Tom's Best Spring Dispersed Camping

We loved our stay here. Stayed here in mid April. Stopped by the red canyon visitor center to get some info about the area. This is dispersed camping, so no amenities. Forest rangers asked that we stay at an existing campsite. There are a bunch of sites along the road. Google maps calls this road 117, but while driving toward Bryce you will see a sign saying Tom Best.
We found a great site only about 1/4 mile from the main road. There was traffic noise from the road, but very minimal at night, so no complaints. We are pulling a 32' travel trailer, and I saw plenty of sites that would work for us. Not sure how crowded it gets during peak season. Our site was a bit dusty, but not too bad.
Only about 15 min from Bryce canyon and 5 min to red canyon, so location is great. Not sure about dumping in the area, but I'm guessing the nearby campground would let you dump for a fee. Highly recommend this spot, considering dry camping in Bryce national Park is $30!!

We stayed here for about a week in the beginning of May 2017 and absolutely loved our time here. We stayed along Forest Road 3626 which branches off of 117 or Tom's Best Spring Rd. 3636 starts and ends on 117. There are a few spots on the northern intersection of 3626 but if they are full we would recommend turning around. 3626 is quite a bit overgrown in the middle section, with no spots and we scratched our Airstream a bit going down it. There are also a bunch of sites on the southern intersection of 3626 which is where we were (37.720847, -112.250050). We saw at least 5-6 once you turn on 3626. There are also a bunch of spots on Tom's Best Spring Rd as well, including a great spot in a field farther up the road.

This area did fill up a bit on the weekend but there were still spots available even then. We hung our hammock on the trees and had a campfire most nights. The drive to Bryce was easy, about 10-15 minutes. We had great Verizon service, 3-4 bars boosted. We also ended up meeting up with a bunch of other Instagrammers who were also boondocking on this road which was awesome. The sites are separate enough to not notice your neighbor but close enough that you can meet up over the campfire.

We will definitely be camping here again.

Easy access to Bryce National Park, about 15 minute drive and to Red Rock Canyon. There is a sign on Hwy. 12 that says Tom's Best Spring Rd. Multiple sites as you continue to drive farther down the road. We picked the first available site, about three in. It was very quiet, no visible neighbors. Occasional car would pass. Easy access with our low mini van.

Loved this gem. Short drive to Bryce for great hiking.

We for some reason decided to check out southern Utah in June/July and they were having a crazy heat wave. Luckily we found an RV park that was about $13 a day in Panguitch before the temperatures cooled. We checked out all the areas and this had the best spots for larger rigs. It's close to Panguitch if you need gas, groceries or propane. The best part though is it's in Dixie National Forest, close to Red Canyon, a 10 minute drive to Bryce Canyon National Park, 50 miles to Escalante (and the national monument), 30 minutes to Panguitch Lake, an hour and a half to Kanarraville and Zion National Park.

This location does get a lot of ATVers, but they have all been very good about slowing down when they go by us. This is a popular spot so be aware that it might be busy with cars as well. If you can look past that it's amazing. The paved bike path is right across the street with a parking lot and if you must they have vault toilets. It starts about 5 miles towards Red Canyon and then goes all the way through Bryce Canyon National Park.

This spot is also at about 7,700' in elevation, so you might need to acclimate a little. When we were here there was a huge fire in Brian Head. It was incredibly sad since it was man started and hit 45,000+ acres. The smoke covered the area and you could smell it all the time. So please as boondockers, be very careful about when you think you should have a fire.

Again, this place is awesome! You get a lot of space and even though it's off a busy road you rarely hear it or if you go far enough in, you won't be able to hear it. There are multiple turn offs that you can go down, but if you are too big, you might want to scout. If the spots are full you will have some problems turning around.

We would definitely stay here again. Verizon was awesome on our phones, but if you need it as a hot spot, the download and upload waiver around 1 mbps. We were able to stream Fire TV and play PS4. Some spots had great exposure to the sun for solar, but others would only get a couple hours of sun because the trees are so thick and/or high.

I was pleasantly surprised to see all the spots clean and no garbage. let's keep that up!

Lastly, this is a roaming place for cows. They have free range, but will usually stay away from your RV. We had them walk past our RV at a distance a couple times and the dogs went nuts. You can hear them moo-ing at each other and you can watch their babies play.

We scouted out this area and showed up after filling up with water and dumping at the Red Canyon Campground. Tons of spots exist all along the road. So if you are able, look around to find the best spots. A few easy access spots right off the highway - we went higher and farther back for better views.

We had hammock trees, good sun/solar and great internet.

The road is fairly busy and dusty - so get off of it if you can. Truck campers/tenters will find lots of tucked away spots on the side roads, either side. It did get busy on the weekend.

We went into Panguitch for groceries (about a 20 minute drive) and the small store has a good selection and prices - but not open on Sundays! Laundry at a nearby Bryce Canyon Pines Campground (Chevron Station).

There are a few geocaches in the area, easy 4 wheeling and access to the paved bike trail - goes between Red Canyon and Bryce (and access to other mountain biking trails).

This place has got it all! The access road is in really good shape, ancillary roads are hit or miss. Some sites are very large and level, and most of them are very well spaced out. The trees are just tight enough to offer nice shade and hammock hanging, while sparse enough to afford a lot of good sun for solar. The Verizon signal is strong and very usable.

We went pretty far down the main road, about to right before it opens up in some low lying meadows. There are a ton of spots to chose from and we were being a little picky, which worked out because our spot was absolute perfection. Definitely the kind of place that is worth grabbing the first usable one you find and then scouting for something better, because the sites are sneaky around here. Road look tight but they open up to giant group sites and other good looking roads suddenly end, offering cul-de-sac like camping options at the dead end.

There is a little traffic on the main road as farther back is a popular OHV area, but we camped maybe 100 yards off the main road and barely noticed the traffic through the thick Ponderosa and Juniper trees.

Bryce NP is very close, and there is a serviceable little grocery store in between here and there. We used the dump and water station at Bryce, which is available to non-campers for a $5 self pay fee.

Unlike many places, there is somehow no litter and broken glass here!!!! It's amazing how rare that is, especially the glass part - but it was refreshing.

The elevation keeps it nice and cool here when it's much hotter in nearby places.

It was clean and uncrowned. Very close to the park. It’s right off the main road and it’s easily accessible. No 4x4 needed

Easy access with smooth gravel main road and numerous dirt side roads with plenty of sites and fire rings. Vault toilet at junction of rt 12 and Tom's Best Road. Paved bike trail can be accessed at same location as the vault toilet and runs along south side of rt 12 from Red Canyon all the way into Bryce Canyon. Beautiful location with very little trash and lots of sites. Verizon cell service is excellent. Town of Panguitch is about 12 miles or so north on 89 and has a very good - a bit expensive, General Store with lots of fresh produce, meats and other essentials. All in all a highly recommended spot with Bryce Canyon and Red Canyon only short drives away.

There are a ton of spots all over this easily accessible road- our rig has low clearance and terrible suspension and we were just fine.

We pulled down the first major left and went down about a mile until we came to a perfect spot over looking the canyon. There were a few tight spots through trees getting back there so don’t recommend much larger than our 23 footer- but there are plenty of other spaces big rigs can fit.

Being farther down one of the offshoots we literally didn’t see another person until we pulled back out to leave. The views were amazing looking over the canyon but the whole area is pretty- if you go farther down the main road it opens up to a huge meadow with crazy views in the distance and lots of pronghorns grazing.

Also this whole area had some of the fastest LTE coverage we’ve seen!