Bureau of Land Management Campgrounds
May 25, 2023 – Good news! In response to receding floodwaters, the Bureau of Land Management Moab Field Office will be reopening the following campgrounds today, Thursday, May 25th, 2023 at 4:00pm: King’s Bottom, Gold Bar, Goose Island, Hal Canyon, Lower Drinks Canyon, Grandstaff, Oak Grove, and Hittle Bottom.
Williams Bottom Campground along SR-279 will reopen tomorrow, Friday, May 26th, following an invasive plants treatment, and Jaycee Park Campground will remain closed due to standing water.
Introduction
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) maintains 26 campgrounds in the Moab area. With the exception of Ken’s Lake (see below), most individual campsites are available on a first-come/first-served basis and no reservations are accepted.
Ken’s Lake and Selected Courthouse Rock Campsites are Now Reservable
- Individual campsites are now reservable through Recreation.gov.
- Ken’s Lake Recreation Area is just 10 miles south of Moab and offers swimming, paddle-boarding, limited boating and fishing. Hiking and 4WD roads are accessible from the campground. Click here for Ken’s Lake Campsite Reservations Q & A.
All other BLM Campgrounds are first-come, first-serve (no reservations available):
- All individual sites are $20/night. Pay at the campground with exact cash, check or by utilizing the Credit Card ROK where available. The Remote Off-Grid Kiosk (ROK) is a solar powered Recreational Free Collection System. See the list below for campgrounds which utilize the ROK for credit card payments. The North Klondike campground has the option to pay using the Recreation.gov mobile app. (Note: Camping in the Sand Flats Recreation Area is $15 per night per vehicle.)
- Campgrounds and camping areas have picnic tables, vault toilets and fire rings. Firewood gathering is not allowed. Bring your own wood (available at convenience stores in Moab).
- Campsites are limited to 10 people and two vehicles (or one vehicle and a trailer).
- RV Sites have no hook-ups. Generator hours are from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm.
- Camping at all sites is limited to 14 days within a 30-day period.
- Group Campsites – Several campgrounds feature reservable group sites, which are suitable for large groups. All BLM group campgrounds are reserved through Recreation.gov.
Please note that drinking water is NOT available at these campsites and plan accordingly.
Please do not drive through campgrounds when "Full" signs are posted. The campgrounds are full and the noise and lights disturb fellow campers!
Did you know: All Moab BLM campgrounds are supported solely by user fees – not tax dollars!
BLM CAMPGROUNDS THAT ACCOMMODATE LARGE RVS:
- Sand Flats Recreation Area – Most sites accommodate up to a 26 foot RV. Campground A has 6 sites that
will accommodate RVs up to 40 ft.
- Goose Island – All sites accommodate RVs up to 40 ft.
- Ken’s Lake – Numerous sites accommodate RVs up to 40 ft.
- Big Bend – 5 sites will accommodate RVs up to 40 ft.
- Hittle Bottom – 5 sites will accommodate RVs up to 40 ft.
- Gold Bar– Reservable group sites that accommodate several large RVs.
- Lone Mesa– Reservable group sites that accommodate several large RVs.
EQUESTRIAN FRIENDLY CAMPGROUNDS:
There are three reservable BLM group sites that accommodate horses (have horse corrals) in the Moab Area. These are reservable on
Recreation.gov six months in advance and up to eight days before the arrival date. The Courthouse Rock Campground also accommodates horses (horse corrals) and is available first come, first served. No water is available and feed must be weed-free. As a courtesy to fellow users, please consider removing animal waste from the corrals/campground:
- Upper Onion Creek Group Site A
- Ken’s Lake Group Site A
- Lone Mesa Group Site A
- Courthouse Rock Campground


The areas with designated sites (marked with green hatch lines) are summarized below:
- Dubinky Well Road – 12 sites on the east side of the road
- Gemini Bridges Road – 6 campsites located in Bride Canyon.
- Cotter Mine Road- 10 sites located just off HWY 191 and north of SR 313
- Dripping Springs Area – 6 large campsites near Tenmile Wash
- Black Ridge Area – 6 sites located in the camping area.
- Picture Frame Arch Area – 4 sites located in the Behind the Rocks area located six miles southwest from Moab off Hwy. 191
There are several areas in which no sites are designated and camping is not allowed (orange). The Shafer Basin, which forms the viewshed of Dead Horse Point State Park and is important bighorn sheep habitat, has no sites. Long Canyon, which is subject to extreme flooding and is also important bighorn habitat, has no sites. No camping is allowed in the Mill Creek area immediately east of the city of Moab, or on the west side of Spanish Valley. No camping is allowed within one mile of developed recreation sites in the Canyon Rims Recreation Area. If you have any questions about primitive camping restrictions please contact the Moab BLM Office at (435) 259-2100.
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