Calf Creek Campground
Lee D.The Dyrt PRO User
Reviewed Apr. 12, 2022

Have a back-up plan!

This small BLM campground has 13 sites but is first-come, first available. When planning our trip in January, I didn’t think we would have a problem on a Monday in April but at the last minute, decided to make a reservation elsewhere and it’s a good thing we did, or we would have been out of luck! There is a flush toilet by the parking lot and vault toilets further inside the campground. The first six sites are easily accessible, large, and well-spaced apart but the remaining seven require crossing a water-covered road (at least in April and considering southern Utah is in an extreme drought, perhaps all year during non-drought years). There were warnings that this crossing is very slick. I could see that at least two of the sites on the other side were occupied but there was no way I could convince my husband to cross the water to check availability of the others. 

If you can get a spot, you can't beat the price of $15 (50% less with the senior pass). The main draw to this campground is the six-mile roundtrip hike to see Lower Calf Creek Falls and these 125-foot falls are spectacular (even during a drought) and well worth the hike to get there. It would have been nice to stay here but again, I would suggest having a backup plan ahead of time (there is no cell service to make last-minute backup plans).

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  • Review photo of Calf Creek Campground by Lee D., April 12, 2022
  • Review photo of Calf Creek Campground by Lee D., April 12, 2022
  • Review photo of Calf Creek Campground by Lee D., April 12, 2022
  • Review photo of Calf Creek Campground by Lee D., April 12, 2022
  • Review photo of Calf Creek Campground by Lee D., April 12, 2022
  • Review photo of Calf Creek Campground by Lee D., April 12, 2022
  • Review photo of Calf Creek Campground by Lee D., April 12, 2022
  • Review photo of Calf Creek Campground by Lee D., April 12, 2022
  • Review photo of Calf Creek Campground by Lee D., April 12, 2022
  • Review photo of Calf Creek Campground by Lee D., April 12, 2022