Celine L.
Yelp
Review for the campground
Since north campground was fully booked and sunset campground in Bryce canyon is first come first serve, this is definitely a safer bet after driving 8 hours from los angeles. Its nice to arrive knowing you have a camp site waiting for you.
For $17 a night, it's about average price, and only 6 miles away from Bryce canyon visitor center. Once you get there, you just turn into the overpriced chevron to check in and they charge your card then. There's a general store, even with free showers too. There's a bunch of snacks and touristy paraphernalia sold. Although it didn't seem to have that much useful camping supplies.
There's horse trail across the campgrounds as well as one of the 2 restaurants in the city.
The campground itself was alright. Unpaved roads, very bad for my coupe =( it's not even just sandy, but big rocks/loose gravel! I swear I'm going to have a flat tire within this month! Also porter potties! No bathrooms on the campsite. The north and sunset campgrounds in Bryce canyon has normal bathrooms! =( The do have a fireplace so roast some marshmellow! Sturdy picnic table. Bad thing is the bathroom is so far, it's a nuisance to wash any utensils/pots/pans
The atmosphere was alright. All the trees were pretty much young so it wasn't that scenic. There was no designated parking spot, so just park anywhere that's not blocking the road. not too many campsites, but some of the campsites were close together, hence i got woken up at 6am by a verbal fight and i could hear every word they were saying/yelling! although there's less people it could be more peaceful, yet i felt like it lacked the atmosphere of a friendly campground.
Another miss is that the campground is right next to highway 12, so you hear cars zooming past every so often, and the airport is not far away, so I even heard planes flying past at night. Pretty annoying -_-""
Ruby's campground is right outside the park, and might be worth the phone call. Though if you're lazy like me and prefer to do online reservations, and all the campgrounds inside Bryce Canyon are booked, this is a safe bet. Better camping than homeless!
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Tip: They check in till 10pm at the chevron. Gas here is overpriced! Their bathrooms are open 7am-10pm (same as general store) About 6 miles from Bryce Canyon
Likes: Cheap...relatively close. Has food. Not first come first serve. Online booking unlike Ruby's Campground, so it shows vacancy
Do not want: badly unpaved road, porter potty, expensive gas
Last words: It's Alright.