Gooseberry I-70 Trail Head Dispersed Camping

Small campground at the Gooseberry Trail Head which is also part of the Great Western Trail (GWT). 6 sites, Pit toilet and tables available at each site. T-Mobile service was available. AT&T was not available. We stayed in a 24' Truck Camper + Jeep Tow in May 2022 and June 2021. Next to the creek. Grounds not maintained but the location makes this convenient for quick overnight stops if traveling west from Green River UT / Grand Junction, CO area on the I-70.

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Nice shady spot right on interstate. Only 1 other camper. Highway noise not an issue. Would stay again. Previous campers left their sack of garbage. No dumpster on site, still could have taken it with them. Mostly a campground for ohv’s.Take exit 63 off I70.

NF free campground right off the freeway. There are around 6 sites with fire pits and picnic tables. The pit toilet was very cleaned and well stocked. Some freeway noise depending upon how we parked our van for the night. Would stay here again.

Great location off highway. Cool stream but stepped on the mesquite thorns that are cut and then piled up everywhere. Dogs got hurt, kids got stuck deep on their foot!!! Ouch. Our site was filthy with trash and old oil soaked rugs but we moved them to side and made best of it. We were only campers there. Restrooms were brand new and clean. Hardly any road noise. About a mile drive on dirt but easy access! Only about 10 sites

I'm so happy to be here. Traveling east going towards Denver. My last campsite before stopping here was a parking lot with full hookups. So, being here was a blessing! Im in a pull through site with tree shade, a creek that runs behind and around this 6 site camping area three can accommodate huge rigs. Most sites are near level. Vault toilets at entrance, picnic tables, fire pits, and space between sites. ( posting pics).i have 5bars of 5g T-mobile. What could be a an inconvenience to some, but i choose to ignore it, is the interstate noise. And at night the insect world of noise, again i will ignore. The water noise from the creek is welcoming to me. There are a few flys, but no mosquitoes even with the water near by. Many trails from this spot for off-road vehicles, loading and unload area. Good views far and near. Please take care of this area, pack in pack out everything even dog poo. Its beautiful now lets help keep it that way!

I’m surprised that no previous reviewer mentioned that this is an ATV trailhead.
I arrived on a Friday late afternoon in early fall. And needing a spot for the night, I chose this site. It is small and confined, not to be confused with dispersed camping. It’s free-that’s the highlight.
I drove in to the last site, weaving around ATVs being driven by pre-teens with up to 4 kids on aboard.
It has decent pit toilets and a stream close by. It is adjacent to US-70, and obviously not quiet but it is reasonable.
A large group occupied 6 or 7 of the sites and were the owners of both the children and ATVs.
When dinner time rolled around, it got quiet and it appeared we would get some sleep and exit in the morning. But someone in the group thought karaoke at 11:30 would be a good idea. Fortunately, it didn’t last too long.
It was very quiet in the morning. I was up early, had coffee and a bite and was escorted by 4 small, unleashed, yapping dogs as I exited this place.
I did speak to one person not associated with the group that frequents this place and he remarked that the large-group scenario is not typical, so my experience will likely vary from yours. But be aware, this is an ATV trail head.
Happy trails!

We camped here one night on our way from CA to UT using Hwy 50. We needed a spot and I found this one on the Campendium app.

There were several other trailers there looking like short term and some longer term. We understand that it was an ATV Trailhead, but there were none out and about when we arrived (10/22/22) or by the time we left the next morning.

The campground is rough (scraggly bushes and trees), but like I mentioned in my title, the outhouse/restroom across from our site was exceptionally clean and well stocked with TP and there was no trash around the camping area that we noticed. We leveled our 19’ trailer in the back-in spot, and went out for a walk to stretch our legs. Used the frontage road which is between the entrance to the camping area and the hwy. Saw a bunch of cows and the creek that winds around the area (all the other sites looked to be on the edge of the creek). I made some dinner and then we had an early night.

Convenient overnight stop along I-70. Motorhomes and non-4-wheel drive vehicles should avoid obvious sandy areas on north side of campground on either side last back-in site nearest interstate. Half-to-no bar Visible (Verizon) service; one sporadic one bar with weBoost.

Great spot, easy to access, with a 30 ft class C, quiet due to a hill/dirt bank between camping and freeway. Easy to find in the dark.

Pulled into a Pull Thru space next to the creek with my Class A and toad. Clean and pleasant. Easy access. Only two other campers.