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Buckboard Campground sits in the Manti-LaSal National Forest in southeast Utah at the foot of the Abajo Mountains. Visitors enjoy fishing and exploring local trails.
Popular activities include fishing, hiking and off-road vehicle riding. Several trailheads are nearby, including Robertson's Pasture Trail and Spring Creek Trail. The Abajo Loop State Scenic Backway passes by the campground. It leads from the desert floor and red rock canyons to steep mountains over 10,000 feet high, with overlooks and panoramic views. The byway is suitable for passenger vehicles from late spring through fall but is not recommended for large RVs.
The campground offers several single-family sites, as well as two group sites than can each accommodate up to 50 guests. Firewood may be collected in and around the campground. Forest Road 105 to the campground is paved, while parking spurs and the road within the campground are graveled. There are two vault toilets and the campground has water available (seasonally.) There is a 14 day stay limit at this campground.
Aspens and Gambel oaks surround the site, offering partial shade. The campground sits at an elevation of 8,900 feet, and summer temperatures range from 75-85 degrees during the day and 50-60 degrees at night. Mule deer, wild turkeys and black bears frequent the area.
Other attractions in the area include Canyonlands, Arches and Mesa Verde National Parks, Natural Bridges National Monument, Dark Canyon Wilderness, Edge of the Cedars State Park, Lake Powell and numerous archaeological sites.
Located in Southeast Utah, six miles west of Monticello on paved Forest Road 105.
A really quiet and beautiful place! I wish we had been able to stay more than one night! Rolled through on our road trip, my only tip is to check the dates on the Reserved signs because it's a low maintenance place and we had a choice of more sites than we'd 1st realized.
A quiet and beautiful campground with huge aspen trees! We went to Arches National Park & Canyonlands NP needles entrance from here and it was an easy drive to both
A small campground, about 12 sites plus 2 group sites. Lots of distance between sites. Pit toilets were clean, but not stocked with sanitizer. Numerous water faucets throughout campground. Altitude makes this a cool choice during hot weather.
We enjoyed staying 2 nights at Buckboard Campground in June 2021. It was nice, peaceful, and quiet. Large campsites, plenty of firewood, pit toilets, water, stream and pond near by, and not many people around. We heard turkeys, but never saw any. We did have a few deer stop by and check us out, though.
It is a very nice, well-maintained campsite with enough space for a camper. Included are a fire pit and a table. Apart from the soothing babble of the stream nearby, it is very quiet. The campground is in the woods, which gives you shade on a hot day. There are toilets, drinking water stations and a garbage station. The price of $20 was not too high for this great campground.
