Jumpup Cabin
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 29 of the next 30 nights read 16:47 UTC
- Sites
- 1All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Since the 1900s, Jumpup cabin has been used by ranchers as well as the Forest Service, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site consists of a historic two-room cabin, shed and composting toilet. Keep reading
Recreation
Jumpup cabin is located at the trailhead for the Ranger trail, a 17-mile wilderness trail that winds through Kanab Creek. Hiking this area is very popular in the spring and fall months, but is discouraged during the hottest summer months. Water is scarce and some route-finding is required.
Facilities
Jumpup cabin is a rustic log structure with an open concept, divided into two distinct areas. A main living and cooking area which has a table and chairs, wood burning stove (the sole source of heat) and a small kitchenette with a wash tub. There is no electricity, running water or propane. Lanterns and cooking supplies are provided. The second room is a bunk room with two sets of double-over-double bunk beds. Guests will need to bring their own linens or sleeping bags. Guests must also provide their own water and fire wood. Outside there is an open air composting toilet, a fire ring and a picnic table. This site is a pack-it-out site. Guests should be prepared to do light cleaning prior to leaving to help prevent rodent issues.
Natural Features
With a panoramic view of Kanab Creek Wilderness, the cabin sits on the edge of Jumpup canyon. From the front door you take in a wide open expanse of red rock descending into canyon walls below, lined with juniper, pinyon, yuccas, sage and cliffrose. With an elevation of 5,500 feet and a predominantly southern exposure, this site is hotter and drier than many other areas in the forest. There is no water at the cabin site, but a short .25-mile hike down the Ranger trail will take you to Lower Jumpup spring, a perennial spring configured to a holding tank.
Nearby Attractions
Located 2 hours from the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, 2.5 hours from Zion National Park, and 2 hours from the scenic gateway community of Kanab, Utah, the Kaibab National Forest is situated ideally for traveling throughout the grand circle. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (928) 643-7395.
What the agency tells you
Road conditions: The route to Jumpup consists of unpaved, and in some areas unimproved Forest Service roads, high clearance and 4x4 is not required but recommended. If you are using a rental car ensure that a working jack/spare tire are onboard.
Communications: There is no cell service once you leave Fredonia, AZ.
Water: Jumpup is a dry cabin; you will need to provide your own water. It can be purchased in Fredonia, AZ.
Everything else this campground posts · 6
Firewood: Cooking and heating provisions are a small wood stove; you will need to provide your own wood. Please do not bring wood onto the forest from other locations outside the local area.
Please check your confirmation letter for the cabin door lock combination code
Limited parking for just two vehicles; no RV’s please. Do not block trailhead access for other visitors.
No camping outside.
No pets permitted, except service animals.
Seasonality: Weather conditions on the Kaibab plateau can vary greatly between seasons, be prepared before heading out. Seasonal Weather Averages: May: 40 F (low); 75 F (high) July: 51 F (low); 89 F (high) Oct: 35 F (low); 69 F (high)
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1 · 1 cabin
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 20 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Composting Toilets
- “…of a historic two-room cabin, shed and composting toilet. Recreation Jumpup cabin is located at the…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…than many other areas in the forest. There is no water at the cabin site, but a short .25-mile hike down…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Creek
- Biking
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Wilderness access
- Night sky · 4th darkest of 262 in AZ
- Bortle 2
1 of 1 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:47 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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What you actually pay
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 →
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recreation.gov availability, read 16:47 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
1 sites · the site map
All 1 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 1 of the 1 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| JUMPUP CABIN | 01 | cabin nonelectric | 20 ft | 4.2 mi | $60 |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Big Springs Cabin SiteGrand Canyon Preserve National Game Refuge · 11 mi
Jacob Lake Recreation AreaGrand Canyon Preserve National Game Refuge · 20 miJacob Lake Group Campground & Picnic SiteGrand Canyon Preserve National Game Refuge · 20 mi
DemotteGrand Canyon Preserve National Game Refuge · 26 mi
Ponderosa Grove CampgroundKanab Field Office · 35 mi
North Rim Campground (AZ)Grand Canyon National Park · 38 miFrom Fredonia:
Travel on 89a towards Jacob Lake approx. 2 miles then turn right on FR22.
Continue to the intersection of Forest Road 447.
Turn right on Forest Road 447 and continue for approximately four (4) to the junction of Forest Road 234.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Kaibab, AZ
Typical weather
Typical October night 40°F, day 72°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 22°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
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Jumpup Cabin is in Arizona’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Eli Crane (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →