South Campground (UT)

It’s a rural spot. Found small rocks that needed to be moved for a nicer sleeping spot. Parking spot was reserved for you!

The spots near the river are nice. This spot does not offer any shade. Restrooms are very outdated and dirty.

Great views with close to trails and water. Also walking distance to museum and nature center with shutter bus stop so convenient with spcious campsites. Had a great time star gazing too.

We had site 124. It was a beautiful view! semi private, but don't be surprised when you see other people, still very nicely spaced:)

The campground was located close to the visitors center which we found very helpful when taking the shuttle bus. We loved being so close so we were able to hike in the cooler morning weather. The views were gorgeous especially by the River. Unfortunately we had extremely inconsiderate neighbors who were present on both nights we stayed located behind us; we’ve stayed at many national parks before and never had this kind of issue. Because of the extreme heat and the campsite being nonelectric we had to sleep with our windows open to get some air- this would have been fine but our neighbors were up past 11pm the first night and had several flashlights among their party which were so bright I thought it was heat lightning. When we realized what it was, we asked them to stop. They continued to mill about loudly until past midnight which kept us up. The second day we spoke to the host who spoke to our neighbors. The next night was even worse; their crew was up drinking, fighting, swearing all with young children present and awake for. I contacted the park ranger dispatcher as I felt uncomfortable searching for the host with our upset neighbors around 11:30pm to report this and had to contact them twice. It wasn’t until 3:30am that they finally quieted after the ranger & officer spoke with them. This camping experience really put a damper on what was meant to be a great two days visiting the park. I wish there had been perhaps more monitoring of the grounds after hours and that we didn’t feel trapped into staying directly next to this group who had no consideration for all of the campers around. Everyone else was very considerate.

Great location to avoid the Zion entry crowds once you are there. No shower facilities but they can be purchased at the rafting shop just outside the park (when walking).

Great location with excellent views. Love camping in Zion. Our particular site had no shade in spite of the many trees and the look of lots of shade in the pictures, the trees at our site were all dead and the site was rather hot during the day.

This site did have one tree still alive for shade, however the shade location did not help in the hottest part of the day. Most of the trees are dead and pictures online of sites are old and inaccurate. It was extremely hot even at night so we were miserable in a tent!! Half the campground was shutdown for maintenance although I never seen not one person working on anything, nor did I ever see anyone manning the entrance to keep out intruders for safety. Even the main entrances go unmanned at night and anyone can just come into the park... also the bathrooms are awful, no fans or air circulation which is stifling in the heat; can't open the stall door without backing up behind the toilet to give room for the door to swing; and not very clean either. For a shower you have to walk outside the park where the showers were also nasty with hair everywhere. I was miserable this entire trip because of the heat!!! I'll NEVER go back in July or August personally!!! Hiking the narrows was the ONLY relief from the heat in the 3 days I was there!

Convenient for Zion trip. More of a van or tent site.

What a lovely campground! Well maintained, friendly staff, super convenient access to the park. Because it’s at the mouth of a canyon, you can expect VERY high winds from about 2 am to 10 am. We roughed it out in a tent and did okay, but know what you’re signing up for.