Capitol Reef NP - West Entrance -Free | Wild Camping

September 29th, 2022 by micahs_travels

Perfect place for visiting the park! I got 5G at the site and no service in the park. you are pretty close to the town of Torrey. beautiful scenery, although there were a lot of people here, even on a Tuesday in September. still had plenty of space though, because the area is so big!

be advised that the pavement is raised relative to the short dirt path to get into the sites, and the dirt path is incredibly rocky. go very slowly. wouldn't reccomend for vehicles with clearance less than 6 inches. strongly reccomend arriving in the day time because there are all sorts of dips and big rocks and you could really mess up your rig if you can't see while driving here.

June 5th, 2022 by dmhwolfe

Perfect spot to stay before visiting Capitol Reef. As previously mentioned, the entrance is very rocky so take it slow. But there’s so much room to spread out. Beautiful views of sunset & sunrise!

May 31st, 2022 by dkruis27

The entrance is pretty rocky but it's smooth other than that. A lot of people here, everything from tents to big RVs, but everyone was fairly spread out and it was pretty quiet. Very convenient spot if visiting Capitol Reef. Great TMobile service.

May 25th, 2022 by elizabethandursula

Road work on HWY 24 between Torrey and Capitol Reef NP meant the camping sites just west of this were trickier to access. I stayed at a site here with a fire ring close to the road. Looking out my windows in one direction I just saw other vans and campers and tents; but looking the other way was a beautiful landscape. The sun sets over the plateau in front of the sites so it’s bright until late. My spot was totally flat (a treat!) and I had 2-3 bars VZN LTE, which was enough to stream. Worked very well as an overnight before an early morning hike in the park.

October 31st, 2021 by functionalvan

Awesome BLM spot less than 10 miles from the park. Rough coming off the highway but doable in 2 wd. Awesome hiking trail as well.

October 18th, 2021 by klineatmr

Great spot to camp directly outside the park. We had cell service for t-mobile and visible. We also hiked the trail right from our camping spot

October 13th, 2021 by bychance.com

Stayed 3 nights while visiting Capital Reef. Nice view with many spots. No facilities.

October 1st, 2021 by sfllibrary

Extremely busy on a Friday. Park ranger says October is their busiest season. No port a potty anymore. People on top of each other and running generators.

September 19th, 2021 by nomadsforhire.com

Great spot with plenty of space for any size rig. Beautiful views all around. Near the highway, but we never noticed the road noise. Very quiet, no issues at all! A bonus is the trailhead for the Cook's Mesa, about 4 miles out and back. Great cell signal on Verizon and T Mobile. There's a port-a-potty too, if you need it.

September 13th, 2021 by 41hiker

Great camping spot near the entrance to Capital Reef. Multiple spots for large and small campers.

July 24th, 2021 by formrteki

Just as described. Wonderful! I don’t know why we have this to ourselves.

June 8th, 2021 by garossjr

Pretty windy, but good space, relatively flat, nice view, Verizon cell service. Porta potties too. Certainly convenient to the park.

May 17th, 2021 by anotherdrummer

Somewhat flat dispersed site that has many RVs yet we went for the high ground (truck camping) and watched the sun set on Capitol Reef from our spot. Lots of scrambling on the rocks to be had. Lots of rowdy campers for a Monday night too. Plenty of road noise, yet you can’t beat the convenience to the west entrance of the park.

May 14th, 2021 by instagram.com/Josh_PartyOfOne

Tons of spots, good amount of campers here. Verizon good but spotty ( one day I can stream YouTube the next can’t check email). Really cool that there are 2 CLEAN porta-potties here stocked with TP!!

April 24th, 2021 by anderkd

Windy today. Quite a few people but many spaces. Like it.

April 1st, 2021 by wineanddaisys

Love this little camper oasis. Hiking right from here (pandoras box slot canyon, might be repel only though). Plenty of places, although by sunset most spots are occupied. Beautiful scenery. I like the fact that there are other campers here, being a solo traveler and all....5 stars!
...also there are porto-toilets and if you are a canyonneer, pandoras box is in your backyard!

December 9th, 2020 by clared.email

Big pull-off very close to Capitol Reef NP. Road is pretty easy. Lots of room

October 13th, 2020 by anaheim.miner

Another awesome site. Verizon works great.

October 1st, 2020 by Chandra

East place to get to, and super close to the national park. There was plenty of space, didnt fill up the few nights we were there in Early October. The negative about this spot is that there are quite a few field mice living nearby. We got a few in our truck within a few hours of being there. We left and took apart our truck and found no nests, so we know they came from there. Oh yeah, there was no more port-a-pottie.

July 19th, 2020 by jjohnson1892

Great BLM lot right off the main road into CRNF. Probably >10 sites with fire pits. Manageable in any suv, Subaru’s and AWF cars take caution. Was quiet on a Sunday night, but was busy the days prior according to the other camper there. Great cell service, awesome views

July 17th, 2020 by rickihoffman537

Free space right before west entrance, lots of campers, car and tent, 2 bars LTE with AT&T, serves the purpose, would stay a second night if I didn’t already have a reservation. Pack in pack out

December 2nd, 2019 by audrey.larin.al

Nice, free and quiet. Not crowded at this time of the year. Pack in pack out.

October 23rd, 2019 by libbynron

Road in was very rough and rocky. No amenities which was ok, but very windy, dusty and alot of people in a variety of camping equipment. We moved on to the East side of Capital Reel NP.

October 17th, 2019 by christina.m.hadly

Was very crowded when I visited today, so drove on by. Campers were right on top of each other, campground style. The AT&T cell service, views, and crowds are better at the BLM spot just outside of Torrey.

July 27th, 2019 by Oklahoma Overland

Busy but serves the purpose of camping near Capital Reef NP very well.

June 14th, 2019 by croodstrotters.wordpress.com

Hello
Nice place to park your motorhome when you want visit the park.
Perfect G4 with T-Mobile
Enjoy this free place for the night

May 1st, 2019 by Ti-Gus

Closer to visitor center than the East entrance, 12km vs 17km.
Cell service was good with AT&T.
More popular place and filled with bigger RVs, compare to East entrance. Closer to the road too, but no traffic.
Saw a portapotty.
Overall convenient.

April 19th, 2019 by Wilde Weite Welt

Nice dispersed camping area with many places and many campers just off Hwy 24 just outside Capitol Reef National Park. Great view to Capitol Reef and the Henry Mountains in the background to the west and Thousand Lakes Mountain to the west. A little noise from the Highway.

March 28th, 2019 by wish-to-wander.com

Great spot right outside capitol reef. Lots of other campers parked here but plenty of space that you’re far enough away from others. Full t-mobile service too which is always a bonus!

December 3rd, 2018 by et-si-on-mettait-les-voiles.com

such an amazing view and quiet, just a perfect place for few nights
very windy when we were there

August 31st, 2018 by viviane.eliot

nice view, lot of campers, easy drive, big place with a lot of spot

July 13th, 2018 by freespiritcoelhos

Not very busy on Friday night. Complete fire ban middle of summer but still excellent place to enjoy solitude and nice views. Portaloo were clean. Night cool n full of stars.

June 12th, 2018 by cusimanojoy

Great spot about 6 miles from Capitol Reef NP visitor center. Not really any shade, but there is plenty of spots for any type of trailer. Right off the main road but quiet. Spots are on red sand but it's all packed down.

May 6th, 2018 by parenthesenomade.com

Very busy but a lot of space. Near main road but quiet. Nice free place to camp. Good ATT reception.

April 16th, 2018 by overlanders

Very good place to park overnight. Actually lot of wind and dust but very close to the visitor center of Capitol Reef.

April 5th, 2018 by facebook.com/2MsOnTheRoad

Very busy location next to the hwy. When we arrived there were at least 10 other cars, tents and campers. Still enough space for more. The was rock fire ring at every parking spot. Ground is quite level but rocky at places. Everybody left early in the morning.

March 25th, 2018 by alice91191

Boondocking place very nice just at the entrance of Capitol reef NP, lot of others campers, lot of wind

November 23rd, 2017 by forwardfcc

Good place for visiting the national park

October 18th, 2017 by rorlitt

7-8 spots. Trail access nearby.

October 17th, 2017 by americaravana.com

Free and nice sunset. We also did a small fire.

September 17th, 2017 by Gran Viaje

Pretty busy and next to the highway but close the the NP and nice sunsets.

September 16th, 2017 by andersonrachel

lots of space for a variety of vehicles. we have an rtt so parked up the gully at the back after being blown to bits at a more scenic (exposed) option. gully was perfect!

May 12th, 2017 by facebook.Roadtrip.Steph.Jimmy

free and good place with fire pit, just before capitol reef. many place
endroit sympa et gratuit avec possibilite de faire un feu, juste avant capitol reef.

April 1st, 2017 by instagram.com/mrvdub_ske

Stayed here overnight since the campground inside Capital Reef was full. Got here around 10:30pm and there were only a few people already there. It's a little rocky and rough in spots but small suvs had no problem parking.

June 24th, 2016 by facebook.com/megamacaqueiros

Nice place, a lot of space to camp. Place to fire. Bealtiful view.

November 17th, 2015 by The Pin Project

Nice free spot before the entrance of Capitol Reef NP. Lots of places to camp. Dramatic sunset views. We stayed two nights and it was extremely windy.

October 5th, 2015 by reisefriedli.ch

Nice place for free with fireplace and some trees,about7.3 mi west of fruita, no facilities

September 9th, 2015 by giulianafea

Before the entrance of Capitol Reef NP