Sunset Campground (UT)

So beautiful and relaxing.

Campground hosts need better orientation related to their responsibilities. They also need to learn how to interact more appropriately and professionally with campers and if enforcing rules, need to do so the same for all campers and sites. We felt during our visit they were vary Nazi-like and petty during our interactions. For example: A sign was posted on the rest room door stating campfires are not allowed in the campground because of the extreme fire danger. However, many campers had fires in the evenings at their sites. This occurred for several nights. The campground hosts did not ask these campers to extinguish their fires.
Several nights we were at the park, campers in other sites were noisy beyond the posted quiet hours. We never saw a campground host stop by a noisy campsite and ask the campers to quiet down. We were told by a female campground host that we could park one of our vehicles at the parking area near the old loop A amphitheater, if there was a cone in front of the vehicle and the forest service fire personnel did not need to use the lot. However, the next day a different campground host told us very rudely that we could not park in the amphitheater lot and instead told us we had to park our second vehicle in the overflow lot by the north campground. Thus was an unreasonable request as the loop A amphitheater lot was empty and we already were told what we needed to do if we wanted to park in that lot. An example of contradictory information from campground hosts. We rarely saw campground hosts drive through the campground to be sure folks were abiding by the rules posted on the restroom door (no campfires, generator hours, quiet hours, no clotheslines, or hammocks on trees, etc.). In the past, we saw campground hosts drive through loop A at least one time every 1 – 2 hours making sure the campground rules were being followed. The sites for RVs in loop A need to be enlarged. they are too small.

We have camped at loop A in Sunset campground, Bryce Canyon National Park for 50 plus summers and this was by far the worse experience we ever had. The work done during the summer of 2020 to “improve” the campsites on loop A did not improve the sites. Although the sites are now blacktopped rather than gravel, many are too short to accommodate todays’ RVs and accessing many sites is exceedingly difficult because of the sharp angle needed to back an RV into the site and the number of trees left standing at the front part of the sites. The sites for RVs in loop A need to be enlarged. These sites were most likely built in the 1950s and 1960s (or earlier) to accommodate tent trailers and small RVs. The size of RVs used today by most campers are much larger than those built in the 1950s and 1960s. Every night we were camped at Sunset campground there were several empty sites. Although the campground was “full” according to the sign posted on the road, this was not the case. Perhaps if a site is not filled by a certain time, it should be opened, and other campers allowed to use it. We rarely saw park rangers drive through the campground. In past years, park rangers drove through the campground several times a day. The group site in loop A of Sunset Campground was empty almost every day. We tried to reserve the group site in January for our visit in June-July but were told it was already reserved on the recreation.gov website. That did not seem to be the case. The recreation.gov website needs to be updated and made more user friendly. In addition, campground hosts need to be able to access the web site, so they know if a reservation has been cancelled or changed. When we talked to a campground host about the website, that person could not access the website nor help us in knowing if a reservation had been cancelled after initially being made.

Loved this campground and Sunset section of the park. We made regular use of the shuttle for one way hiking options. It was so nice to see the donations in the free bin.

Beautiful surroundings and well maintained but it suffers from over-population. For such a large area we were surprised how tightly the sites were squeezed together. This is definitely a spot for families with children so expect noise and activity right up to 10pm (and sometimes beyond, grr). Definitely an oasis for kids. Bathrooms were clean.

Campsites were laid out very well. Particularly liked the separation of tents and RVs with generators. Quiet goes were respected a nd stress well maintained.

Love it here. Peaceful Campground with clean fcilities.

Fires were not allowed but propane stoves were ok. The campsoght is nice and the amphitheatre with the hoodoos is like a 2 minute drive nearly across the street. Grocery stores are about 5 to 10 minutes away and the closet town with restaurants is about 12 mi. Everything was great except a few families setting up camp in the middle of the night after being forced to leave Zion due to flooding. Lots of deer and squirrels for animal lovers.

Site A236 is a scenic beauty. There’s a beautiful, uphill patch of land behind the parking space that is constantly filled with deer, chipmunks, and all kinds of birds. However, just know that the parking space is RIGHT next to the next campsite, meaning you share the same pavement. If you have a particularly large vehicle or simply want extra privacy, this might not be the prime spot for you. It didn’t bother us, as we had wonderful neighbors. The best thing about this campground is the proximity to the rim trailheads, so all the sites are wonderful in my opinion!

The campground was great. Some sites are close together, but our site had plenty of space. Bathrooms were clean and there is a wonderful dish washing station with hot water. We loved our stay at Bryce and this campground was a perfect ‘home base’. The campground provides easy shuttle access and is close to the shared use path as well.