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Cortez RV Resort

46 RV Sites, 12 Cabins, 23 Tent Sites

Cortez RV Resort in Cortez, Colorado, is the ideal basecamp for the ancestral homeland of the Ancestral Puebloans in Montezuma County's Four Corners country — a full-service resort with RV hookups and pet-friendly cabins at the gateway to Mesa Verde National Park and one of the most concentrated collections of ancient Native American archaeological sites in North America, where the cliff dwellings, mesa-top villages, and ceremonial kivas of the Ancestral Puebloan civilization's 13th-century abandonment occupy the canyon country between Cortez and the four-state corner as the most significant pre-Columbian archaeological landscape in the United States. The resort's Cortez position gives guests the most efficient access to Mesa Verde and the surrounding Ancestral Puebloan sites in the Four Corners region. Full-hookup RV sites and pet-friendly cabins give Cortez RV Resort the accommodation range for multi-day Mesa Verde and Four Corners country exploration — the Cliff Palace and Balcony House tours require advance timed entry reservations that a multi-night campground stay specifically accommodates by giving guests the flexibility to align their site visit with the ranger-led tour schedule rather than the day-trip visitor's compressed itinerary. The resort's Cortez proximity to the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center's research and educational programming gives interested guests the scholarly context for the archaeological landscape. Pets are welcome. Mesa Verde National Park, 10 miles east of Cortez on U.S. 160 in Montezuma County, preserves the Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings in Chapin Mesa and Wetherill Mesa in the most concentrated and most architecturally significant collection of prehistoric structures in the United States — the Cliff Palace's 150 rooms and 23 kivas represent the largest cliff dwelling in North America, and the Balcony House's physical access challenge through the 32-foot ladder and the 12-inch ledge traverse give the ranger-led tour its specific adventure character. The park's Chapin Mesa Museum and the Spruce Tree House's accessible court give non-tour visitors the complete Mesa Verde experience alongside the ticketed structure tours. The Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, northwest of Cortez in Montezuma and Dolores Counties, protects the highest known density of archaeological sites in the United States — over 6,000 documented sites per square mile in the canyon country between Cortez and the Utah border, including the Lowry Pueblo, the Painted Hand Pueblo, and the Sand Canyon Pueblo complex that the Bureau of Land Management administers with a fraction of the visitor infrastructure and the visitor volume of the adjacent national park. The monument's canyon country hiking and the archaeological site's open-air accessibility give the visitor the direct contact with the Ancestral Puebloan landscape that the park's managed tour format structures more formally. Cortez RV Resort serves guests year-round in Montezuma County's high-desert climate, where the spring and fall seasons from April through June and September through October deliver the most comfortable temperatures for the archaeological site visiting and the canyon hiking that the Four Corners country sustains. Hovenweep National Monument, 40 miles west of Cortez on the Colorado-Utah border, preserves the six groups of Ancestral Puebloan towers and pueblos in the canyon country west of Cortez that give the Four Corners archaeological circuit its most remote and most architecturally distinctive outlier site. Reserve RV sites and cabins months ahead for the Mesa Verde summer and fall peak seasons.

HTR Durango Campground

51 RV Sites, 9 Cabins, 10 Tent Sites, 3 Cottages, 2 Lodges

HTR Durango Campground in Colorado offers 51 RV sites, 14 cabin, cottage, and lodge units, and 10 tent sites on the western approach to Durango, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Canyonside and creekside categories at both amperages join pull-in and water-and-electric tiers, with a pool, on-site dining, and live music. Fifty-one sites span back-in water-and-electric, canyonside back-in 30-amp, canyonside back-in 50-amp, canyonside pull-in 30-amp, and creekside back-in 30-amp categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with picnic tables, sized to 45 feet. Naming categories canyonside and creekside tells you exactly what you are booking; confirm your tier, as the water-and-electric option does not carry sewer at the site. Fourteen cabins, cottages, and lodges and 10 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane exchange, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Office hours run 10am to 6pm, and the dry camping season runs May 1-14 and October 10-31 — worth checking if you are traveling in the shoulders. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a pond and creek supporting fishing, and basketball, a playground, pavilion, dog park, and on-site dining filling the grounds. Hiking, biking, swimming, live music, and strong birding round it out. Canyon walls of Douglas fir and ponderosa surround the property, with downtown Durango and the San Juans close. Summer and fall color drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $39/night

Village Camp Moab

87 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 2 Cottages, 4 Houses

Village Camp Moab in Utah offers 87 full-hookup RV sites and nine cabin, cottage, and house units minutes from Arches National Park, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 80 feet. Elite pull-in, premium back-in with pergola, and deluxe categories join a pool, hot tub, fitness center, and clubhouse. Eighty-seven sites span deluxe back-in, deluxe pull-through, premium back-in, premium back-in with pergola, elite back-in, and elite pull-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 80 feet. The pergola sites are the standout — genuine shade structures, which in the Moab desert is worth more than almost any other upgrade. Accessible sites are available. Nine cabins, cottages, and houses round out the lodging. A laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with a fitness center, clubhouse, boutique shop, on-site dining, sports courts, pickleball, corn hole, a pond, and dog park filling the grounds. Hiking, biking, boating, paddle boarding, and a state park are all close. Pets are welcome. The property sits on the south side of the Colorado River, minutes from the Arches entrance — the closest full-service RV and cabin resort to the park, with Canyonlands and the Moab slickrock beyond. Spring and fall are peak in Moab. Reserve well ahead for March through May and September through October.

from $71/night

Durango RV Resort

96 RV Sites, 27 Cabins, 11 Tent Sites, 1 House

Durango RV Resort in Colorado offers 96 RV sites, 28 cabin and house units, and 11 tent sites five miles from downtown, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, EV charging, and rigs accepted to 85 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, open all year. Elite and premium pull-through categories join partial-hookup back-in and pull-through tiers, with a pool, hot tub, and mini-golf. Ninety-six sites span standard back-in, standard pull-thru, premium pull-thru, elite back-in, elite pull-thru, partial hookup back-in, and partial hookup pull-thru categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 85 feet, with fire pits and BBQ pits. Read the category carefully — the partial hookup tiers do not carry the full set, and they price accordingly. Eighty-five feet accommodates the longest coaches with a tow. EV charging on site is still uncommon at RV resorts. Twenty-eight cabins and houses and 11 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, and recycling handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with mini-golf, a clubhouse, billiards, pickleball, a playground, pavilion, and dog park filling the rest. Fishing, hiking, biking, swimming, and skiing are all close. Mesa Verde, the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Purgatory, and the San Juans are within reach. Summer and fall color drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $35/night

Outdoorsy Bayfield

55 RV Sites, 17 Glamping Sites

Fourteen miles east of Durango on the Pine River in the high country of La Plata County, Colorado, Outdoorsy Bayfield has transformed a 36-acre riverside parcel in the San Juan Mountains' eastern foothills into one of the Four Corners region's most comprehensive glamping and RV resort experiences—61 full-hookup RV sites, 18 luxury glamping tents, tent camping positions, and private trout fishing access on the Pine River that only registered guests can use. Disc golf, e-bike rentals, paddleboard adventures, an off-leash dog park, and a fully stocked camp store complete a resort environment that attracts both the cross-country RV traveler using Durango as a base and the destination glamping guest who plans a San Juan Mountains stay specifically around this property. Sixty-one full-hookup RV sites with 30 or 50-amp electric, water, and sewer connections on gravel back-in and pull-through pads provide the practical accommodation for self-contained rigs, while 18 luxury glamping tents take the riverside resort experience into a furnished-canvas category that makes the Pine River valley's mountain atmosphere accessible to guests who arrive without equipment. Full private hot showers, fast Wi-Fi, a fully stocked camp store, and on-site laundry support both accommodation types in a single river resort infrastructure. An off-leash dog park, horseshoe pit, basketball court, and disc golf course extend the on-property recreational menu for guests who want activity between national forest excursions. The Pine River runs through the property's 36 acres in the cold, clear snowmelt flow that characterizes San Juan Mountain streams in southwest Colorado—water that maintains the temperature and clarity that wild rainbow and brown trout require, and that the campground's private-access guest fishing policy reserves for overnight guests rather than the general public. Walking trails through the riverside property connect the campground's outdoor spaces with the cottonwood and willow corridor that frames the Pine River's bank through the Bayfield valley, and the broader Pine River Valley's hiking terrain extends beyond the property into the San Juan National Forest's trail network to the east. Vallecito Lake, one of southwest Colorado's most beloved mountain reservoir destinations, lies about 15 miles northeast of Bayfield in the San Juan National Forest—a 2,700-acre reservoir in the Vallecito Creek drainage that provides boat fishing for rainbow trout, brown trout, and kokanee salmon alongside the boating, swimming, and mountain scenery that draws summer visitors to one of Colorado's most photogenic lakeside communities. Durango, 14 miles west, provides the urban amenity range of a vibrant Colorado mountain town alongside the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad—one of the most celebrated mountain rail excursions in the American West, operating 45-mile steam-powered round trips through the Animas River Canyon in a daily tradition that dates to 1882. The San Juan Mountains' high-country climate delivers warm sunny days and reliably cool nights at Bayfield's 6,900-foot elevation throughout the summer camping season, with the wildflower season peaking in July on the surrounding mountain meadows and the aspen color season creating the fall gold display that draws photographers to southwest Colorado each September and October. Mesa Verde National Park, about 50 miles west through the Durango corridor, provides the most significant Native American cultural destination in the American Southwest in the Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings that have drawn archaeologists and visitors since the 1880s. Reserve summer dates well ahead, as the combination of Pine River access, Durango proximity, and the resort's glamping-and-RV hybrid format creates demand that fills the campground's capacity weeks before peak season arrives.

from $44 $38/night

Junction West Vallecito Resort

Junction West Vallecito Resort in Bayfield, Colorado, offers full-hookup RV sites and cabin accommodations in the mountain country of La Plata County near Durango, with an outdoor pool, game room, library, and lake on the property. One practical detail to plan around: there is no cell service in the park, though WiFi calling is available — check with your provider before arrival to have it enabled. Full-hookup RV sites serve guests with rigs, and cabins provide enclosed lodging for those without. A general store, laundry, propane fills, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side, with WiFi throughout. The lack of cell coverage is worth taking seriously if you need to stay reachable — enable WiFi calling before you arrive rather than after. An outdoor pool anchors the warm months, with a game room, library, and pavilion for other hours. A playground serves families, and a lake on the property supports fishing, with horseshoes and basketball on the grounds. Pets are welcome. Bayfield sits at cool elevation in the forested upper Piedra River drainage, near Vallecito Reservoir and the San Juan National Forest. That puts the full southwestern Colorado recreation corridor within reach — Mesa Verde National Park, the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, and the Weminuche Wilderness Area's high alpine trail network. The San Juan Mountains deliver the most visually spectacular concentration of high-country scenery in the Rocky Mountain West, and the conifer forest and mountain air here are the reason guests choose this over a Durango-adjacent park. Summer is the season at this elevation. Reserve well ahead for July and August.

Blue Spruce RV Park

79 RV Sites, 16 Cabins, 2 Onsite RV/Trailers, 2 Apartments

Located 40 minutes northeast of Durango, CO, Blue Spruce RV Park is a quiet, full amenity RV Park with a few unique twists. Our full hookup RV sites are nestled in a pine forest that backs up to the mountains. Our amenities include a dining hall, game room with parlor games, an outdoor pavilion and several other outdoor activities on the grounds. We offer multiple cabins, park apartments, and pre-setup RV's for rent. We are a perfect launching point for endless outdoor fun.

Meadows of San Juan Resort

In the wide-open ranching landscape of the Uncompahgre Valley in western Colorado, Meadows of San Juan Resort in Montrose offers a full-service destination that serves as a natural gateway to some of the most spectacular canyon and mountain scenery in the American West. With 120 RV sites and a diverse range of lodging options including lodges, premium cabins, and rustic cabins, the resort scales comfortably from weekend getaways to month-long snowbird stays. Montrose itself occupies a strategic position in western Colorado—a working city surrounded by dramatic public lands that most travelers rush past without stopping to explore. The resort's Country Barn Guest Center anchors the communal experience, housing billiards, cornhole, ping pong, board games, and a new pickleball court. A seasonal indoor/outdoor pool keeps guests cool through Colorado's warm summer afternoons, and a bark park, horseshoes, and shuffleboard round out the outdoor recreation options. A fitness center, game room, general store, laundry, and full shower facilities handle daily practicalities, and the gathering hall and scheduled summer activities foster the social community that makes longer stays at a well-run resort genuinely enjoyable. The resort accommodates 50-amp service and features a dump station for self-contained travelers. Montrose sits at 5,800 feet in the Uncompahgre Valley, where the plateau and canyon country of the Colorado Plateau meets the western flanks of the San Juan Mountains to the south and east. The Uncompahgre River drains northward through the valley in a corridor of cottonwood and willow that softens the high-desert landscape and provides excellent habitat for birding and fishing. The valley's agricultural heritage—peach orchards, livestock operations, and hay meadows—gives the surrounding landscape an unhurried, ranching character that provides a welcome contrast to the dramatic canyon scenery that begins just outside of town. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, roughly 15 miles east of Montrose, presents one of the most dramatic and least-visited canyon experiences in the national park system—sheer dark walls dropping 2,000 feet to the Gunnison River in a chasm so narrow that some sections receive only 33 minutes of sunlight per day. Ouray, 35 miles south on the Million Dollar Highway, is Colorado's "Switzerland of America"—a hot-spring town encircled by 13,000-foot peaks and accessible via one of the most scenic drives in the state. The Blue Mesa Reservoir, Colorado's largest body of water, provides fishing and boating within easy range, and Telluride's ski resort and mountain town are under 80 miles southwest. Spring and summer are prime exploration seasons from Meadows of San Juan, with wildflowers carpeting the mountain meadows and long days allowing extended exploration of the park and canyon country. Fall color in the San Juans arrives brilliantly in late September and early October, and the resort's central position gives easy access to multiple color destinations within a single day. Winter visitors find a quieter resort at reduced rates, with cross-country skiing in the San Juans and the perpetually dramatic scenery of Black Canyon available year-round. Reserve your site or cabin at Meadows of San Juan Resort and experience western Colorado's astonishing landscape from the comfort of a full-service base camp.

Thousand Lakes RV Park

43 RV Sites

Eleven miles west of Capitol Reef National Park's visitor center on Utah State Route 24 in the small community of Torrey, Thousand Lakes RV Park has been orienting guests toward the Waterpocket Fold's extraordinary geology for decades—a family-operated campground with full hookup RV sites, water and electric positions, tent sites, and deluxe cabin rentals where a camp store, swimming pool, on-site restaurant, and the red rock views from every campsite serve the national park visitor who wants a comfortable and established operation rather than the self-serve minimalism of the park's own campgrounds. Wayne County's canyon landscape, visible from the pool deck and the campground's open eastern orientation, makes Thousand Lakes one of the most visually rewarding campground experiences in the Colorado Plateau national park corridor. Full hookup sites with water, electric, and sewer service, water-and-electric-only sites, and dry camping positions accommodate the full range of RV configurations and tent camping preferences, with each site positioned to maximize the red rock views that the State Route 24 address provides. Deluxe cabins with their own bathrooms, air conditioning, TV, microwave, refrigerator, and linens—plus super deluxe options with full kitchens, separate bedrooms, and sleeping lofts—serve guests who want a roofed accommodation in the outdoor setting of a campground. An on-site restaurant serving made-to-order meals that can be delivered to campsites, a swimming pool, clean shower houses, laundry, basketball court, a dog walking area, and a stocked camp store complete the campground service infrastructure. Capitol Reef National Park's central feature—the Waterpocket Fold, a nearly 100-mile-long wrinkle in the Earth's crust where the Colorado Plateau's sedimentary rock layers were pushed upward and tilted to reveal 270 million years of geological time in a continuous exposure—creates the canyon, ridge, and natural tank landscape that makes Capitol Reef one of the most geologically spectacular and least-visited of the Southwest's major national parks. The park's Fruita Historic District, a 19th-century Mormon pioneer settlement in a Fremont River oasis of orchard trees, allows visitors to pick fruit from the original pioneer orchards free of charge during harvest seasons—a living agricultural history experience unique among American national parks. The surrounding Wayne County landscape provides some of Utah's most spectacular and least-crowded scenic experiences outside the park boundaries—the Cathedral Valley scenic loop north of the park traverses the remote northern section of the Waterpocket Fold through a landscape of volcanic monoliths and sandstone temples that rivals the park's primary corridor in visual drama but receives a fraction of the visitor traffic. Goblin Valley State Park, about 45 miles northeast through the San Rafael Swell, provides the most surreal geological landscape in Utah in its mushroom-shaped sandstone hoodoos—a playground of balanced rocks and erosion forms that children and adults alike navigate with equal wonder on warm afternoons. Torrey's high-desert elevation of 6,900 feet makes summer camping at Thousand Lakes noticeably cooler than the canyon-floor temperatures within the park itself, with evenings regularly dropping to the 50s even in July when midday temperatures in the Waterpocket Fold exceed 90 degrees. The fall season from September through October provides the most balanced conditions—comfortable temperatures for both photography and hiking, the amber light that makes the red rock geology most saturated in color at sunrise and sunset, and the reduced visitor traffic that allows the park's backcountry roads and canyon trails to be experienced in genuine solitude. Spring wildflowers in the Fremont River's riparian corridor and the Capitol Reef orchards' fruit-picking seasons each summer provide seasonal reasons to time a visit around specific natural phenomena.

from $43/night

Canyon View RV Resort

72 RV Sites, 2 Cabins, 1 Park Model

Canyon View RV Resort in Grand Junction, Colorado, offers 72 full-hookup RV sites and three cabin and park model units at the base of the Colorado Plateau, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 77 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. A camper van category and an extra-long pull-through with a dog run join double-wide pull-through and deluxe ADA back-in tiers. Seventy-two sites span camper van, deluxe back-in, deluxe ADA back-in, double wide pull-thru, and extra-long pull-thru with dog run categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 77 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Three categories are genuinely uncommon: a dedicated camper van tier, a double-wide pull-through, and a pull-through with a private dog run. Three cabins and park models round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A splash pad and hot tub and spa anchor the property, with a clubhouse, game room, pavilion, on-site dining, playground, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, billiards, and corn hole filling the grounds. Hiking, biking, picnicking, wine and beer tasting, a golf course, and skiing are all nearby. The Grand Valley widens here between the Book Cliffs and the red sandstone of Colorado National Monument — one of the most geologically spectacular positions of any RV resort in the West. Spring and fall are peak on the Western Slope. Reserve well ahead.

from $40/night

Monument RV Resort

82 RV Sites

Monument RV Resort sits at 607 Highway 340 in Fruita, Colorado, across the street from the Dinosaur Journey Museum and James M. Robb Colorado River State Park—and two miles from the west entrance to Colorado National Monument—claiming what is genuinely the most conveniently positioned campground for the Grand Junction region's most distinctive natural and cultural attractions. The resort's combination of proximity, full amenities, and accommodation range from 95-foot pull-throughs to log cabins has made it one of the most consistently well-regarded RV parks in western Colorado. The resort offers 75 full hookup sites with pull-through positions accommodating the largest rigs on the road, plus tent sites and small rustic log cabins with heating and air conditioning, porch swings, picnic tables, mini-fridges, and microwaves for guests who want shelter without setting up camp. Amenities include a seasonal swimming pool, hot tub, playground, dog park, coin laundry, dump station, general store, cable TV, WiFi, showers, and propane fills—a comprehensive roster for a campground serving both overnight travelers on I-70 and multi-day visitors using the park as a base for Colorado National Monument and Grand Junction area recreation. Good Verizon cell service throughout the property has been noted as a consistent positive by traveling remote workers. Fruita sits at the western edge of the Grand Valley where the Colorado River exits the dramatic canyon country of the Colorado Plateau and widens into the broad agricultural valley that Grand Junction anchors. The town has developed a specific outdoor recreation identity around mountain biking—the 18 Road trail system north of Fruita is consistently ranked among the premier desert mountain biking destinations in the American West, with trails crossing the Bookcliff terrain above the valley that offer everything from beginner-friendly loops to technical descent lines. Fruita's downtown has evolved to serve this mountain biking culture with outfitters, craft beer, and the kind of trail-focused retail that mountain biking destinations attract. Colorado National Monument, two miles from the resort via the west entrance, protects 20,000 acres of the Colorado Plateau's most dramatic erosional landscape—sheer-walled red sandstone canyons carved by Monument Creek and its tributaries into formations that rise 500 to 700 feet above the canyon floors. The Rim Rock Drive, a 23-mile scenic road that traverses the monument's rim, provides access to overlooks above Ute Canyon, Red Canyon, and Columbus Canyon with views extending across the Grand Valley to the Book Cliffs and the plateau country beyond. The Dinosaur Journey Museum, directly across the street from the resort, provides one of the best regional natural history museum experiences in Colorado for a campground-adjacent cultural stop. Monument RV Resort is open year-round in a Colorado high desert climate where summer temperatures regularly exceed 95 degrees—the pool and hot tub become essential summer amenities—but spring and fall deliver the exceptional conditions for national monument hiking, road cycling, and mountain biking that draw the most dedicated outdoor recreation visitors. The I-70 corridor location makes it a natural stop for travelers crossing western Colorado, and the combination of monument access, Fruita mountain biking, and the Grand Junction wine country provides enough activities for a multi-day stay built around a single well-positioned campsite.

from $62 $54/night

Bryce Canyon RV Resort

45 RV Sites, 14 Cabins, 19 Tent Sites

In the canyon country of Garfield County, Utah, just off Scenic Byway 12 in the small community of Cannonville, Bryce Canyon RV Resort by Rjourney provides full hookup RV sites, tent camping, and pet-friendly cabin accommodations for travelers seeking a genuine base camp for exploring one of the most concentrated collections of canyon country landmarks anywhere in the American Southwest. Bryce Canyon National Park is the primary destination draw, but the full itinerary available from Cannonville extends well beyond the park's boundaries into terrain that ranks among the most photogenic and least crowded in all of Utah. On-site amenities balance convenience with the outdoor focus that guests in this part of Utah prioritize. Full hookup RV sites, water and electric tent sites, and pet-friendly cabins with four designated dog-friendly options give different types of travelers appropriate accommodation choices. A heated swimming pool and camp store provide warm-weather relief and day-to-day convenience, and free WiFi, laundry facilities with coin-operated machines, propane service, and a dump station with freshwater rinse round out the practical infrastructure. A dog park with pet waste stations throughout the grounds reflects genuine pet hospitality rather than token accommodation. The combination of services is well-calibrated for travelers who spend the day in the canyon country and want hassle-free comfort upon return. Bryce Canyon National Park is the destination magnet that brings most guests to Cannonville, and the park's hoodoos, spires, and amphitheaters deliver on every expectation formed by photographs. Sunrise and sunset from Bryce Point, Rainbow Point, and Inspiration Point produce colors and shadow play that remain impossible to fully capture in images regardless of camera quality. The park's network of accessible rim trails and below-the-rim hikes gives guests of all fitness levels meaningful canyon country engagement, and the dark skies over Bryce—designated an International Dark Sky Park—produce nighttime viewing that consistently ranks among the best in the national park system. The terrain surrounding Bryce Canyon extends the experience considerably for guests who take the time to explore. Kodachrome Basin State Park, a few miles south of Cannonville, takes its name from the vivid reds and oranges of its stone spires and sedimentary columns—colors so striking that National Geographic used them for the magazine's first color photography. Grosvenor Arch, Willis Creek Slot Canyon, Red Canyon on US-12, and the Cottonwood Canyon Road across the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument provide additional canyon country exploration that comparatively few Bryce visitors make time to experience. Scenic Byway 12 itself is one of America's designated All-American Roads. Bryce Canyon RV Resort operates seasonally with peak season running from spring through fall to match the national park's primary visitation period. Summer weekends and the shoulder-season photography months of late September and October book quickly, and reservations well in advance are necessary for July and August. The resort's location in Cannonville provides a quieter alternative to the more crowded accommodations directly adjacent to the park entrance. Book your site, plan your sunrise alarm, and discover why the Colorado Plateau's canyon country never fails to astonish.

from $37/night