Natural Bridges National Monument
We will be visiting Natural Bridges near the end of May. There will be two travel trailers in our group and I am wondering if the overlooks on the scenic drive will accommodate both rigs at the same ...
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rctaw wrote:
We prefer to stay in the parks we visit when possible but with my travel trailer being 28 feet and my truck being an f350, I doubt I would fit in Natural Bridges.
This campground just doesn't have very big sites. We've never camped there but have driven through just to see if there was any site we could fit into. All of the sites are very small. Maybe a 16' trailer or a truck camper would fit in a couple of the sites, but nothing large in any of them.
They will often direct you to some dispersed camping near the junction of UT 95 and UT 261 (I think it's on this side road 37.5782,-109.8866). But we go up Bears Ears Road (AKA Elk Ridge Road), which is about 3/4 of a mile in from UT 95 on UT 275. Within the first mile or so there are several sites right off this dirt road (e.g. 37.5981, -109.9176) The road gets steeper further up, but if you're up for it, there's a great spot at 37.6057, -109.9217 with wonderful views. We've seen a 35' super C with a toad camped at that spot. There are a few other spots further up that road, but once you reach the national forest, there are precious few campsites beyond until you are up on top. The NFS has gone through with a dozer and moved rocks to block side roads where we used to camp.
There is another road about 0.4 miles beyond the Elk Ridge Road. We've seen people boondocking on it when looking down from the Elk Ridge Road, but we've never driven it so I can't speak to the suitability for a trailer.
If you are driving back to Blanding anyway, there are also some boondocking locations along Comb Wash on both sides of the highway (37.5116, -109.6554). A little further from the NM, but convenient to the highway.
PM me if you want info on some interesting hikes in the area.
