We have previously written about the beautiful camping sites at Fisher Towers and a guest posted a story about Onion Creek near Moab Utah.  This is another campsite suggestion for the area.

Finding a beautiful camp site near Moab can be a real challenge.  The area is so beautiful and offers so many outdoor recreation activities that it tends to attract many campers.  This spring we drove for hours trying to find a good campsite and ended up sleeping on the side of a 4x4 road at 1:00 a.m. in the morning.  The next day we woke up early to try and find an established site.

Moab has many mediocre camping areas managed by the National Forest.  They are surrounded by beauty next to the Colorado River and adequately taken care of, but they are right next to a major highway and offer no privacy from your neighbors. The campsites themselves are small and unattractive.

On our way to a day hike we discovered Moonflower Campground; A group site (8) that is tucked away in a canyon that offers shade from the many large trees, a small hike to a pond, and a rock scramble up the red rock cliffs that seals the cozy, comfy feeling of this site.  You will be camping with others but the sites are mostly far away from each other.  A few hikers may walk through your site but you will not be seeing cars drive by like most campgrounds around Moab.

Specs:

Fee: $ 8 per car

Sites:  8 individual sites but all are near each other, pit toilets, first come, first serve and walk in (your car will be a little bit away from you)

How to get there:   From southern Moab take Kane Creek blvd.  The campground is located 3.5 miles from the junction of Highway 191.

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