Big Bend Campground
nearest town: Moab UT
part of: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
A Bureau of Land Management Campground in the Utah region.
Number of visits: 1
GPS: 38.6472,-109.4779
Bathroom: pit • Water: no
Heading north out of Moab, take a left before the Colorado River and head upstream. There are a string of BLM campgrounds along the river. This is the sixth one, about eight miles out. It is more deluxe than Drinks Canyon, it actually has a bathroom and a dumpster! Campsites here are bigger, RV sized, but equally Spartan -- a picnic table and a fire pit, that's it. But you are on the Colorado River!
Notes on each visit (posted cost • senior cost):
I forgot to bring quarters to the pay station ... my penalty: putting $8 in the envelope, leaving $.50 on the table. Here's to you BLM!
There are a few campsites with shade and a river view. Mine is un-shaded and you have to fight through a few feet of mesquite to see the river, but this time of year at this place nighttime cold is worse than daytime heat, so wide open is good!