Parowan Gap Petroglyphs Dispersed Camping

This is great spot. I travel with a 40’ motorhome and pull a 20’ trailer. Lots of room if you don’t mind parking close to the road. Smaller rigs can go further back on the road. This spot is only 1000’ from the petroglyphs and is quiet. Not much traffic on the road either.
Good Verizon coverage as well.
Lots of scenic drives to be taken for day trips and plenty of hiking

Very easy access. Lots of room to turn my rig around at the campsite. The road was a little rutted, but nothing bad. We camped off Jackrabbit Rd. There was a spot not far from us where people come to shoot, but no one came while we were there. There is a herd of sheep with sheep dogs that came through each day. Met one of the shepherds and he was nice. My kids loved the Petroglyphs and there were dinosaur tracks just down the road a little. Not too far from Cedar City. Quiet and peaceful.
Our coodinates were 37.9186 x -112.9785

We stayed here for one night while passing through the area. We stayed at the same coordinates as the above reviewer and had no problems accessing with a 38’ TT. There was a fiver that was up on top of the hill from us as well. Jackrabbit Rd was a bit rutted, but they primarily ran parallel with the road so easily enough able to stay out of them.
Did not notice any trash or really any sign of heavy use like some BLM sites. Was quiet as well with no road noise.
The Petroglyphs and dinosaur tracks were a nice bonus to have to check out while staying. Kids really liked the dinosaur tracks especially.
We had great service with AT&T with 25+MB service.

I was able to drive my 38 foot diesel pusher motorhome over the hill into a great spot. Great signal with Verizon and T-Mobile. Don’t follow Google Maps direction into Jackrabbit Road -- it will lead you on other rutted, dirt road. Go east of Petroglyph site, and there is packed gravel road leading to this beautiful site. This site is one of my favorites. Love it! The views are stunning. The hike to hilltops are just worth it.

There is plenty of boondocking in this area. Nice wide open spaces. Take any of the dirt roads and pick a spot. I spent 2 nights inside the gap and enjoyed the sunsets and sunrises. I did have a little T-Mobile service but not enough to get any real work done. Moved over to the Jackrabbit Road side and had excellent reception!

Most of the dirt roads Do have ruts but nothing too bad. Saw RVs of every type.

Stayed here for 2 nights in our 40' RV with 24' trailer in tow. Not a lot of camp spots (for any size) in this location. Not too much traffic going by. Can't beat being surrounded by mountains. Lots to hike. Saw a Gopher Snake our first morning. Other then that not too many signs of wildlife during our stay, few birds & lizards and also what looked like ram droppings. But we never actually saw rams.
Had about 3 bars on Verizon hotspot (with booster).
Has 1 bar for AT&T phones.

We pulled in with our 25’ trailer just to the east of the gap and found several areas to camp. We came on Memorial Day weekend so there were more people here than probably is usual. Only negative is the goat head thorns everywhere which was troublesome for our dogs paw pads. We stayed fairly close to the main road so I’m not sure what the dirt roads looks like further up. Overall, very quiet and easy to get in and out of.

The views around here are stunning, there is a historic petroglyph site with a short hike. You can even climb up the mountain by the hike on the unlisted trail. Camping is great, the amount of campsites are abundant, pretty much camp anywhere and everywhere. Loved it.

Nice place to stay. Very quiet. Only 1 other RV but a long distance away. I have the only site with a fire ring. Most of the sites are slightly grown over but still useable. I had to run AC almost every day. Highs in the lower 90’s. Lows in the 50’s. Great Verizon coverage and 25 plus TV channels. I’m having a great time starting here. Only 1/4 mile of dirt road which is in good condition. Where I am is as far as you can go with an RV. Mine is 24 feet long. My site is the last place to turn around. I will stay here again.

Stayed here from 9/20/2020 to 9/27/2020. This was an amazing boondocking spot. I initially tried to go all the way back to the large campsite at the GPS coordinates in Campendium, but someone else was already in it. I then tried to setup on the other side of the road from that site but it was just too unlevel. I ended up turning around and setting up closer to the highway where it flattened out a bit. I had much better luck getting level with my rig facing East to West than North to South like the other campers I saw here. There aren't many well defined campsites here, but it seemed like everyone was just picking a spot, so I found an area that looked flat and not too grassy and set up.

If you do go all the way back to the GPS coordinates in Campendium, I would say that's pretty much the end of the line for trailers. The road goes up a hill beyond that and I didn't really see any sites for trailers back there. If you're car/tent camping there are more sites to be found further down the road. If you have 4WD you could even turn left and head up the mountain and there was a really cool spot for a tent at the top.

I was worried about noise from the highway here but it really wasn't an issue at all. After dark almost no one goes down that road. During the day you get some traffic going to the Petroglyphs but I wouldn't consider it noisy. One thing that I thought was really cool was that a guy came and played a Native American flute at sunset at the petroglyphs several of the nights I was there.

If you camp here you should definitely take the opportunity to climb the mountain. There's a road that goes about halfway up, but from there you can find trails that go all the way to the top. The view from up there is amazing and it's not a very long or difficult hike.

Verizon here was great. I had about 3 bars and had no trouble working, streaming video, etc. Most of the time I was here there was only 1 or 2 other campers.

The one downside of this area was the thorns/burrs. I guess they are called goathead stickers. Whatever they are, they are absolutely everywhere. My dog couldn't even go out of the rig without boots on because they would get stuck in his paws. I was also pulling them out of my socks and sometimes my bare feet when they got tracked into the rig. It's a small price to pay for such a great spot though. Just make sure to have some boots for your dog, and boots for yourself as well because they are much better than tennis shoes.