Utah Big 5 loop in Oct- no reservations??
We are palnning a trip through the "Big 5" national parks in October. Small C for travel. I was surprised to look on the RV reservation sites the NP campgrounds are almost all booked. I'm one who h...
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For the Moab area: there are a number of non-reservable BLM sites along the Colorado River (UT 128) upstream from Moab. Arrive by noon on a Sunday through Wednesday or Thursday and with some searching you'll find some sites. Further afield there is a BLM CG (Horsethief) on the way up to Canyonlands Island in the Sky and Dead Horse Point SP. See here for a list of BLM CG's in the Moab area. Moab gets busy in October as it is a nice time of year and the jeepers, mountain bikers, rock climbers, ATV'ers all know this, so arriving on a Friday is pretty dicey.
At Zion, South CG doesn't take reservations, is right on the Virgin "River" and is within walking distance of the visitors center and shuttle bus stop (basically the only way up the canyon for most of us).
At Bryce, most sites aren't reservable esp. by October. We prefer North CG for its walking distance to the rim for great morning and evening strolls.
Capitol Reef CG doesn't take reservations and is nicely situated in an orchard.
I believe only Zion and a few sites at Bryce have minimal hookups, but dump stations are available in all the NP's I've listed (Arches and Canyonlands don't).
At Zion, South CG doesn't take reservations, is right on the Virgin "River" and is within walking distance of the visitors center and shuttle bus stop (basically the only way up the canyon for most of us).
At Bryce, most sites aren't reservable esp. by October. We prefer North CG for its walking distance to the rim for great morning and evening strolls.
Capitol Reef CG doesn't take reservations and is nicely situated in an orchard.
I believe only Zion and a few sites at Bryce have minimal hookups, but dump stations are available in all the NP's I've listed (Arches and Canyonlands don't).
