Horsethief Campground

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.

We stayed here in early July and it was perfect. Fantastic location between Arches & Canyonlands NPs. Literally had the whole place pretty much all to ourselves - only one other site was taken out of all of them! We have a small travel trailer and an F250. Site had great space. Perfect place for the kids to also go mountain biking. Great views. Perfect place for stargazing. Highly recommend!

We stayed here in early July and it was perfect. Fantastic location between Arches & Canyonlands NPs. Literally had the whole place pretty much all to ourselves - only one other site was taken out of all of them! We have a small travel trailer and an F250. Site had great space. Perfect place for the kids to also go mountain biking. I had Verizon cell phone service. Highly recommend!

The campground has no services, and you should come with a full tank of fresh water and empty gray and black tanks. That aside, this place is wonderful. Clear night skies, great views, and quiet. Very close to Dead Horse Point, SP, and Canyonlands NP. Sites had a lot of space between them.
We checked out the campground a few days prior to needing a site, the host advised us to arrive around 9 - 10 o'clock AM and wait for a site to open. It worked out well, If you come in after lunch there probably will not be an open site.

This location is just beautiful! It's a little rough when you turn off 313 but I got thru with a class C and towing my car. Some spots are short some are long. Spots around 50 are alot longer then others. If you have a class A your definitely going to want a spot over here. They have two payment types you can use the classic envelope or a solar powered credit card payment station.

Was my first choice location in the Moab area but "booked" a couple of alternates anticipating it might be busy, it IS the Arches/Moab area after all. Stayed here 8/17-20 on the way to Dinosaur NM to meet some friends and could have easily spent a few more days. Well laid-out, sites are spread out well - about 50 yards between sites, all sites had a level pad and drained well (it rained some all 3 days - monsoon) and quiet. When we pulled in on Thurs. afternoon there was only 2 sites taken... it was almost like boondocking.
Connectivity is sketchy, me 1 bar Verizon him 1 bar AT&T, but we both could call out. Dry camp (no water but same in the NP) but an on-site trash dumpster and access was short and well maintained. Very clean CG and acceptable johns.
I kind of hate to recommend CG's like this to overload them but this is a gem.

Well set out, well maintained and the cleanest toilet ever!

We had two vans, two families on one site. There was plenty of room. There are some really good biking trails here - no need to move - you can ride from the camp. Good trails for the little ones also. Our 4 year old grandson loved it there. There was only one ATV in the camp and it wasn't used. Everyone was there to bike which made for a lovely environment; no noise.

Easy access to Dead Horse Point and Canyonlands. There is BLM camping but I felt it was the worth the $20 site fee.

Access is super easy. No rutted roads here!