Fruita Campground

Campground is well maintained, very quiet and dark (in a great way)

Beautiful campground in the midst of a beautiful oasis, surrounded by towering red cliffs. One of the most beautiful hikes has a trailhead directly across from the campground entrance. The campground shares a fence with a paddock of horses. Nearby, you can pick apples and pears from a beautiful orchard, and if you are interested in the pioneer history of the area, there are excellent interpretive sites and original buildings. Some of the tent sites in loop B are on a dirt slope. They should build tent pads and try to regrow grass in the middle. There was a weak Wi-Fi signal, but I didn’t expect Wi-Fi at all, so if you want to stand over by the information board, you should be able to get a signal.

This site has gorgeous views, running water, large bathrooms, enormous pad for parking cars and tent, plush lawns, trees for shade. This site does not have showers, or much privacy. The sites are
spaced out, but in clear view of each other.

Campground in desperate need of renovation and updating. Grass not cut , river trail very overgrown. Water fills corroded and need maintenance.

Very clean camp sites. Limited bathroom access with some older bathrooms not in full working order. Rangers very helpful. Campground conveniently placed in park.

Capital Reef NP, is well staffed, trails and attractions well described and maintained. We successfully had made camp site reservations on Recreation.gov. Unfortunately, when we got there the site was for a walk in tent site. We preferred a site where a car could be conveniently parked near the tent and picnic table. Fortunately, there were some sites available. Recreation.gov has some nice features for planning a vacation in Federal parks.considering the vast resources under its management. But, can be very frustrating at times when changes have to be made. such. as switching camp sites iwhich s cumbersome and annoying for someone not versed on the intricacies of making a change on line, receiving a refund for site one and re booking on site 2., all apparently without a live campground host available to do so.
However, actually there was a VERY gracious campground host assistant AVAILABLE at the Fruita Camp Ground who had had a career in Information Technology and went around the campground helping old people like me, change their reservation on the cumbersome Recreation.gov site. I don't even know her name, but a call to the Park would quickly identify her. She should receive some sort of an award for technical skilll and personal pleasantness. Sincerely yours. Bruce Glenn

We would be pleased to camp here again. Campground was peaceful and bathrooms were clean. We only realized upon leaving that there is some wifi in the campground since there is no signal. There was more parking than seemed necessary for a tent site, but there was also plenty of space to set up a large tent. Most sites seemed to have some shade. We enjoyed exploring the nearby Puebloan rock art early in the morning before others arrived and then got in line for pies and cinnamon rolls, which were excellent.

Lovely campground

This was a great campground. It was so cool to be near the horses!

great