Creek Pasture Campground
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $15From, per site
- Sites
- 32All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 3 notices
In the agency’s own words
Creek Pasture Campground is a good option for visitors wishing to recreate in the Indian Creek area of Bears Ears National Monument or be close to the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. The campground is located north off the Needles Highway (accessed from Utah State Route 211), approximately 5 miles southeast of Canyonlands National Park and 15 miles northwest of Newspaper Rock. The campground provides 32 campsites that each feature a tent/trailer space, a picnic table, a fire ring, and vault toilets. Each campsite can hold 10 people and 2 vehicles. There is no drinking water at the campground. Keep reading
Reservations are not available for camping at this location. Individual campsites are available on a first come, first served basis upon arrival at the self-register kiosk at the site. The Creek Pasture Group Site is available for larger groups, and may be reserved here . The Indian Creek area is generally primitive and undeveloped, with few services.
Recreation
The Indian Creek area of Bears Ears National Monument has gained international recognition for its extraordinary natural beauty and recreational opportunities. The Indian Creek canyon opens to a broad valley rimmed by Wingate Sandstone cliffs known for world-class rock climbing. Prominent geologic features include Lavender Mesa, Bridger Jack Mesa, and North and South Six Shooter Peaks. This spectacular setting and rich archeological resources provide visitors with recreational opportunities such as rock climbing, camping, cultural resource viewing, scenic photography, and off-highway vehicle (OHV) touring on designated routes.
Facilities
Natural Features The campground is located along the banks of Indian Creek. Creek flow is intermittent, and except for spring or immediately after precipitation, the creek bed is typically dry. Cottonwood trees line the banks of the creek and provide shade at some campsites. A small sandstone cliff lines the west side of the campground.
Nearby Attractions
Newspaper Rock Needles District of Canyonlands National Park Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (435) 587-1500.
Charges & Cancellations
No refunds are available.
What the agency tells you
There are limited services in the Indian Creek area. Make sure to bring plenty of water and supplies.
Wood collection is not allowed. You must bring your own firewood.
There is no cell service at this location.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 32
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…space, a picnic table, a fire ring, and vault toilets. Each campsite can hold 10 people and 2 vehicles.…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…can hold 10 people and 2 vehicles. There is no drinking water at the campground. Reservations are not available…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Creek
- Biking
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Off Highway Vehicle Trails
- Climbing
- Scenic drives
- Fall color · reported 7 days ago, 34 km away
- Peak color
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 14:24 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
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Every line of the receipt · 14
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $15 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“No refunds are available.” · this campground’s own terms
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 6
recreation.gov availability, read 14:24 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
32 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 32 mapped sitesAll 32 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 32 of the 32 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 32 of the 32 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| 1 | standard nonelectric | 54 ft | 7.1 mi | 577 ft | $15 |
| 10 | standard nonelectric | 84 ft | 7.3 mi | 147 ft | $15 |
| 11 | standard nonelectric | 95 ft | 7.3 mi | 177 ft | $15 |
| 12 | standard nonelectric | 95 ft | 7.3 mi | 272 ft | $15 |
| 13 | standard nonelectric | 96 ft | 7.3 mi | 334 ft | $15 |
| 14 | standard nonelectric | 51 ft | 7.3 mi | 328 ft | $15 |
| 15 | standard nonelectric | 51 ft | 7.3 mi | 293 ft | $15 |
| 16 | standard nonelectric | 86 ft | 7.3 mi | 230 ft | $15 |
| 17 | standard nonelectric | 86 ft | 7.3 mi | 192 ft | $15 |
| 18 | standard nonelectric | 90 ft | 7.4 mi | 236 ft | $15 |
| 19 | standard nonelectric | 194 ft | 7.4 mi | 230 ft | $15 |
| 2 | standard nonelectric | 54 ft | 7.2 mi | 575 ft | $15 |
| 20 | standard nonelectric | 183 ft | 7.4 mi | 63 ft | $15 |
| 21 | standard nonelectric | 183 ft | 7.5 mi | 134 ft | $15 |
| 22 | standard nonelectric | 130 ft | 7.3 mi | 131 ft | $15 |
| 23 | standard nonelectric | 61 ft | 7.3 mi | 110 ft | $15 |
| 24 | standard nonelectric | 61 ft | 7.3 mi | 143 ft | $15 |
| 25 | standard nonelectric | 64 ft | 7.3 mi | 182 ft | $15 |
| 26 | standard nonelectric | 64 ft | 7.3 mi | 217 ft | $15 |
| 27 | standard nonelectric | 54 ft | 7.3 mi | 240 ft | $15 |
| 28 | standard nonelectric | 54 ft | 7.3 mi | 266 ft | $15 |
| 29 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 7.3 mi | 195 ft | $15 |
| 3 | standard nonelectric | 62 ft | 7.2 mi | 512 ft | $15 |
| 30 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 7.3 mi | 233 ft | $15 |
| 31 | standard nonelectric | 95 ft | 7.2 mi | 179 ft | $15 |
| 32 | standard nonelectric | 132 ft | 7.2 mi | 302 ft | $15 |
| 4 | standard nonelectric | 74 ft | 7.2 mi | 463 ft | $15 |
| 5 | standard nonelectric | 77 ft | 7.2 mi | 422 ft | $15 |
| 6 | standard nonelectric | 100 ft | 7.2 mi | 333 ft | $15 |
| 7 | standard nonelectric | 105 ft | 7.2 mi | 151 ft | $15 |
| 8 | standard nonelectric | 85 ft | 7.2 mi | 57 ft | $15 |
| 9 | standard nonelectric | 84 ft | 7.2 mi | 93 ft | $15 |
25 of 32 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions
Where it is
Creek Pasture Group SiteBears Ears National Monument · 0.3 mi
Superbowl CampgroundBears Ears National Monument · 1.5 mi
Superbowl Group SiteBears Ears National Monument · 1.6 mi
Hamburger Rock CampgroundBears Ears National Monument · 2.7 mi
Indian Creek Falls Group SiteBears Ears National Monument · 3.6 mi
Canyonlands National Park Needles District CampgroundCanyonlands National Park · 7.0 miTurn west off U.S. Route 191 onto Utah State Route 211 and travel approximately 27.2 miles. Turn onto County Road 2382 on the north side of the highway. The campground is located 0.4 miles down the natural surface road.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for La Sal, UT
Typical weather
Typical October night 38°F, day 70°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 17°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Creek Pasture Campground is in Utah’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Mike Kennedy (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →