Black Canyon of the Gunnison South Rim Campground

Nice quiet campground, with a lot of space

Really good campground, clean restrooms and showers.

First , the park itself is definitely worth spending time at and was visually stunning. The South Rim drive has some extraordinary stops . Don’t miss the East portal drive , takes you to the canyon floor . Bring your lunch.
Secondly, the campground itself is pretty disappointing to be honest. We love National Parks and understand there are some places that you just can’t get every facility. But the planning here is poor. Where you turn off the main road to go to the campsites ,is in the middle of a blind curve so be careful pulling out on to the main road. Some of the sites sit right next to the road in the campground, our steps on our camper where actually on the road itself and could not open the canopy either because it would have been actually out in the driveway. This place was set up for tent camping probably in the sixties but they sell the sites for RVs and many are not compatible. There is no water at the sites but there is one place to refill containers. Why they can’t install a well or have storage tanks is perplexing. There is also no dumping station in the park so be aware of that as well. The electric is newly renovated and that is excellent. The NPS really needs to step up their game on the camping aspect of this park and it would be a top ten place to visit.

Site is too small for a 30' trailer, I was able to make it work but almost destroyed my trailer with tree branches. Sites are also too close together.

Well-kept campground with close/easy access to rim trail with amazing views!

Wonderful campground, Loop C was great and we were super close to the rim trail. Spectacular views especially at sunset and early in the morning.

Great location. Not having water hook ups or a place to empty gray water or shower does present a bit of a hassle if you are at the campground for more than a few days.

We have a pop up camper and were in site number B006. The sites are much shallower than in the picture and we are first time campers so my husband had a difficult time maneuvering it into the site. We have an SUV which barely fit after the camper was repositioned so I don't know how others with bigger RVs and trucks fit. We had to share a bear locker with the people next to us which was fine. There was a nice picnic table and fire ring positioned under trees so that was fine also. The campground was close to the trail roads and 20 minutes away from the town of Montrose so that was fine also. We had a very good time!

This is one of the nicest parks that I have visited. Very impressed with the amount of bird life ! Beautiful !!

We had electrical hookups, but no rv water tank filling or gray/black dumpstations. There is some water available to haul in a jug or bucket. No showers, but really clean vaults, and trash dumpsters. A really beautiful place. Deer, also frequent the campsite.