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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
Paul M
VerifiedFebruary 24, 2022 • Stayed at: A01, Loop: A
We camped in mid-February, mostly for a chance to try out our new van. We have camped here before but never this early in the year. There was still 6 inches of snow in the shade and as far as we could tell there were not any other campers in the campground the 2 nights we were there. It was really quiet and peaceful-very enjoyable!! The trails were a little too muddy to ride so we just took some long walks on the gravel roads. This is a well designed campground with nice separation between sites. The tent sites are level and have concrete tables and fire rings. However most of the parking pads are not level, so it you are in a van or truck camper be sure to bring leveling blocks. I recommend this campground.
ELAINE J
VerifiedFebruary 20, 2022 • Stayed at: C21, Loop: C
Beautiful and clean
greg t
VerifiedDecember 22, 2021 • Stayed at: D01, Loop: D
nice place. your prices are way too high especially for off season. when i visit a campground in the national forests/parks and the senior discount is what it is here, it makes me wonder. most of the campsites i have been to give a 50% senior discount. ok, that's fine. the monument campground is $20 with a 50% senior discount. what up? no water, no electricity, no nothing, but it's at a premium price. charge what you like during peak season, but off season, rethink it. like i said, a nice place.
Jodi G
VerifiedDecember 10, 2021 • Stayed at: A01, Loop: A
Outhouse/Pit toilet was clean and stocked with TP. Sign marking camp spots was easily visible and camping spaces plenty. Booking online easy.
My only suggestion is for an RECREATION.gov APP have a better directions to locations and be able to use a GPS map to see ALL the available camping areas
Samantha S
VerifiedDecember 6, 2021 • Stayed at: B04, Loop: B
The campsites were clean and well organized and signed. The bathrooms were very clean and well stocked with toilet paper. Everyone was very nice and courteous!
Niklas B
VerifiedDecember 5, 2021 • Stayed at: A10, Loop: A
Great to be back in Fruita and the new online reservation system is really helpful and intuitive!
Angela J
VerifiedDecember 1, 2021 • Stayed at: D11, Loop: D
Can’t find campground
Linda P
VerifiedNovember 28, 2021 • Stayed at: D11, Loop: D
My campsite #11’s fire pit was still smoldering w/ a large log present! Campsite #5 was left activity smoking after Aspen couple left morning if 20(?). Very irresponsible and campers should be fined!
Chris N
VerifiedNovember 28, 2021 • Stayed at: D05, Loop: D
I made a reservation for the night before a race that started at 7am, I arrived at 8pm to find my campsite being used. The person had a fire going, tent up, hammock, food, alcohol on the table, looked like he's been enjoying his evening. I told him I had reserved the spot and he said he didn't know he needed a reservation. Nor did he make any indication he was going to move. I was tired, didn't want to get into an argument and was just going to sleep in my vehicle anyway so I found an unreserved spot and slept there. The reservation requirement is new and there is no campground host so I was just screwed out of my fees. BLM needs to make sure there are bigger signs indicating the new reservation requirement.
Adrienne F
VerifiedNovember 28, 2021 • Stayed at: C07, Loop: C
We always enjoy heading to the North Fruita Dessert for a weekend of Mountain biking. During the busy seasons they now have a reservation system that we weren’t expecting. We were able to find sites and reserve them, however, our friends who had a van had folks constantly trying to take their reserved site because there was nowhere that showed the campsite was taken.
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
