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The Cedar Mesa Campground is located approximately 23 miles (37.0 km) south of Utah State Highway 24 on the Notom-Bullfrog Road and is at 5,500 feet (1,676 m) in elevation. Usually two-wheel drive vehicles can access Cedar Mesa Campground, but sometimes the road requires high clearance. Check current road conditions by calling 435-425-3791. Press #1 for information, and then #4 for road conditions.
This primitive, no-fee campground has five (5) sites, each with a picnic table and fire grate. There is also a pit toilet, but no water is available. The campground is open year-round, but visitors should check with the Capitol Reef Visitor Center for road conditions prior to planning an overnight stay. The 4.5-mile (7.2 km) round-trip Red Canyon trail leads from the campground through Pinyon and Juniper trees into a large box canyon.
The campground is located approximately 23 miles (37.0 km) south of Utah State Highway 24 on the Notom-Bullfrog Road and is at 5,500 feet (1,676 m) in elevation. The Notom-Bullfrog Road is paved for approximately 15 miles south of the highway then it turns to dirt. The road condition varies and a high clearance vehicle is usually needed. Call 435-425-3791 and follow the prompts for current road conditions.
No reservations; first-come, first-served.
Nice small CG in the Backcountry. Only 5 sites and all are sized for truck, van tent campers. No TT turnaround and sites are too small for TT and RVs anyway This CG is in the NP and the sandy road to access is NOT good for RVs. No cell signal out there. CG has a vault toilet, but no water or trash bins.
We thought this was a gem of a campground. Its primitive so pack it in and pack it out. Each site has a fire pit and picnic table. Pit toilet was clean even for so being so far out. We were there on Memorial day. Got there at 1130 AM, all five sites were filled by 1 PM. Do the Red Canyon Trail. Its worth it and pretty moderate. It's also a good base and launching site for the surrounding trails. Great sunsets.
It was absolutely beautiful there was no light pollution so the sky was gorgeous it was quiet and peaceful.
That being said it is primitive camping although there are picnic tables of fire pit and a toilet but you'll need to pack in and pack out.
My final point of note is that getting to the campground requires you to traverse about 5 mi of fairly rough road consisting of sand rocks and a lot of washboards and some potholes I wouldn't want to try it with anything less than about 3 inches of clearance on the vehicle so sedans are pretty much out I definitely wouldn't try to take an RV down there.
This is a free first come first serve campground in the National Park. We got there at 7pm on a Thursday night in June and it still had 3 of the 5 campsites available. Great views from the campsite. It did take quite a while to get out there - most of the road is a very bumpy dirt road. So only drive out there if you’re comfortable with that. There’s a toilet out there as well as each campsite has a fire pit and picnic table.
An off the beaten path campground in Capital Reef NP. First come first serve and free! We were there on a weekday in October and there was only one other group there at the time. The last few miles to the campground is on a dirt road but it is in really good shape! We loved staying here!
