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About North Fruita Desert Campground
Number of accommodations: 143
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (317)
What Guests Are Saying
North Fruita Desert Campground offers fantastic sites with great access to mountain biking trails, making it an ideal spot for family trips. The campground is clean, well-marked, and features nicely wooded areas for shade, along with newly paved access roads. However, some campsites are close together, which can lead to noise, and visitors are advised to bring their own toilet paper as supplies may run out.
What Guests Are Saying
North Fruita Desert Campground offers fantastic sites with great access to mountain biking trails, making it an ideal spot for family trips. The campground is clean, well-marked, and features nicely wooded areas for shade, along with newly paved access roads. However, some campsites are close together, which can lead to noise, and visitors are advised to bring their own toilet paper as supplies may run out.
Review Summary
Molly H
VerifiedMay 21, 2023 • Stayed at: G15, Loop: G
Extremely clean pit toilet facilities. Excellent location. Sufficient cell service on Verizon to call and text.
Zach G
VerifiedMay 21, 2023 • Stayed at: B01, Loop: B
Great
Bryce W
VerifiedMay 21, 2023 • Stayed at: A01, Loop: A
Great location. Big campgrounds. Clean facilities.
David M
VerifiedMay 17, 2023 • Stayed at: D02, Loop: D
Confusing reservation app, especially when you are out at Bookcliffs with limited data connectivity. Wish there were more first come first served sites. No camp host or toilet paper in the outhouses. Road out there is rough as hell and dusty. I'll be passing on this campground in the future.
Megan P
VerifiedMay 17, 2023 • Stayed at: A06, Loop: A
Great spot with some privacy among the trees and small paths for the toddler to walk around with his remote control car. 10/10 would book this spot again. There are neighbors but didn’t feel crowded. So close to the main trail head too.
Andrew P
VerifiedMay 15, 2023 • Stayed at: D07, Loop: D
The campground experience itself was fine, we have stayed here many times. The issue is the reservation system- it may work well for light to moderately busy campgrounds but for an extremely popular area like this, it does not work very well. Before the reservation system we could roll in on a busy spring weekend either a Friday or sometimes even Saturday morning and while busy, we could always find a decent spot if we got there reasonably early. Now that you have to reserve in advance, it is extremely difficult to get a spot, yet for the past two years we have found that many spots get reserved and not used. We aren't able to reserve 6 months in advance because it's too early to lock in plans so we tried to book a spot that releases 4 days in advance (about half the spots are released this way). For a weekend reservation during the busy season you have to book at least one night that you don't intend to use to even get a shot at a spot. In fact our campground neighbor said their group books a whole week of nights but only actually come for the weekend. I booked 4 days ahead of Thursday night even though we weren't arriving until Friday because last year we couldn't get a spot at all and ended up doing undeveloped camping outside the lower campground. Even going on to reserve right at 8 AM I still only got the very last available spot through the weekend, which ended up not being a great spot for tent camping. I'd guess based on what we saw rolling in Friday that AT LEAST 75% of sites were NOT occupied Thursday night even though the place was completely sold out. Even Friday night there were several open spots although it did fill out by Saturday. This is not right, it forces you to book and pay for unused nights to get a spot on the weekend. I'm not sure what the solution is other than going back to first come/served but the current reservation system does NOT work for weekend visitors.
Jonathan G
VerifiedMay 15, 2023 • Stayed at: C21, Loop: C
Love it out here. Campsites are well maintained and plenty of spots big enough for a trailer. Some of the best biking around also!
Patrick S
VerifiedMay 12, 2023 • Stayed at: C02, Loop: C
Your reservation system is awful!
Campground maps are difficult to access if they can be accessed at all.
Without campground maps accessible reservations are made blindly and incorrectly. Tenters are staying in sites that are great for RVs and RVs are staying in sites that would be great for tenters.
Jennifer G
VerifiedMay 11, 2023 • Stayed at: D01, Loop: D
Nice campground, confusing reservation and cancellation process using iphone.
Angela A
VerifiedMay 11, 2023 • Stayed at: A04, Loop: A
I had a great experience. However, someone was accidentally in my site but when they returned they realized that it was the site next to mine they reserved and then apologized and moved. I am looking forward to my fall mtb trip this year! See you soon!
Location North Fruita Desert Campground
Address:
18 Road
Fruita, CO, 81521
United States
Take Interstate 70 west to Fruita (exit 19). Turn north onto Cherry Street and take the first right onto Aspen Avenue. Go through the roundabout and continue on Aspen to Maple Street. Take a left on Maple Street and then travel north. The street will turn into 17.5 Road. Take a right on N.3 Road and then a left on 18 Road. Travel approximately 7 miles on 18 Road to the trailhead, event area and lower campground. Continue 1.5 miles north to reach the upper campground loops.
The campground is accessible via Interstate 70, which is approximately 19 miles to the south.
Latitude & Longitude: 39.334 / -108.704
Nearby National Park
Arches National Park Entrance Station
Approximate driving time: 1 hr 41 min
Policies & Rules
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Check out time
12PM
General
- The following campsites are available for reservation up to six months in advance of your stay: Sites A1 through A14 Sites B1 through B12 Sites G1 through G23 Sites H1 through H5 Group sites D9, D11 and G24 Sites J5 through J7 Sites K8 through K15The following campsites are available for reservation up to four days in advance of your stay: Sites C1-C21 Sites D1-D11 Sites E1-E12 Sites F1-F12 Sites J1 through J4 Sites K1 through K7
- Campsites are limited to 10 people and two vehicles Group sites are limited to 20 people and four vehicles Vehicles must be parked in designated areas, parking off road is not allowed. The Event area in the Lower Campground may be used for overflow parking. Stays are limited to 14 days No firewood gathering is allowed No water or electricity is available, there are eight pit toilets within the campground All trash, including dog waste, must be packed out Reservations are required for all camping within the campground Changes may be made to your reservation until 24 hours before the reserved date. A full refund, minus the $8 reservation fee, will be given if canceled 48 hours before the first reserved date. Please note, you cannot change your check-in date. If you would like to change your check-in date, you will need to cancel your entire reservation and rebook.
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
