Red Cliffs Campground

The campground is fairly nice and the scenery is beautiful, but it feels understaffed. Restrooms were not dirty, but the number of flies was quite remarkable, even for a vault toilet. My girlfriend and I have camped there twice. The first time, there was another couple in our site when we showed up, even though we had a valid reservation that we had made months prior. Evidently, they thought the site was empty, because it had not been marked as reserved and there was no camp steward doing rounds. They were nice enough and we agreed to share the site for the night, but it was an awkward experience. Our second stay, we were in site 2, which is right next to the day use area and Red Reef trailhead. They had recently repainted the asphalt and erected several signs to indicate that the day use and trail parking were a little down the road and not next to the campsite. However, people ignored the signs and parked next to our site anyway. We expected some traffic and noise, given the location of our site, but folks weren’t very respectful and again, park staff were not doing rounds to enforce the rules or help out. Overall, Red Cliffs is a decent alternative to the crowds at Zion, but expect a bit of chaos.

What a gem! We were pleasantly surprised by the water spigots throughout the campground. We had a nice cover over our picnic table that accommodated bungee-close lines to further block the heat of the sun. Beautiful cliffs and a campground owl made for an amazing stay.
Super clean toilets with plenty of toilet paper.

Clean, quiet and absolutely gorgeous. I couldn’t have asked for a better place to stay while camping through Utah.

Beautiful location with excellent potential. However, some spaces have space for a tent, and some do not. We were site #5 and were just able to pitch our tent (4-person size) between two shrubs, but our stakes on one side were right next to the pavement of the road. Site #6, across the road from us, had a wonderful flat location for a tent. It would be nice if this page would list preferred sites if you are tent camping.

This is the desert! Very hot. We had a great time. Dinosaur tracks were incredible and the picnic table shelter was very helpful.

Terrific spot! Close to Quail Creek Reservoir and not too far from the Kolob Canyon entrance to Zion. Great hikes within the campground.

I loved this campground; the hikes are excellent, especially the one that takes you to waterfalls. The archaeological mini-hike is terrific. Each campsite has its water source, and it's easy to find the sight. And it's not too far from Zion national park.

My last review seems to have been deleted. There absolutely has to be a better way to manage campsite occupancy! This is a frequented campground of ours. Memorial Day weekend. Every site booked. Yet NUMEROUS are empty all weekend long. This is a very normal occurrence. And nothing boils my blood more than the inconsiderate nature of most people who have decided to try camping/hiking/getting outside over the last few years. People drive hundreds of miles to stay at campgrounds like this. If you aren't going to show up, DONT BOOK THE SITE. OR CANCEL YOUR RESERVATION. These reservable campgrounds also need to take some of the blame and manage the no shows or squatters better. If someone books every freaking weekend and doesn't show up for them, DONT LET THAT USER BOOK ANY OTHER SITES!! The vanlife and camplife community is made of some of the worst humans in Utah if not the country, and the terrible services we have to help get around the general publics awful tendencies are also built against the people who would most benefit from it. If you're a scumbag who doesn't understand personal space, that noise travels outside your immediate vicinity, and you love leaving campsites a mess, breaking bottles or tent stakes and leaving them behind, Utah (and this campground) are perfect for you!

Nice campground. Close to hiking trails. Gorgeous red cliffs.

The recreation area is absolutely beautiful, but I was disappointed with the camping experience. The area is used primarily as a day-use area (hiking, picnicing, etc), so there were a lot of people (being very loud). The day use areas - along with hiking trails - are right by all of the campsites (which are disbersed). I am a frequent car/tent camper, and I'm accustomed to having other campers around and don't ever expect it to be super quiet, but this level of noise wasn't even tolerable (and day-use visitors felt like it was fine to literally come into my campsite to get water when each campsite had its own water spicket and there were separate water spickets in the general picnic areas). I think if you are camping in an RV or van, it might be a completely different (and better) experience, but as a tent camper, it was really disappointing.