This is all forest service land, so you can park anywhere on the dirt as long as you are off the main road. The "main" camping area (aside from the almost-always booked Castle Lake Campground) is here:...
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$38.40 was my nightly reservation rate online. Then, when I get there, the campground receptionist asked if I wanted to have a fire. I said yes. He said that'll be $8.80. I said why? He said for firewood. They have a bad pine beetle problem in...
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Full disclosure, I did not end up staying here, but I called the staff of this resort to see if overnight parking is allowed and they said yes as long as you register with them at the front desk beforehand. I think it's the only spot in the heart...
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If you're heading into Banff from Calgary and need a place to stay, this is it. There were a ton of other overnight parkers here. Just head into the lobby (at the roundabout) and tell the receptionist that you wish to park overnight. She had me...
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I stayed here in my car not too far from the campsite mentioned here. There are a TON of sites near the river. The one I stayed at specifically was located at: 51°13'57.0"N 116°39'12.8"W
It was a large pullout long enough for a decent-sized...
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We stayed in the Alcove (A) campground here in site 16, which is one of only a few with good enough shade to let you sleep in past 7am in the summertime in a tent.
The BLM bathrooms here are pretty nasty. They are just pit toilets with...
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Maybe it was all of the RVs parked in this lot using their LTE repeaters, but I only had 1x of Verizon data here. In fact, that was true for the entire Fruita area of Capitol Reef. Was pretty loud and right next to the road.