Rose Canyon

Please consider having hours for generator use in addition to the quiet hours of 10 pm - 6 am. I suggest generator hours 7:00am-9:00am and 4:00pm-6:00pm.
Also, please consider making one of the RV spots accessible, with the parking area for the RV level side-to-side and asphalted up to picnic table for wheelchair and/or walker. I suggest #41.

We really enjoyed the quiet & seclusion of site 41. That site could be more level, though.

We had a perfect camping spot!! The camp host was nice enough to change our reservation to a spot adjacent to our initial reservation. We had a wonderful time.

The campground hosts do a great job! A non-weekend in early September at Rose Canyon was a great break from the city!

The campsite was clear and ready for us to setup camp when we got there. All of the people who work here are very nice and friendly. They keep the toilets stocked with toilet paper and do their best to keep it clean (as clean as a park toilet possibly can be). There were other campsites within close proximity to us but we still felt as though we had privacy and no one bothered us. There are skunks so be careful with your pups.

I reserved Rose Canyon #50 in August 2024 to escape the heat with my dog. It was a spacious site with plenty of room to park my minivan camper and set of the text that attaches to the back end. The site was flat, but I didn't realize that the place for the van was also the loop road. There was enough room for people to drive past my rig. The sites were clean and the campground hosts were very friendly. Great space!

Beautiful location. Note that the hike in for Barnum 04 goes up the wash to the left of site 03, along a short trail, and then rejoins a wash to arrive at the campsite. It is a rocky, rooty hike in and hard to find in the dark. If you are back and forth from the parking lot you will need to pass through/by site 03 every time (no problem for us as our friends were on site 03). A wagon or wheeled cooler for your stuff won't work...you have to carry it. Very good location to set up a large tent, however and beautiful, quite, private area. Water pump was broken during our reservation, but there was a pump across the road at the group site. This site is farthest from the lake but also the most woodsy and removed area on this campground which we liked.

A wonderful experience my first time out dry camping in my camping van. The temp was 21 degrees cooler from home. I stayed in the Red Tail Loop, space #48. It is a fantastic spot. I shared this loop with 2 couples. We all had our privacy, but I enjoyed having someone close. It was very peaceful, quiet, relaxing. It was so dark, and quiet, I slept without earplugs for the first time since 1971. I used the Bear Food Box to store my dirty dishes from cooking and grilling. The loop has a Pit Toilet. I had a picnic table, bench, and extra area to relax. I loved that I could reserve my spot, so when I arrived, it was all ready for me to pull in, and start my fun. I walked to the lake too.

Campsite was very clean. Weren’t too many visitors around us, so it was quiet at our site. Lovely spot.

A vendor :stopped me at the outhouse about 100 yards from my campsite and enforced the "One Way" traffic direction. This caused me to drive about 1/2 mile in the opposite direction. This rutted dirt road does not need to be "One Way". I was also put off by the Campsite Host who prohibited me from cutting dead wood for my campfire. He allowed me only to gather pieces 2 ft. long or shorter. He told me they sold bundles for $8. This sounds like a grift. Otherwise, my stay was delightful. The outhouses were always clean and supplied, I used a great deal of the potable water that is plentiful. I regretted I could not buy ice at the store on site because it only operates on weekends.