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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
Kathryn C
VerifiedNovember 7, 2022 • Stayed at: C13, Loop: C
The new reservation system leaves a lot to be desired.
Michael M
VerifiedOctober 31, 2022 • Stayed at: H04, Loop: H
Great MTB riding
Chris M
VerifiedOctober 28, 2022 • Stayed at: A11, Loop: A
The campsite was clean, the picnic table was perfect and fire pit was safe and useful. The trails and activities at this campsite were exceptional! Will go back again soon!
Thomas L
VerifiedOctober 24, 2022 • Stayed at: D03, Loop: D
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
VerifiedOctober 21, 2022 • Stayed at: A09, Loop: A
Crazy crowded on the weekends, toilet paper runs out, and still a wonderful place. Mountain biker paradise.
Aaron R
VerifiedOctober 18, 2022 • Stayed at: D03, Loop: D
clean, quiet, and spacious sites. amazing moon and sunrises. clean facilities and great mtb trails!
Scott F
VerifiedOctober 16, 2022 • Stayed at: F07, Loop: F
One of my favorite places. The biking is world class.
Tanya F
VerifiedOctober 15, 2022 • Stayed at: E07, Loop: E
We just stayed overnight on our way westward. Nice campsite, full moon!
Cassia C
VerifiedOctober 14, 2022 • Stayed at: A13, Loop: A
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
VerifiedOctober 12, 2022 • Stayed at: E08, Loop: E
Great area with wide rv spaces
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
Arrival & departure
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
