Sandcreek RV Park

I stayed here on a layover day in the second half of April because of their competitive price, their laundry facilities, and a dose of wi-fi after traveling "The Trail of the Ancients" where cell and wifi doesn't exist.

This is a small park with a few 30 amp and a few 50 amp pull-through spaces, and a wonderful view of red rock bluffs behind the park. The owner was very friendly and put me in the site closest to the office (and wifi antenna,) just asking that I not put a patio mat out on her surviving grass. What she didn't mention were the small blue flowers around the edges of the grass.

I'll leave here tomorrow with clean tanks, clean clothes, and a nice hot shower - ready for another 10 days of wandering the back roads of Utah.

Sandcreek RV Park is a small independent business with no frills other than good service, perfectly clean bathrooms, hot water and heated cabins.
The cabins are 35 a night, small and fit 1 chair, 1 small table and 1 double sized bed.
We stayed in the "family room" option which is part of the main building and HUGE. Our room had 1 Queen size bed and 4 bunk beds with plenty of headroom. The room also has an electric space heater which worked really well, a microwave oven and a mini fridge.
The facility was quiet, peaceful and had plenty of campers and occupied RV spaces despite the cold weather when we arrived late Friday night. The RV spaces looked level but a quick call to the office is recommended because the camping area is on dirt and subject to weathering. March is still considered winter season so most of the local restaurants were closed. Almost everything was also closed on Sunday. Bring some food, water and linens for the bunk beds. The Sandcreek office closes at 7pm so make sure you call ahead and confirm your reservation- we were not sent a confirmation email despite booking 2 weeks ahead.
I spoke with one of the owners several times during my stay and found her professional, friendly and willing to help. She was up at dawn both days we stayed making sure the bathrooms were clean and she was very aware of what was going on in her property at all times. The back of the property has a large fire ring for groups. I'm very glad I found this place. The price was very fair for the quality of service. Currently the property is up for sale so the management might change at some point. I would recommend this place for families over any hotel near the Capitol Reef area.

Very nice clean campground, close to Capitol Reef with a view on the mountains. Quiet even if it is on the highway. The owners Leslie and her husband are great. They are very present on the site. We come from Québec and we stayed at many campgrounds since the beginning of March and it is one of the best we had.

Not only did we get a EWS site for a reasonable price super close to Capitol Reef National Park, but the owners were awesome! We camped at the pull through site closest to the main building (I’m not sure of the site number) and had a great WiFi signal without a WiFi extender. Henry and Leslie offered us fresh kale and bok choy from their garden too. Laundry is available for $5/load (wash and dry) via an honor system as is firewood (I think that was $7). Bathrooms were clean. Our overall experience here was outstanding. We’ll definitely be back to stay next time we’re in the area. We did use a cell booster, but cell service was good for video conferencing. We camped 10/1/17-10/8/17.

We stayed here while visiting capitol reef after several days of boondocking- we were in desperate need of showers so it was time for an RV park.

We called a day or so in advance and all of their full hook up spots were full so we opted for a dry spot- which is fine as we don’t need hook ups. The dry spots however are just a dirt parking lot with a few wind control fences- we were directed to the spot with the view of the red rock cliffs out our front windshield which was great- but to our left was a fence taller than our windows and to the right was an entire pile of scrap wood and tools and things and another fence making it hard to hang out outside of our rig. From these spots we also got weaker signal on the WiFi.

Our second night we switched to a hook up spot that was available since it was cloudy all day so our solar charge was low- here we had much better WiFi signal.

Now like I said before we stopped at an RV park because we needed showers- and these showers were so disappointing. First off the whole bathroom has one light which is near the entrance and then the two showers are tucked in corners in the back- so there’s no light other than a little ambient light coming over the curtain. Then there was just no water pressure so it took forever to rinse shampoo and conditioner out. I didn’t really use the toilets but it seemed one of the two was clogged each time I was in there.

Laundry was fine- $5/load paid in cash to the owners

The owners were also super friendly and accommodating (let us fill our water tanks before getting in our dry spot, letting us switch to hookups the next day when we didn’t have enough solar power, finding our water filter we left on the table when filling our tanks, giving us suggestions for places to go on our travels, etc) if they could get lighted pressured showers and clean up the junk in the dry campsite I’d give them 5 stars!

Your GPS service will likely get the location wrong. OnStar got it wrong twice. If you arrive after dark know that there is no lit sign.

As noted, the owners are very friendly and helpful. The sites are pull through, which is always great. There’s a fire ring. The public restroom is OK/good.

The reason the site was rated only three is because the sites are fairly close to one another and they are basically weeds and rocks. They required leveling.

Still, this park has a very homey feel to it and access to the park is superb, especially at the price. Wi-Fi was good and att was lte service, both pluses.

The couple running this campground are still getting started, I think they said they have been at it for less than two years. Both of them were quite pleasant.

We stayed at the Dry side of their area, which is basically an area with gravel and good size black rocks sticking up 3 or 4 inches. We were able to get a spot next to a "manger" that blocked the wind. The full hook areas looked a lot better. They don't allow generators, but I'm pretty sure that at least one of the big RVs was using one. I was able to setup my solar panels and get a full charge, there weren't any trees or other things to block charging.

I don't know if they had bathrooms and showers or not, the office area was definitely a work in progress, and they didn't have any supplies or anything else to buy. There is a general store pretty close so it wasn't an issue.

While this RV Park is close to Capitol Reef National Park and all its beauty it needs some work. Our site was very unlevel and overgrown with weeds. There also was a leaky hose running through our site for irrigation and bricks and 2x4’s littered about our site. A power cord was also ran to our power post that was used for a dry camping site next to us. Our power was turned off several times by whoever was using that site. There was a large shipping container and junk stored next to that sight. We did not have a fire pit to enjoy the cool evenings even though the sites are very close to each other.

Really nice owners. I read that they’re new owners and are cleaning things up. They guided us into our space. Very small spaces and close together. Our slide outs touched the trees on either side of our spot. The trees are young, so I know they’re going to need to be trimmed in the next year or so. Also, if your neighbor decides to start a fire in the fire pit, you might end up with a smoke streak up the side of your camper. All in all, a beautiful location, they just need to make the spaces bigger.

We were passing through from Bryce to Arches. Stayed here 1 night in Nov. In the off season this is only place open in town. They shut off water to sites(sewer/elec only). There's a spigot to fill fresh water, but not easy to reach unless you have 80' of hose & nose your truck into an open site. Sites are crazy narrow. If others were next to us. People would be bumping slide outs trying to use picnic table. We pulled ahead a bit so slides wouldn't hit a tree. But then the hookups are in very back of the site. So 3 sewer connections barely reached for me. Wifi worked ok, only 4 other people in the park at the time. Verizon was not great, would go from 3 bars to nothing without even moving around.
Beautiful scenery in the distance. Not much in town. Not really a grocery store any where.