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25 total sitesAbout Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area
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2026 Season availability
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- River Access
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Reviews (328)
What Guests Are Saying
The Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area offers a beautiful and well-maintained campground with clean facilities and stunning views, making it a great stop for travelers. Many appreciate the easy access to the river and hiking trails, as well as the reasonable pricing. However, some issues were noted, including outdated signage, limited water access for RVs, and occasional noise from the highway. Overall, it provides a peaceful, scenic experience, especially in cooler seasons.
What Guests Are Saying
The Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area offers a beautiful and well-maintained campground with clean facilities and stunning views, making it a great stop for travelers. Many appreciate the easy access to the river and hiking trails, as well as the reasonable pricing. However, some issues were noted, including outdated signage, limited water access for RVs, and occasional noise from the highway. Overall, it provides a peaceful, scenic experience, especially in cooler seasons.
Review Summary
Terisa D
April 10, 2026
Beautiful views and excellent river access! I stayed here for 12 nights and really enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere and cleanliness of the grounds. The flush bathrooms are a nice touch, and the trails down to the river are well-maintained and easy to navigate. Highly recommend for the scenery and proximity to the water!
Michael L
VerifiedApril 10, 2026 • Stayed at: 74, Loop: Upper Loop
Peaceful and beautiful.
Martha P
VerifiedApril 11, 2026 • Stayed at: 96, Loop: Lower Loop
This was by far one of the best camping spots I’ve been in a long time, clean quiet, working restrooms, drinking water, shade. I will definitely be going back and can’t wait.
Jamie D
April 11, 2026
Great campgrounds. We enjoyed hiking down to the river and to the overlook, the views are incredible.
Maynard B
VerifiedApril 15, 2026 • Stayed at: 89, Loop: Lower Loop
Campground is clean and neat. The reservation system showed most reservation only spots reserved however in actuality the campground was wide open with plenty of empty sites on the night we stayed including the reservation only spots that had shown as not available.
Cathy D
VerifiedApril 17, 2026 • Stayed at: 34, Loop: Upper Loop
We camped in site 34 in a fifth wheel. The curved drive with an island was a challenge to navigate and we did drive over the island on exit. Site was otherwise fantastic.
dave L
VerifiedApril 19, 2026 • Stayed at: 97, Loop: Lower Loop
nice and quiet. close to the highway. don't really like the cars racing thru in the middle of the night.
Gregory G
VerifiedApril 26, 2026 • Stayed at: 74, Loop: Upper Loop
Easy app to make reservations and to update reservation. Campground and bathrooms clean. Campground easy to access. Beautiful landscape with excellent trail to the river. Dark skies, quiet and no cell service! PERFECT !
DeAnne M
April 29, 2026
The campground was very good and the views were magnificent! It was quiet and peaceful most of the time. There does seem to be an issue with the reservations, though. Sites that were unavailable on the reservation system then sat empty throughout our stay. That was frustrating because we would have preferred one of those. Also, I couldn't get the Scan & Pay to accept my husband's Senior Lifetime Access Pass, so no discount. Still the price was a great bargain! The restrooms were clean and well maintained during the week but needed some attention over the weekend. Our campsite was not as close to the restrooms as we would have liked (again frustrating due to the unused reservations). During our stay it was quite windy at times. We weren't able to take advantage of the hiking trails during our stay, but they are available and close by. We definitely would stay here again!
Janice F
May 1, 2026
Now that Mesquite has "outlawed" overnight stays at the casinos, it was very refreshing to have an inexpensive place to stay overnight.
Location & Directions for Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area
X624+67, Littlefield, AZ 86432 United States
Elevation: 692 ft
Getting There
Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area is located along Interstate 15 approximately 20 mi southwest of St. George, Utah and approximately 20 mi northeast of Mesquite, Nevada. The recreation area is at the Cedar Pocket Exit (Mile Post 18).
Highway access
Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area is accessible via Interstate 15, located at the Cedar Pocket Exit (Mile Post 18), approximately 20 miles southwest of St. George, Utah and 20 miles northeast of Mesquite, Nevada.
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Last updated: October 19, 2026