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If you are lucky enough to find an empty campsite at this secluded little campground, you will find surprising tranquility considering that it's tucked into a curve of the now-paved Burr Trail. There's no room for trailers or RVs, just tents, and that's what makes it such a gem of a place to unwind. If you don't feel like cooking the world renown Hell's Backbone Cafe is within cycling distance (if you're a fairly fit cyclist) or a short drive up the hill in Boulder.
Pretty nice. Sites are very small, basically a parking place, table and tent pad. We parked our second car across the street at the trail head. The parking in our site was flat but I noticed that some of them were not as good.
A lovely pay site in Grand Staircase Escalante. Located on the very accessible Burr Trail. There are nice raised tent pads. Ample fire pits. Red sandy surface surrounded by buckthorn, willows, and wild roses. Big cottonwood trees offered shade. Due to the proximity of the creek there were a fair amount of mosquitoes. There’s an stony creek access up the road that was good for wading. Seven sites for $10/night.
Found a nice campsite but we were kept up all night by some creepy people that pulled up and were watching us from their car. Luckily our tent was pretty tucked away. Sand was nice and soft, stars looked beautiful, just watch out for cacti.
We went in the middle of October on a Saturday and there were plenty of campsites open. There’s a place to pay at the entrance ($10) as well as some wood you can buy ($5). The tent bases are elevated so you don’t have to worry as much about flooding. There are convenient fire pits at each campsite, and there is a public restroom but no potable water.
