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Pulled in on 11/8/23 to stay one night but left right away. We pulled into the first area off Hwy 12. It was very easy access, suitable for bigger rigs, level enough with planning, but it was so dry and dusty and windy we decided to move on. Still plenty of open spots.

Heard about this place a few years ago and finally came in. Well worth it. Arrived Sunday afternoon at the tail end of a cold snap. First morning was 10 degrees. Everyone had left by late Sunday and we had the place to ourselves.

Agree with msmull below about camping in the area to the right when you reach the ledge. We have a 30 ft trailer and were able to navigate into a good position. The area inside the fence probably supports about 15 visitors and we would not have been able move in there if there had been many other campers. Definitely walk ingress and egress if you are a little bigger. For smaller units, there are spots along the rim for miles to the west along a sometimes quite rocky road. Also for larger rigs, turn east at an intersection about a mile before the rim and there are a half dozen designated campsites along that road. These are big sites, not in sight of each other, not in view of the canyon, with pretty easy access on a pretty good road.

Agree with Virginian below about Buckhorn Draw. Well worth a visit. The road is as good as the road coming into the Wedge. Suitable for big rigs. The campground at the bottom had a few sites for big rigs but not many.

We spoke to the ranger about leaving the area either east on the Hwy 6 cutoff road or south to I-70. He said the road to I-70 is better than the Hwy 6 cutoff, which has some tight turns on the east end of it. Both roads were unoiled gravel. The road into the wedge is oiled because of the gypsum mine you pass on the way in. From Castle Dale, we went mostly 40-50 MPH to the intersection at mile 13, 30 MPH up the road to the Wedge except for 20 MPH the last couple miles. This is very good access.

The place is quiet, great views, clean pit toilets, good Verizon service, and for free! The Good Water Rim bike trail is about 15 miles of single track biking rated green. We are novice bikers and only did half of it. There are places where we were uncomfortably close to the rim. It was spearheaded by the previous Castle Dale Sheriff. He went over the rim one time to a 20 foot fall. He survived, but it didn't treat him well. It is a fabulous trail either hiking or biking.

This is a great area for OHV. Lots of suitable roads all over this country.

If I had to complain about something, it would be a lack of variety of hiking trails. It would be nice to have a trail down to the San Rafael from the Wedge, but you would have to rappel the Wingate at river's edge. You shouldn't hike on untrampled cryptobiotic, so we were limited to roads and the one trail. That said, we will be back to explore more of the area.

Casa Malpais is located at the North side of Springerville. Many sites are inhabited by permanent residents, but there were about 8-10 sites open for overnight travelers. Full hookups are $41.00 per night (includes tax). They offer a 10% discount for AARP and GOOD SAM members. A 15% discount is available for military. The office was closed when we arrived but there was phone number on the door saying the manager is available 24/7. The majority of sights are back in with only a few pull through. We were asked if we wanted to remain connected to our truck overnight, so that can be an option, depending on what is available. Spaces are wide enough for your trailer and vehicle to fit side by side. The surface is gravel and dirt but level. The park has a lot of mature cottonwood trees to provide shade in the summer. A small picnic table is available at each site. Casa Malpais offers the following amenities: wifi and cable hookup, dog walk/ run area, large clubhouse, book and dvd exchange, laundry ($1.50 wash, $1.50 dry for 45 minutes) and very clean and warm restrooms and showers. There is one shower stall labeled as handicapped accessible but it has a 4" shower pan rim that would need to be dealt with.

The main problem with this campground is how unlevel the campsites are. We dropped into site #7 when we got here and I think lucky to do so. During our 6 days here, I'll bet 5-6 people pulled into site #6 and could not make it work. All the sites would be great for shorter rigs though.

The bathroom was always clean and warm. There are showers and a dump station. The bathrooms are big enough to hold a dance. We were here during 4 days of high wind so there wasn't a lot of interaction with other campers.

This is a good spot for some local touring. We went up to the lookout Montjeau peak, the White Oak ghost town, the amazing petroglyph site 30 miles south of here, and some hiking trails east of here in the mountains.

I exaggerate, but it felt that way at the time. We were sick. Trying to get home to Montana from Arizona. Had been driving all day. Tired. Rain starts. Wife sees this place up ahead on Campendium. Sleet starts when we pull in. Its closed. Wife calls the number and the guy says "You bet, stay anywhere you want". I would rate this place an 8.

It is close to the interstate. So very easy access but highway noise. Suitable for bigger rigs. Some pull through. Gravel or asphalt surface. Picnic tables, fire pits, rain shelters. Pit toilets. It sounds like new management this year. He says they will open next week (about April 1). 4-5 bars 4G. Stop in and say thanks from me.

We would agree with many previous reviewers that the location is good for visiting canyonlands, Arches, and Moab sites. And I think that is the main selling point here. The campground is in some rolling hills of Pinion and Juniper. You should not walk away from roads or trails so as not to destroy the cryptobiotic crust.

We prefer remote solitary sites and this is not that, but the campground is clean, as quiet as you might expect on a beautiful weekend in the Moab area, and about equidistant to the two parks. It is a little more than a half mile off the paved 313 on a fairly rough graveled road. The pit toilets are quite clean. There is a garbage dumpster, but no water. Maybe only a fourth of the sites would support our 30 ft trailer.

There is much single track biking right from the campground. One end of the White Rim trail is close. The graveled road goes a long way past this campground, maybe to the Green River, and there are some dispersed campsites out that road. Nothing for larger rigs though, and the road gets more rough.

If we ever did come back to the Moab area, we would probably stay here.

It's not that this campground was low quality. It's just that I like more remote camping. I agree with what previous reviewers have said. I would also add that we stayed at site 29, which was advertised as having 50 amp but was way too small for a rig having a 50 amp plug. Our trailer was out into the roadway a bit. We were told that when this campground was being extended, sites 27, 28, and 29 were planned to be larger but while digging they ran into buried artifacts and stopped digging. So those sites are small with 50 amp service. Our neighbors with 20' and 22' trailers fit nicely in their spots.

We arrived at Lees Ferry Campground early afternoon mid week and there were about a dozen sites still available. By 7PM the campground was filled up. Many campers stay one night as this is a popular put in spot for floaters on the Colorado River. The main road is paved and each site is graveled. There are 51 sights in all, varying in size to accommodate small trailers to motorcoaches. All sights have a picnic table with shade covering plus a firepit. There is potable water available. Sights are an adequate size to provide some privacy. The campsite has 2 flush bathrooms however, only one was open. It was fairly clean when we arrived but was pretty dirty after a couple of days. Toilets were in poor working order and needed to be fidgeted with in order to get them to flush. The dump station, located about half a mile away, is in a large gravel lot with an easy turn around. It was still winterized when we visited. A big plus for this campground is the scenery. It is spectacular! We managed to go on 2 hikes, Cathedral Wash (3 miles RT) and Spencer Trail( 4.5 miles RT). Both were great hikes! The fruit trees at the Lonely Dell Ranch were just starting to bloom. When fruit is ripe, campers are allowed to pick and eat. We did view two Condors on the Navajo Bridge just down the road.

Arrived after dark Saturday, Oct. 28. Left before dawn in the morning. Needed a place to rest after the after Tremonton to Spanish Fork I-15 white knuckle road race and this was perfect. Pulled in, went to bed, and pulled out. Half dozen other rigs there. Lots of room. It is a big sloping hillside but there are flat-ish spots. Looked like some folks were settled in for a while.

The turn off is near mile marker 195 on Hwy 6 about 20 miles SE of Spanish Fork. There is a brown Sheep Creek sign on Hwy 6 indicating the turn is coming up, and there is a left turn lane. It's only a half mile up the paved Sheep Creek road to the well marked turn into the camping area.

Did not check cell service. Only 4 stars because this is not our idea of a destination. It is perfect for what we needed and I expect to stay there often, overnight, in the years to come.

I stayed here in my 13' Scamp trailer to dayhike the trail out of this campground and explore the area. The Wise River corridor is a beautiful area generally but scarred with a heavy cow population. It was disappointing hiking the marvelous open meadows up by Harrison Park because there is cow shit everywhere except in the thickest timber. But you do leave the cows behind once you get up the trails into steeper, higher country.

I inspected nearly all the campgrounds along this corridor, from Pettengill up to Price Creek. Each had 5 to a dozen campsites. Many had some sites which would support my 30' trailer. All had hand pump water with a rusty taste. All were fenced to keep the cows out. All were close to the main road (except this campground and Price Creek). All were $8/night or $4/pass (except Price Creek at $15/night). All were quite clean and well maintained. All had paved camp roads (except this one). All had pit toilets which were fairly clean, but none of them had toilet paper, just empty TP tubes. There is also much dispersed camping along the main road and the two graveled spur roads, 1299 & 2417. Some of the dispersed will support very large rigs. There is lots of firewood all over this valley. Dead standing and fallen lodgepole along the spur roads.

This campground has 5 sites. Three of them are tent only. The other two would support no more than 20' trailers. It is a beautiful spot with an open forest easy to walk through. I was there mid week in mid August. The mosquitoes had settled down to almost nothing and there was only one other camper in the campground while I was there. This campground is 1 mile up a graveled washboard road. The trails up to Tehepia and Torrey lakes are beautiful except for the two miles you share with cows.