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North Fruita Desert Campground

18 Road, Fruita, Colorado, United States

North Fruita Desert Campground sign
Mountain bikers on Prime Cut
Family biking

About North Fruita Desert Campground

The North Fruita Desert campground is a mountain biker’s paradise with campsites situated at the heart of the famous "18 Road" trail system and within easy reach of the world-renowned Kokopelli Trail system. Come to the North Fruita Desert for an active outing of riding and relaxing with family and friends. Ride to the trails in just a few minutes from any of the campsites.   The trail system and associated camping amenities provide great opportunities to experience the diverse desert terrain along the base of the Book Cliffs. Food, lodging and other amenities are available nearby in the City of Fruita.  Your camping fees pay not only for campground maintenance and improvements, but also for trail construction and maintenance on the 18 Road trail system.

Number of accommodations: 142

Seasonal information

2026 (Current year)

2026 Season availability

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Currently open - Mar 15 to Jun 14

Sites & Availability

143 Sites Available

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🚐 A01, Loop: A
No Hookups
$20.00
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⛺ A02, Loop: A
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ A03, Loop: A
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⛺ A04, Loop: A
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ A05, Loop: A
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ A06, Loop: A
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ A07, Loop: A
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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🚐 A08, Loop: A
No Hookups
$20.00
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⛺ A09, Loop: A
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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🚐 A10, Loop: A
No Hookups
$20.00
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⛺ A11, Loop: A
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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🚐 A12, Loop: A
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$20.00
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⛺ A13, Loop: A
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ A14, Loop: A
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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🚐 B01, Loop: B
No Hookups
$20.00
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⛺ B02, Loop: B
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ B03, Loop: B
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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🚐 B04, Loop: B
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 B05, Loop: B
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🚐 B06, Loop: B
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🚐 B07, Loop: B
No Hookups
$20.00
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⛺ B08, Loop: B
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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🚐 B09, Loop: B
No Hookups
$20.00
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⛺ B10, Loop: B
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ B11, Loop: B
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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🚐 B12, Loop: B
No Hookups
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⛺ C01, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ C02, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ C03, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ C04, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ C05, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ C06, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ C07, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ C08, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ C09, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ C10, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ C11, Loop: C
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⛺ C12, Loop: C
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⛺ C13, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ C14, Loop: C
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⛺ C15, Loop: C
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⛺ C16, Loop: C
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⛺ C17, Loop: C
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⛺ C18, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ C19, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ C20, Loop: C
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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🚐 C21, Loop: C
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 D01, Loop: D
No Hookups
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🚐 D02, Loop: D
No Hookups
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🚐 D03, Loop: D
No Hookups
$20.00
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⛺ D04, Loop: D
10 guests · Pet Friendly
Price not available
🚐 D05, Loop: D
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 D06, Loop: D
No Hookups
$20.00
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⛺ D07, Loop: D
10 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
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⛺ D08, Loop: D
10 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
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⛺ D09, Loop: D
20 guests · Pet Friendly
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🚐 D10, Loop: D
No Hookups
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🚐 D11, Loop: D
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🚐 E01, Loop: E
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🚐 E02, Loop: E
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🚐 E03, Loop: E
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🚐 E04, Loop: E
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🚐 E05, Loop: E
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🚐 E06, Loop: E
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🚐 E07, Loop: E
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🚐 E08, Loop: E
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🚐 E09, Loop: E
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🚐 E10, Loop: E
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🚐 E11, Loop: E
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🚐 E12, Loop: E
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🚐 F01, Loop: F
No Hookups
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🚐 F02, Loop: F
No Hookups
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🚐 F03, Loop: F
No Hookups
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⛺ F04, Loop: F
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ F05, Loop: F
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ F06, Loop: F
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🚐 F07, Loop: F
No Hookups
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🚐 F08, Loop: F
No Hookups
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🚐 F09, Loop: F
No Hookups
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🚐 F10, Loop: F
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🚐 F11, Loop: F
No Hookups
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🚐 F12, Loop: F
No Hookups
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⛺ G01, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ G02, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ G03, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ G04, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ G05, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ G06, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ G07, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ G08, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ G09, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ G10, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ G11, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ G12, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ G13, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ G14, Loop: G
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⛺ G15, Loop: G
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⛺ G16, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ G17, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ G18, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ G19, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
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⛺ G20, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ G21, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ G22, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ G23, Loop: G
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ G24, Loop: G
20 guests · Pet Friendly
$50.00
/ per night
⛺ H01, Loop: H
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
/ per night
⛺ H02, Loop: H
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ H03, Loop: H
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ H04, Loop: H
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ H05, Loop: H
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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🚐 J 1, Loop: J
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 J 2, Loop: J
No Hookups
$20.00
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⛺ J 3, Loop: J
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$50.00
/ per night
⛺ J 4, Loop: J
10 guests · Pet Friendly
Price not available
⛺ J 5, Loop: J
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ J 6, Loop: J
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ J 7, Loop: J
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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⛺ K 1, Loop: K
10 guests · Pet Friendly
$20.00
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🚐 K 10, Loop: K
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 K 11, Loop: K
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 K 12, Loop: K
No Hookups
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🚐 K 13, Loop: K
No Hookups
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🚐 K 14, Loop: K
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 K 15, Loop: K
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 K 2, Loop: K
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 K 3, Loop: K
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 K 4, Loop: K
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 K 5, Loop: K
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 K 6, Loop: K
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 K 7, Loop: K
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 K 8, Loop: K
No Hookups
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🚐 K 9, Loop: K
No Hookups
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🚐 M 1, Loop: M
No Hookups
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🚐 M 10, Loop: M
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 M 2, Loop: M
No Hookups
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🚐 M 3, Loop: M
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 M 4, Loop: M
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 M 5, Loop: M
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 M 6, Loop: M
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 M 7, Loop: M
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 M 8, Loop: M
No Hookups
$20.00
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🚐 M 9, Loop: M
No Hookups
$20.00
/ per night

Reviews (304)

Verified Only

What Guests Are Saying

North Fruita Desert Campground offers a fantastic location right off the North 18 Road trails, making it ideal for mountain biking enthusiasts. The campground features spacious, clean sites with good amenities, and recent road paving has improved access significantly. While some reviews noted issues with toilet paper availability and occasional overcrowding, the overall experience is praised for its excellent trail access and well-maintained facilities.

Review Summary

4.0
304 reviews
5
48.4%
147
4
21.4%
65
3
17.1%
52
2
6.3%
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6.9%
21

Thomas L

Verified

October 24, 2022 • Stayed at: D03, Loop: D

2

With no camp host at all, on a long weekend, the place was chaos. We’ve been coming here for 15 years and have watched it become what we’d hoped it never would: like Moab. Huge groups of riders were blocking trails without any sense that what they were doing was improper; also, who thinks it’s ok to ride on trails with speakers on your bike? It isn’t. People go camping to escape your noise, it to be forced to listen to your crappy music. People were driving the wrong way on the one-way roads, a couple of groups were on motorcycles and ATVs buzzing loudly around the campsites, music blasting from campsites at night. It was like amateur weekend at a frat house. Pretty sad honestly. BLM needs to HIRE a host, not beg for volunteers. You charge a lot of money now—make it worth it.

Jenny-Lynn E

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October 21, 2022 • Stayed at: A09, Loop: A

4

Crazy crowded on the weekends, toilet paper runs out, and still a wonderful place. Mountain biker paradise.

Aaron R

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October 18, 2022 • Stayed at: D03, Loop: D

5

clean, quiet, and spacious sites. amazing moon and sunrises. clean facilities and great mtb trails!

Scott F

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October 16, 2022 • Stayed at: F07, Loop: F

5

One of my favorite places. The biking is world class.

Tanya F

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October 15, 2022 • Stayed at: E07, Loop: E

5

We just stayed overnight on our way westward. Nice campsite, full moon!

Cassia C

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October 14, 2022 • Stayed at: A13, Loop: A

3

A13 is a brutal site for a camper. The parallel parking with the other two sites cause me user conflict. Please make these tent only or change parking to perpendicular to road. It was very hard to level our truck camper and we actually have skills. Biking was amazing.

Ralf W

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October 12, 2022 • Stayed at: E08, Loop: E

5

Great area with wide rv spaces

Reed L

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October 9, 2022 • Stayed at: D01, Loop: D

1

Arrived and somebody was occupying our spot and wouldn’t leave although that hadn’t had a reservation. Disappointed that you make a reservation for an experience and somebody has to ruin it for you. Be respectful to others.

Tom T

Verified

October 5, 2022 • Stayed at: B05, Loop: B

5

Great spot to camp in cooler weather. Great view of the valley day or night. We could easily see the milky way at night. Quiet (we were there mid-week, very few campers). Excellent access to mountain bike trails! Pretty clean pit toilets although the TP ran out. Be aware there is no source of water. If you sleeping in an RV or a Van many of the sites in the A, B and C loops do not have level parking.

Jeremy J

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October 3, 2022 • Stayed at: C06, Loop: C

2

no toilet paper in bathroom, for $20 bucks a night its not much to ask for...

Location North Fruita Desert Campground

Address:
18 Road
Fruita, CO, 81521
United States

Latitude & Longitude: 39.334 / -108.704

Map of North Fruita Desert Campground location at Fruita, CO, United States
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Policies & Rules

Category About
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
General

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 
Quiet hours are from 10pm to 6am. Please respect other campers 
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.   
Check out time is 12:00, noon
No refunds are given due to weather

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