was 50/60 degrees. Elevation 3,067. Site had water, electric and sewer. The showers were PRIVATE and VERY clean. Park has dump station. Verizon worked there. We met Holly and John Taylor and their dog Murphy (Youtubers: Let's Go Now Adventures). The Ironman competition was held there. There were LOTS of Side by Sides on the dunes.

Sand Hollow State Park 

This was our first trip with the RV, my 2 year old, and 1 year old.  We parked on the west side RV park.  It’s vary convenient to the cliff jumping rocks, walking distance.  There are multiple heights to jump from so don’t worry and give it a shot.  I recommend going to the other side beach to spend most of the day if you don’t have a boat. The sand is much nicer and you can drive your truck right up to the water. 

Cliff Jumping Paradise 

Spacious State Park campground with water, power and gray-water hookups. Every site had a picnic shelter and nice views of the surrounding desert. The reservoir itself, though small, had a lot of boat traffic but was refreshing to swim in. This area is a 4X4 paradise, so expect to see lots of quads and nice-by-side UTVs racing around the place. For us, it was a quick stop to top the tanks and drain the grays and for that, it was perfect.

Nice lake, lots of UTVs

Pros -

- The views are amazing. 
- Almost no light pollution.  You can see so many stars at night.
- Walking distance to the lake/beach 
- The beach area is gorgeous with lots of smooth sand and cool red rock formations.
- There is a restaurant in the park that has decent food.  
- They have a place the rent sea doos, boats, UTVs, etc. Although I read that they are very particular about charging extra fees, and that the equipment is old.  I won’t judge this review based on those comments because I did not have personal experiences with this.
- It appears that this is the place to be for riding trails.  There are so many off road vehicles running around it’s unbelievable.  I wish I would have done more research ahead of time and enjoyed this about the park while we were there.

Cons

- The cookies we bought at the restaurant had mold inside of them.  They were quick to refund the money, but that entire restaurant is run by teenagers and they literally said nothing to me when I showed it to them.  They just counted my money and handed it back to me.
- No one was wearing a mask at the restaurant during this pandemic, and they were not taking it very seriously. 
- The park closes at 9 and you have to be inside the park before it closes.  They will lock you out. 

Overall, I wanted to rank this park high because it’s a phenomenal park.  The biggest issues were at the restaurant and it doesn’t appear to be affiliated with the park.

Absolutely beautiful

This has to be one of my most favorite state campgrounds thus far! Warm, blue and clear waters, red sand and red sandstone landscape all around. Location is convenient as there is a Walmart around the corner and St. George is not too far. There is not a bad spot in this campground. We've stayed Westside Campgrounds in Sites 4,6,7 and 15. All were great and had good spacing between the next spot over so you really have your space and privacy. The bathrooms were clean and the hot shower stalls were also clean. Campground hosts and rangers were all welcoming and super helpful. All the sites are a short walk to the water and it is gorgeous! Great for kids and adults. Nice and quiet campground and very clean all around. Each site has an area for a tent pad and came with a covered picnic table. Most sites are pretty leveled and well paved. There are sand dunes across the other side of the park along with the water rentals and the Sandpit Campgrounds. The beach is on the side of the Sandpit Campgrounds. The Sandpit Campgrounds have a few sites with hook ups but I'd only recommend it if you have your OHV to play with or else it'd be noisy and dusty. There is also a little restaurant on this side too. Book in advance up to 4 months because this place is a gem. 

Perfect Site!

The sand is orange which it’s breathtaking not to mention soft as can be. The water is warm like a bath. The sun rises and your in a place of perfection when the sun goes down your tired as can be but you had a day of wonderful adventures: if you have ATVs they have a lot of great trails and off roads available. The campsites are just a short few steps to the water and they have covered areas as well as barbecue grills fire rings and tables you also park your vehicle right in front of your camp spot they do have some areas with hook ups for your RVs but make sure you reserve ahead of time because the spots fill up quickly because this is a great location to fish,jet ski,  kayak, paddle-board, ATV and really anything you could ever imagine. When we came we rented a Jetske it was about $200 for all day super fun had a really great time I also noticed while we were jet skiing they have a scuba diving area which was pretty neat there’s so much the state park offers here at Sandy Hollow. we set up camp and had a great day wasn’t too warm the weather was just right and when we  started packing up I noticed some little spiders that didn’t affect us all day maybe they were just looking for shelter but super freaky when you’re wrapping up and you see all these crazy spiders honestly that was the only thing I could actually complain about this place was a wonderful Place I definitely recommend wearing water shoes because some of the areas where you’re stepping into the water have branches and leaves and other stuff so you just wanna make sure your children’s feet and your feet are protected. other than that this place is amazing and we love it so so much￼￼

Amazing state park 

Great place even for a day trip and conveniently close to St. George.

Beautiful Water with beautiful red/pink sand

Nice campsite. It was a bit cool when we went, not too busy - which is the way we like it.  The campsite itself was nice but it could get a bit loud with all the ATVs zooming past. If you're interested they do have rentals and the park is well maintained by the state.

  

We stayed at site 3. Nice view of the water. We did find a giant scorpion limping past so be aware. 

  

The dog and the kids had a lot of fun at the beach.

Red Sands

Lake is crystal clear. Great for swimming or paddling.
Campsites are close to lake.
Only negative for me was this is OHV mecca so noisy during the day.

Great place to swim

The sand near the lake was fun to play in for my family building sand castles and also relaxing. We hiked around the lake and found the cliff diving and fishing coves. I like that there are more private areas if you look. We also did the dune buggy tour ride and I am so glad we did! The water was a little chilly in May but we went out to our knees. We both got swimmers itch so beware. I let the employees know a few days after. Just remember to shower right after getting into the water. There are showers right near the lake. It was a beautiful view. 

Soft red sand for days

They charged us 25 dollars for a primitive campsite. Trails to campsite were completely sand so we had to park on dirt road and hike to our spot. Beach was muddy. Water was muddy. Mud was sticky. Bugs were actually swarming. Don’t go here if you don’t have 4 wheel drive. Sunset was really pretty though

Expensive and hard camping 

Sand Hollow has great large mouth bass fishing and beautiful red rock scenery. 

Sand Hollow

Well maintained campground with nicely spaced sites that offered some privacy. Spaces were paved and pretty level. Lake was really beautiful. Spaces 28 and 29 offered a good view, we had a lower space in 6 but faced the dam portion of the lake so we couldn’t see the water. Lots of sand activities and equipment to rent. 

Sand Hollow-Westside

Last stop on our Utah adventures and it was perfect. Had to pay to get in and pay for camping that wasn’t fun but it worked out they did have 
Full hook ups Available here!!! So thankful to dump from our other adventures 
We also tent camped next to our rig and it was good for everyone. The water was warm and enjoyable.

Enjoyed this place 

Nice. Bathrooms were clean and smelled ok. The individual showers had great water pressure.
 
The downfall was on our 2nd night we went to town and when we came back at 9:30pm the gate was closed. We had to park at the gate and walk to our campsite, as well as walk back the next morning to retrieve our vehicle. 

Google information said it closed at 10pm, but turns out ‘winter’ hours it closes at 9pm. (I later discovered this was printed on Window hanger we were told to post in our front window and on the camp map they had given us.)

Sand Hallow State Park Canpground

We stayed here for a few nights in the Sandpit campground loop.  Most of the campers there had ATV's.  

The bathrooms and showers were good.  Clean and plenty of hot water. 

There is also a West campground loop that caters to RV use more but it gets filled up fast.  

It is a decent location for visiting Zion and other national parks and St George.  

Overall, we were not excited about this campground, but it was adequate.  We had water and electricty hookup.  Many sites do not have electricity and people used their generators.

Campground on reservoir, lots of ATV uses come here. 

The scenery is something out of an outer space movie, making you feel more like your on a distant planet of bright red sand, black mountains, and crystal blue water. 


This is a great place if you are looking to combine fun in the water with 4x4ing in the sand. This is not the place for quiet solitude, there are a lot of camping groups out here, looking to have a loud and rowdy time. 

I stayed in the dispersed primitive camping. I thought I had found a quieter place away from most of the big groups. However, out here people are used to camping right next to their neighbors, so within a few hours a caravan of huge diesel motor homes with super long trailers pulled in within 5 feet of the bumper of my truck. Walking the area, this happens a lot. But, the people are super friendly and made sure I had a clear exit for my vehicle. 

I drove through the camp grounds. One is close to the entrance with full hookups and level hard packed parking areas. The other is directly across from a pedestrian only beach. Both are nicely laid out, with typical spacing for a state park. 

Put toilets re abundant, as are fire rings and picnic tables. There is a cute beach side store for any odds and ends you might need, a quick bite, or to rent off road and on the water toys. This is truly a wonderful family get away!

Make sure to mind the signs about staying on the road. There are designated trails you must take until you are out in the sand dunes. I saw two different groups trying to get vehicles unstuck that had dug in to the sand up to their frames by going in undesignated areas. The sand is super deep and very soft. 

The vegetation is mostly low, with very little protection from the wind. There are larger trees right on the waters edge. If the wind picks up, you will find out if your rig is air tight. I had a pretty thick layer of red dust everywhere in my pop-up A-Frame. But, it’s light and soft, so nothing felt gritty… again another example of how this place is out of this world. 

Out of this world scenery

The thing we like most about Sand Hollow is the space between each site! Far from feeling on top of each other. During the time we spent there thankfully it wasn’t too hot because the lake had the swimmer’s itch going on. So we enjoyed our campsite during this visit! But we have stayed previously and enjoyed the water. Our first night had a lot of beautiful lightening in the far distance and was awesome to kick back and watch! The campground is very nicely kept and the facilities feel clean and well maintained and each of our sites has had its own dump station. The campground is close enough to town you can grab a meal if needed and close enough to Zion to drive over to for a hike!

Spacious with wide open skies!

Pulled into here, and it was so quiet. No one there. We had a wind storm and a snow storm. But still very beautiful

Quiet and cold

No shade. Extremely clean and updated bathrooms. Sites were a little tight but they worked.

View was amazing

Tried to make a reservation over the phone only to find the office was closed. Finally was able to get ahold of an actual person at the office who told us there was availability and to pay when we arrived. We showed up and we’re turned away as the campground was full. Asked for reccomendations and she gave us one other state park in the area, or a highway pull off. Showed up to the other park and it was completely closed with no attendant in sight. 

Absolute waste of time

You really can beat the red sand and blue water. Stayed in the lake view campground and they were the nicest showers I’ve ever been to at a state park! Perfect time of year, was here during an atv gathering, it was fun watching them zip around.

Always beautiful

This is our second time here,
It’s a beautiful spot. The campground is on a hill, the spaces at the top have the best view, the lower spaces are below the level of the reservoir so don’t have a water view. Space WS29 is in the west side campground which has full hookups and paved spaces with picnic shelters. The other campgrounds are dry but are closer to the water. This space had a great view but had stairs down to the covered Ramada. 

Space WS29

Smelly bathrooms, loud dune buggies all day and evening all around. Because of a lot of rain we had to change from the primitive to Sandpit campground because Primitive had become just mud, and without a 4WD it would have been impossible to park. Staff was super flexible and helpful 

Nice staff 

Great spot with great staff!  All around respectful and facilities  clean and up to date.

Awesome Spot

nice place to stay 

Sunny, windy, near beach and quad trail, birds and critters. Table, shelter, power, water and cement pad. Drive thru. Very knowledgeable gate staff

Shelter, lake, power, washrooms

Geared towards buggies and jeeps but the lady at the desk put us on the outside camp spot which was nice. Clean showers (2) and bathrooms (4). No shade and the lake had a swimmers itch warning which is why it did not get 5 stars. Over all a nice 1 night stay. Close to town for food and close to Zion. Gate closes at 10pm so if your later than that look elsewhere. 

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