Lone Rock Beach Primitive Camping Area
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Write a Review Lone Rock Rd. Big Water, UT 84741 928-608-6200 Official WebsiteGPS: 37.016, -111.5451
Overview of Lone Rock Beach Primitive Camping Area
Potable water is available seasonally.
Accessibility is not guaranteed, always scout ahead before driving down dirt or sandy roads. Learn more: Boondocking 101.
Last Price Paid: $44
Reported by roadtrippers-Moosmans on 8/7/2024
Longest RV Reported: 44 feet (Toy Hauler Fifth Wheel)
Reported by SaltyVetAdventures on 2/15/2021
Pad Type dirt
Elevation 3,707 ft / 1,129 m
Max Stay 14
Tent Camping Yes
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Q&A - Ask the Community about Lone Rock Beach Primitive Camping Area
To ask questions of the owner or manager please contact the campground directly. 928-608-6200
Gman asked on 1/14/2021
Will the sand support a big rig, as in a 45 ft class A motorhome?
Ethan asked on 7/10/2020
Where is the closest place to get water? I am planning on staying longer than my motor home has water for.
Glasgowsonthego asked on 10/8/2023
What are the fees to enter? Also, can we use our America the Beautiful pass?
Gassmans asked on 5/23/2023
A camper on May 20th, 2023 reported the water spigot to fill RV's is shut off. Can anyone currently there confirm if...
camper-760820 asked on 10/27/2022
Can we stay there during Winter? (Planning to visit in january)
Nancy asked on 3/30/2022
We are planning on coming in late April, just to camp and hike. Is it worth the effort given the water level being ...
Moana asked on 4/11/2021
What's the best day of the week to find a good spot at Lone Rock for an RV. We're going mid July.
Eduardo asked on 6/16/2020
Is there a close place to fill with water the RV? And also the drain the sewer?
Reviews of Lone Rock Beach Primitive Camping Area 110 people have reviewed this location.
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“Room to roam”
Reviewed 12/1/2020
| Nightly rate: | $10 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| RV Length: | 18' (Travel Trailer) |
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11/22 for 2 nights. Not busy this time of year so plenty of room to spread out and get a view spot on the shore. Just follow the sand road paths that look hard packed. Many fire rings already in place.
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mariao would stay here again
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“Great find ”
Reviewed 11/19/2020
| Nightly rate: | $14 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
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Arrived on a Thursday evening and stayed for 1 night. It’s $14/night or $7 senior/access pass fee. I had the access pass but no one at the stand to confirm so I paid full price. So many places to park along the river or off the river. Looks like over 150 campers could fit here. Only had around 30 for the night I stayed. A few small fir... more
Arrived on a Thursday evening and stayed for 1 night. It’s $14/night or $7 senior/access pass fee. I had the access pass but no one at the stand to confirm so I paid full price. So many places to park along the river or off the river. Looks like over 150 campers could fit here. Only had around 30 for the night I stayed. A few small fire rings throughout the land and SEVERAL vault toilets, which were clean. I think I counted 20? Good AT&T service and beautiful sunsets. About 20 minutes from horseshoe bend or 10 minutes from Page, AZ to stock up on groceries and gas. What a nice find!
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Abby would stay here again
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“Cool place, but has its drawbacks”
Reviewed 9/25/2020
| Nightly rate: | $14 |
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| Days stayed: | 4 |
| Site Number: | 0 |
| RV Length: | 20' (Travel Trailer) |
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This place won’t be for everyone. It’s beautiful, but busy. There is zero T-Mobile service for miles around this location. Many of the reviews talk about taking the left hand road BEFORE the bathroom parking lot and that would have been the worst road for our truck/travel trailer to venture down. Luckily, we decided to unhook the trail... more
This place won’t be for everyone. It’s beautiful, but busy. There is zero T-Mobile service for miles around this location. Many of the reviews talk about taking the left hand road BEFORE the bathroom parking lot and that would have been the worst road for our truck/travel trailer to venture down. Luckily, we decided to unhook the trailer at the bathrooms and drive the roads first. There are so many roads that cut down to the beach (like 10+), many are questionable for RV’s. It’s almost impossible to know which one of these roads the reviews are referring to when you first arrive. It’s like an octopus. We found that if we continue passed the flush toilet bathroom/outdoor shower area on the main road (not the vault toilets, the actual bathrooms which will be on your left, and dumpsters will be to the right) and then take the middle road that appears to have some old pavement to part of it. Cut over in between vault toilets #10 and #11, taking a left in front of #10 and driving the path in front of the row of vault toilets, this was the easiest route. There will be some rough places on the road that you’ll need to go slow, but not slow enough to get stuck. There are sometimes 100+ RVs here so you can definitely find a way down, but it’ll take some scoping out. When we first arrived on a Wednesday, we found a place facing the beach right in front of lone rock. By the time we left on Saturday, there was 2-3 lines deep of RVs parked along the beach. It reminded me of being at the races. Not a place for quiet days, but everyone seemed to be fairly quiet at night. You can access the water and launch a kayak/paddle board but it’s a steep climb down to the water and took us a good 10 minutes to carry the heavy kayak up. There’s super cool coves that you can kayak around the area.
There is a dump station and water close to the entrance of the park. We filled and dumped when we arrived, and needed to do it again before we left but we didn’t want to lose our parking spot so we did without water the last day. When we were leaving the park, there was a line of RVs waiting to dump on Saturday.
This isn’t a place where you can expect to have your own space. People will literally set up 5’ from you just so they can get a good view. You just have to embrace neighbors and know that everyone is there to enjoy the view.
You can run a generator, but have to cut it off by 10p.
There are flushable toilets (2-4 stalls) and about 12 vault toilets. There’s an outdoors spray off shower with cold water. We didn’t notice any smell from the vault toilets the first couple of days, but by the weekend you could smell a bit of sewage as you drive by them.
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MarlaSinger would stay here again
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“Beautiful views & experience - Noisy”
Reviewed 7/26/2020
| Nightly rate: | $14 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | N/A |
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Stayed 7/19/20 - $14/night We setup just off the main drive, between two bathrooms and next to a brush area. BE CAREFUL IN THE SAND. It is easy to get your car stuck. We had a sedan, so we took extra caution and setup camp further from the water. (Also because we didn’t want to be near people due to COVID). There was plenty ... more
Stayed 7/19/20 - $14/night
We setup just off the main drive, between two bathrooms and next to a brush area.
BE CAREFUL IN THE SAND. It is easy to get your car stuck.
We had a sedan, so we took extra caution and setup camp further from the water. (Also because we didn’t want to be near people due to COVID). There was plenty of room to spread out.
We wanted to kayak Lake Powell, so afternoon setting up, it was easy to walk the kayaks down to the water and put in right on the beach. You might want to wear some type of shoes, the sand is HOT!! My friend burnt his foot and it blistered immediately. Although the views are absolutely beautiful, this campground is loud and noisy all night. Lots of ATVs, dirt bikes, etc. Cool experience, would have enjoyed it more being closer to the water and not during COVID.
13 bathroom areas with two vault toilets in each. (More than website says). Very little AT&T service.
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Dare To Everywhere would stay here again
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“4WD Essential”
Reviewed 6/26/2020
| Nightly rate: | $14 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | beach far left |
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36' 5th Wheel with 2WD, got stuck on the left going in/down to beach. Came out without getting stuck because had the throttle down. 5th Wheel hit big bumb at speed popping the belly spare loose. No damage, though I didn't realize I'd lost my spare until my co-pilot walking up a 1/4 mile behind me spotted it and rolled it up. Saw 4WD'... more
36' 5th Wheel with 2WD, got stuck on the left going in/down to beach. Came out without getting stuck because had the throttle down. 5th Wheel hit big bumb at speed popping the belly spare loose. No damage, though I didn't realize I'd lost my spare until my co-pilot walking up a 1/4 mile behind me spotted it and rolled it up. Saw 4WD'rs getting stuck. Next time will camp up on top and walk to the beach. Was very windy when we went in.
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Bob would stay here again
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“Great place if you have 20 friends with 40-50ft RV’s”
Reviewed 6/15/2020
| Nightly rate: | $14 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | NA |
| RV Length: | 18' (Toy Hauler Travel Trailer) |
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This is a National Park (park pass will get you through the gate—but camping is $14). June 11, 2020 This is a free-for-all camping beach area, the main gate will not give you much direction. Tbone advice: stay to the left when driving down to camp! The left road is a mix of gravel and sand fairly easy to drive. You will probably get... more
This is a National Park (park pass will get you through the gate—but camping is $14). June 11, 2020
This is a free-for-all camping beach area, the main gate will not give you much direction. Tbone advice: stay to the left when driving down to camp! The left road is a mix of gravel and sand fairly easy to drive. You will probably get stuck going to the right on any road down to the beach (saw one RV stuck for 1/2 an hour) I did have to use 4 wheel drive...I went on the wrong road.
There were 100-150 RV’s camping in this location, no joke. However, there is 2 miles of beach area to choose from. Some folks had aligned RV’s in a semi-circle to create a private camping experience.
My wife and I parked on upper beach area and had 50ft between other campers (very nice)
** Tbone camping scale: (0-10) “0”=horrendous “10”=phenomenal
—getting there: “1” (although this is an awesome place to camp you have to drive through bone dry landscape to get there)
—bugs: “9” (some gnats, no need for bug spray)
—temps: “8” (midday: 93, night: 75 no humidity)
—bathrooms: “2” (pit toilets..but you’re sharing with 200-300 other people)
—yahoos: “7” (although this is a high recreation area: boating, atvs, loud music, etc. there were lots of families, no fights, everyone was quiet by 10 pm)
—supply access: “5” (the town of Page is 9 miles east, they are expensive)
—things to do: “7” (perfect place for boats, jet skis, paddle boards, kayaks, swimming, and any OHV. Plus, it was a very happening place for friends and family) plus, plus: the water is clear and cool—perfect after a day of driving
Tbone would stay here again
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“Amazing views”
Reviewed 6/12/2020
| Nightly rate: | $14 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 1 |
| RV Length: | 37' (Fifth Wheel) |
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We actually boonocked just up the road closer to Page and came into the park with our National Park pass for day use. We used the dump station and water fill which was great. There are also pit toilets closer to the beach, this is a great dry camping spot and the kayaking was awesome. Check out the video https://youtu.be/Nt5Jk7r-nuQ
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RV Living Yet would stay here again
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Reviewed 6/5/2020
| Nightly rate: | $14 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
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The road to the left before the parking lot was best for us (a very heavy 30’ RV with a car trailer). The ground up from the beach is more gravel-y, so no problems driving on that. It’s pretty crowded. The lake is beautiful and very fun, but it’s like a shanty town of RVs, van dwellers, and day-users. Kinda cool, but not private at... more
The road to the left before the parking lot was best for us (a very heavy 30’ RV with a car trailer). The ground up from the beach is more gravel-y, so no problems driving on that.
It’s pretty crowded. The lake is beautiful and very fun, but it’s like a shanty town of RVs, van dwellers, and day-users. Kinda cool, but not private at all.
we were there at the beginning of June, and the heat was unreal. 100°+, full sun, turning our RV into an oven. The lake makes it worth it (for a day or two, IMO).
$14 is kind of steep for boondocking, but it is a national recreation area, so think of it as donating to the NPS.
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Ric would stay here again
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“come early stay late”
Reviewed 5/29/2020
| Nightly rate: | $14 |
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| Days stayed: | 4 |
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Arrived on a Thursday after memorial weekend and there was plenty of spaces, right on the water it was pretty crowded, especially after 8:00 p.m. when the day users left and the weekend warriors arrived in droves. 98% of the people are still on the water some had to park one row back. The spaces are not marked, everyone figures it out ... more
Arrived on a Thursday after memorial weekend and there was plenty of spaces, right on the water it was pretty crowded, especially after 8:00 p.m. when the day users left and the weekend warriors arrived in droves. 98% of the people are still on the water some had to park one row back. The spaces are not marked, everyone figures it out is pretty respectful it's part. Blazing hot after about 11:00 until 4:00... But in late May 2020 the nights are cool as are the mornings so it's tolerable. Lots of fun
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BaTVan would stay here again
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“Beach parking. Great views. Wonderful weather ”
Reviewed 3/9/2020
| Nightly rate: | $30 |
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| Days stayed: | 5 |
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We have an annual parks pass so we didn’t have to pay the entrance fee but I believe it was $30 to enter. We saw a ranger on the last day, a monday for a drive through. The road coming in is paved, which is a plus. There is a fee station at the entrance but the machine doesn’t seem to work all the time. There is an attendant that w... more
We have an annual parks pass so we didn’t have to pay the entrance fee but I believe it was $30 to enter. We saw a ranger on the last day, a monday for a drive through. The road coming in is paved, which is a plus.
There is a fee station at the entrance but the machine doesn’t seem to work all the time. There is an attendant that works in the booth sometimes but I never saw him.
Take the road on the left after the parking lot. There’s a bunch of sand paths to choose, I recommend the center road that takes you all the way down to the beach - it’s the shortest and flattest to take the fifth wheel down. We have a 30 ft fifth wheel, we had no problems.. a lot of people out enjoying the area; off road vehicles, boats, paddle boards and fishing. Truly a great experience, would definitely come back!
- plenty of dumpsters
- plenty of vault bathrooms
- dump station
- thirty min away from Walmart in Page
- one hour from Kanab
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Hailey would stay here again
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Hookups
- dry camping
- Dispersed Camping
Recreation
- OHV
- picnic area
- swimming beach
- water access
Site Amenities
- big rig
Facilities
- dump station
- restrooms: vault
- showers
- trash
- water available
Pets
- pets
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