The Best in Tent Camping: Utah A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos

by Steadman, Jeffrey

• ISBN13: 9780897326476
• ISBN10: 0897326474
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-18
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Pr

Summary

With Utah native and camping expert Jeffery Steadman on your side, the very best tent camping in Utah is only a quick read away. Hand selected for their appeal to tent campers who love seclusion, beauty, quiet, and security, the 50 campsites profiled in The Best in Tent Camping: Utah represent the best of the best. Along with a detailed profile and useful at-a-glance information, campground maps show layout, individual sites, and key facilities. Driving directions supplemented with GPS- based coordinates for each campground entrance make getting there a snap.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Steadman started camping in Utah at the age of 12. Since then, he's logged countless nights under the stars and hundreds of miles on the trail.

Table of Contents

(1) Antelope Island State Park - Bridger Bay Campground (2) Hyrum - Pioneer Campground (3) Logan Canyon - Guinavah-Malibu Campground (4) Mantua - Willard Basin Campground (5) Smithfield - Green Canyon Campground (6) Richmond - High Creek Campground (7) Ogden Canyon - Monte Cristo Campground (8) Ogden Canyon - Botts Campground (9) Bountiful - Bountiful Peak Campground (10) Little Cottonwood Canyon - Redman Campground (11) Little Cottonwood Canyon - Tanner Flat Campground (12) Big Cottonwood Canyon - Albion Basin Campground (13) Heber Valley - Wolf Creek Campground (14) Jordanelle Reservoir - Rock Cliff Campground (15) Timpanogas Cave Timpanoke (16) Provo - Hope Campground (17) Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - Butterfly Campground (18) High Uintas Wilderness - Upper Stillwater Campground (19) Hobble Creek Canyon - Balsam Campground (20) Strawberry Reservoir - Aspen Grove Campground (21) Spanish Fork Canyon - Palmyra Campground (22) Mt. Nebo Scenic Loop - Ponderosa Campground (23) Manti-LaSal National Forest - Indian Creek Campground (24) Sanpete Valley - Maple Canyon Campground (25) Fish Lake - Frying Pan Campground (26) Piute/Severe - Maple Hollow Campground (27) Flaming Gorge NRA - Deep Creek Campground (28) Sawtooth NF - Clear Creek Campground (29) Deep Creek Mountains - Simpson Springs Campground (30) Deseret Peak Wilderness - Lower Narrows Campground (31) Vernon Reservoir - Little Valley Campground (32) Onaqui Mountains Clover Springs (33) Cedar City Canyon - Cedar Canyon Campground (34) Western Dixie National Forest - Oak Grove Campground (35) Snow Canyon State Park - Shivwits Campground (36) St. George - Red Cliffs Campground (37) Zion National Park - Lava Point Campground (38) Arches National Park - Negro Bill Campground (39) Bryce Canyon National Park- Pine Lake Campground (40) Capitol Reef National Park - Fruita Campground (41) Canyonlands National Park - Indian Creek Campground (42) Dead Horse Point State Park Campground (43) Pariah Canyon - White House Campground (44) Lake Powell/Glen Canyon National Recreation Area - Starr Springs Campground (45) Boulder Mountains - Pleasant Creek Campground (46) Thousand Lake Moutains - Elkhorn Campground (47) Abajo Mountains - Dalton Springs Campground (48) Moab - Kings Bottom Campground (49) LaSal Mountains - Warner Lake Campground (50) Goblin Valley State Park Campground

Excerpts

Stealing horses in the nineteenth century was hard work. Thieves pilfered them from Moab ranchers in the La Sal Mountains and drove them west across the dry and dusty trail towards the Henry Mountains Range. Horsethief Campground marks the area where they turned the stolen goods southwest to cross the distant Green River on their way to Robber's Roost. Today, the area is home to 56 campsites on three loops named for notable western horse breeds: Buckskin, Cayuse, and Appaloosa. As you enter the campsite from the road, Buckskin and Cayuse loops are on your left. For privacy, your best bets are the more distanced sites 44 through 50 on the Cayuse Loop, although privacy is a relative term in the pinyon-juniper forests of southeastern Utah. Scrubby juniper and sage do little to shield you from your neighbor or provide shade from the sun. Decide when you want your shademorning or eveningthen pick your site accordingly. Campsites on the south side of the Appaloosa loop boast the best views of the gentle slope and the small ridge that's located about a half-mile from the camp. If you want a better view of the distant Henry Mountains take the short, well-marked hike out to the ridge. It's less than a mile, and the trailhead is on the Appaloosa loop between sites 13 and 14.