Virgin River Canyon Campground

Beautiful. The cuts made through the canyon along with the cast shadows off the canyons are lovely. Seeing the Virgin river flowing along side makes it even more enjoyable.

What a fantastic little spot this is. We stopped here while traveling from the Las Vegas area to Southern Utah for just a night. We liked it so much we did the same on our way back down to Vegas.

The campground is BLM, and is fairly primitive, but does have water, trash and nice clean restrooms. The surrounding scenery is immense, and we took a scramble down to the river to have a wander around some of the trails.

They have two main types of sites some odd little tent sites that are in clusters of 3, 4 or 5. Great if you were with someone you know, a bit close if you didn't know them. The other site are pull throughs. They are large and were perfect for us as overnight stops as we didn't even unhitch.

The campground is just off the 15 Freeway but far enough away that you can hardly hear it at all. This is First Come First Serve campground but it's hard to imagine it ever fills up.

We couldn't get AT&T coverage here, but Verizon was good as long as we used a booster.

I stayed at the Virgin River Canyon campground between stops in Saint George and Las Vegas.

The campground is right off the highway yet feels remote due to the winding nature of the deep canyon. You can hear the highway a little bit.

It's $8 a night, or $4 if you have a National Park Access or Senior pass.

The campground had a handful of other campers on a midweek evening in January. The sites are very close together, but since it was mostly empty that wasn't a problem.

Nice bathrooms, and a decent little trail down to the Virgin River.

Word of warning: I picked up a mouse at this campground. My rig is older and certainly has ways for a mouse to find it's way in, but for such a short stop I didn't expect to gain a stowaway.

I would give this campground a higher rating as the views are stunning. We had a wonderful site on the back side of the CG. You could still hear some highway but we knew that was going to be a given. I came away from the place with the feeling that it is terribly neglected. The bathrooms were a mess. We were there for a week waiting for a package to show up at the PO and I think they had only been cleaned 2 maybe 3 times. Paper towels and toilet paper all over the floors. Very poor flushing toilets if they flushed at all. They get a lot of tenters there that have a real need for toilet facilities and I felt bad for them. The CG was full over the weekend and we left on Tuesday and nothing had been done. There was quite a bit of trash around the CG. I am not sure why they don't have a host there. There is a host site up by the water spigot.

We had no cell service w/Verizon, but we did have streamable internet.

Stayed 1 night May 10
A quick transit stop on our way from California to Utah. Beautiful views, easy access and clean. There was no onsite host....and restrooms were very clean (contrary to some of the prior reviews we read). Campground was full for the night. We stayed in the loop farthest from the freeway. We could still hear a little noise, but nothing terrible.
If we had been able to secure a spot right on the rim, probably would have stayed longer to enjoy some of the hiking.
We had suitable Verizon, but no TMobile service.

We stayed here from oct 12 to oct 30 2016 and what a great place to relax and not worry about the real world. No cell no 4g no tv just the great views of the cliffs river and wildlife. We really enjoyed the rabbits and quail that were almost constantly around we didn't like the Chipmonks quite as much as they were very agressive but still entertaining. We have seen the other posts here and when we were there there was an onsite host and restrooms were cleaned and stocked 2 times a day. be careful with you awnings as winds come up quite fast and can be fierce. We rolled in as dusk and just grabbed the first spot we could find it we level with a table and fire ring. Water is avalible from many taps around the campground. We did make a few side trips to St George Ut for food and a trip to mesquite Nv for some fast food and to check messages. Zion NP isn't far but that time of year is so busy there we skipped the side trip there. We did see desert bighorn and Mule Deer on the hillside across the gorge and liked the river for a wade to cool of as there were a few days in the 90s. We are going to stop here again this fall.

Looks like a good spot, but it is still closed.

We only paid $4.00 w senior pass. We used this site as home base while hiking Zion (1.25 hr drive) and around St. George (15 minutes). Very peaceful and views are AMAZING! there is some highway traffic from hwy15. Online reservation start in May with some FF. We were there late April 2022 and campground was near empty. Also access to Virgin River to get your feet wet after hiking. Sorry I cell service, read a book!

Beautiful place but could see how it would not be fun in hot weather. Very crowded when we are here, mid April.

Gorgeous views of the Virgin River Canyon! And only $4 with our America the Beautiful senior pass! We stayed in the upper loop where all of the reservable sites were already reserved, but there were many non-reservable spots open when we arrived on a Thursday afternoon. Weather was perfect when we arrived, but it heated up quite abruptly on our last full day. Stayed here while we explored the many parks and preserves around St. George.