Zion Canyon Campground
Amanda D.
Reviewed Sep. 29, 2017

Cramped, crowded and overpriced walking distance to the park

This is a private campground located a few miles from the Zion National Park entrance in Springdale. This campground is run by the Quality Inn Springdale and located just behind the hotel. I spent two nights here in March 2017 on a Friday and Saturday night. After not successfully reserving a campsite in the park and hoping to avoid the stress of first come first serve, I found this private campground still available. It is $39 per night for tents and each site comes with a picnic table and fire ring. The campground has flush toilets, free showers (one token per night per person and 6 min of shower per token) and drinking water and some sites back up to the Virgin River.

While this campground is conveniently located to the shops and restaurants of Springdale and close to the shuttle stop, it lacked greatly in ambience. Our site backed up to a fence with homes on the other side a mere 5 feet away. The sites themselves were very small and we had to rearrange the camp to fit our small two person Marmot tent on a flat piece of ground. The campground was loud with many uncourteous neighbors who were loud well past midnight. It’s hard to get up early to hike when your camp neighbors (who are only 5 feet away) arrive at 10PM, set up multiple tents and then decide to start partying around midnight. 

I did appreciate the clean hot free showers and the closeness to the park and restaurants. I walked to the park entrance every day instead of using the shuttles. I also highly recommend two close and local restaurants. The Whiptail Grill had an amazing dinner with delicious enchiladas and the Café Soleil had great breakfasts and lunch. I went to the café 3 times on our 3 day trip and purchased some of the local art available in the front of the café.

Zion Park itself is beautiful but overcrowded. Having been to 30+ national parks I don’t quite understand the level of popularity of this park over others besides its close proximity to Southern California and Las Vegas. 

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  • Review photo of Zion Canyon Campground by Amanda D., September 29, 2017
  • Review photo of Zion Canyon Campground by Amanda D., September 29, 2017
  • Review photo of Zion Canyon Campground by Amanda D., September 29, 2017
  • Review photo of Zion Canyon Campground by Amanda D., September 29, 2017
  • Review photo of Zion Canyon Campground by Amanda D., September 29, 2017
  • Review photo of Zion Canyon Campground by Amanda D., September 29, 2017
  • Review photo of Zion Canyon Campground by Amanda D., September 29, 2017
  • Review photo of Zion Canyon Campground by Amanda D., September 29, 2017