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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
Todd R
VerifiedApril 15, 2022 • Stayed at: C13, Loop: C
The road to the camp is rough. I mean it's a crumbling, axle breaking, torn up mess. We arrived to find a giant rv taking up 1/2 of our site. And the pit toilets were out of toilet paper 2 days of our 3 day stay. We will not be returning to this disaster of a campground, things were much better when it was free - not $23 per night!
Jeff K
VerifiedApril 11, 2022 • Stayed at: A14, Loop: A
Awesome experience- ALWAYS
Jennifer W
VerifiedApril 11, 2022 • Stayed at: D11, Loop: D
Love the new format!
Lauren S
VerifiedApril 11, 2022 • Stayed at: D07, Loop: D
Roomy campsites, clean bathrooms, friendly neighbors. North Fruita desert is an excellent campground.
Amy D
VerifiedApril 11, 2022 • Stayed at: A12, Loop: A
lower loop is a dirt parking lot- although some of the spots in the F circle looked OK.
Ryan B
VerifiedApril 5, 2022 • Stayed at: C21, Loop: C
Great time to be in the desert.
Nick H
VerifiedApril 3, 2022 • Stayed at: D11, Loop: D
The group site was nice and isolated which was great. The bathrooms where nice and clean. We had 3 campers and we felt a little crowded. A 25 Dr, a 16 ft and a tear drop. Not much room between them. But other than that it was great.
kathy m
VerifiedMarch 30, 2022 • Stayed at: C05, Loop: C
North Fruita Desert Campground is amazing. Camped there for over 20 years, with the new reservation system it was nice to roll up 18 Road and know I had a camp. People were quite and respectful, pit toilets were clean and well stocked. Thanks for a great camping experience. Will be back time and again!
Emily V
VerifiedMarch 29, 2022 • Stayed at: A11, Loop: A
Great campground
Sandra R
VerifiedMarch 29, 2022 • Stayed at: A10, Loop: A
Beware, there are discrepancies in the sign numbering and description on the map vs what is at the site. We booked A 10 and 12, which were supposed to have been adjacent and pull through. On site, A12 was across the road and not a pull through. A13 was adjacent and a pull through, which was opposite of what the reservation and site map showed.
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
