Monument Valley Utah

FreeCampgrounds.com

You can check their site.

There is a lot of free areas nearby, but the monument itself it on a Indian reservation, as such they control the land. I would stay at the Indian run campground, it is not that expensive, and the closest place to the Monument, except for the hotel built on the mesa just west of the "Mittens".

I stayed at a free place near Hite Marina, and then stopped at Monument Valley, then went on to Albuquerque. You can check for BLM sites nearby.

Good luck!

Fred.

Gooseneck State Park. Just down the road a bit.

Goosenecks is quite close to MV as the crow flies:



This shot is taken from Muley Point -- Goosenecks is (are?) on the edge of the canyon in the foreground, with MV in the background.

But since we are not crows and can't fly, the drive took us quite a while -- maybe 45 min.??

Valley of the Gods. About 30 miles north of Monument Valley.

thanks :)


we're a long rig...about 60' altogether. That limits us a bit.


thank you for the information :)

Suzzee, big rigs are just fine at Goosenecks, assuming you can tolerate the "commute" to MV in your toad. If you go onto Google Earth, you can see a large level pad southeast of the bathroom. Lots of room! Watch out for the wind, though -- you might not want to deploy your awning . . . .

cool :) we will be driving to it definitely.

good to know about the campgrounds :)

Wouldn't try VOG in your unit, or Muley point for that matter. Stick to Goosenecks.

will do :)

With your unit I'd stick with Valley of the Gods. Some excellent places to pull off and camp. It is a BLM area that is below Muley Point. If you have a toad you will want to drive up to Muley Point, it is breath taking.
Here is a link to a good Valley of the Gods resource page.

Valley of the Gods

You don't want to drive your motorhome up or down Moki Dugway, that would be insane. If you don't have a toad though you can drive around to Muley Point by taking 163 east to 191 north to 95 west and then 261 south to the Muley Point turn off. The road to Muley Point is rough though.

Map to Muley Point from Mexican Hat/Valley of the Gods

Have fun, it is beautiful country.