Pyramid Ridge Campground
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 14:18 UTC
- A night
- $12From, per site
- Sites
- 26All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
Pyramid Ridge Campground sits at just over 6,000 feet above sea level and looks out to a backdrop of the red rock pyramids along the Hurricane Cliffs. This campground gives visitors a remote and backcountry feel while only being a few minutes drive from I-15 and the amenities of town. The campground also serves as one of the trailheads to the Iron Hills Trail System. The site is located 3.4 miles outside of the south end of town. Temperatures typically remain cool in the spring and late fall with low's during these times approaching or below freezing. Keep reading
Summer temperatures can often bring the high's into the range of 90-95 degrees Fahrnheit. The Iron Hills Trail System began as just a 5 mile loop and has since emerged into almost 30 miles of high quality mountain bike trails. While riders from all over the country have begun to travel to Cedar City to ride these trails, hikers, dog walkers, and nature lovers of all sorts will enjoy them as well. No matter which one of the 14 sites you chose from, you can access the Turnpike Trail from your campsite.
Recreation
The Turnpike trail leads straight out of the campground and provides bikers, hikers, trail runners, and more with access to almost 30 miles of singletrack. Almost all of the trails in this Iron Hills Trail System have been professionally constructed, and they have played a big role in Cedar City emerging as a premier mountain biking destination.
Facilities
Each campsite at Pyramid Ridge Campground has in-site parking, a large picnic table, fire ring with optional grate for grilling, and at least one tent pad. Select sites contain parking spots to hold a large RV/camper or multiple vehicles and have multiple tent pads. While there is no water available at the campground, visitors can access water and other amenities in town just a few minutes away. The campground also serves as a trailhead which gives campers the opportunity to access almost 30 miles of trail from their campsite. The trailhead contains a bicycle repair station as well as the campground's restroom.
Natural Features
Nestled into the base of the mountain, the Pyramid Ridge Campground gets its name from the geologic features that tower above it. Campers will get to experience sunrise and sunset in one of the most beautiful locations that Cedar City, UT has to offer. Large sandstone monoliths emerge out of the mountain in multiple locations, adding beautiful red, orange and yellow contrast to the green pinyon-juniper forest that blankets the mountain side.
Nearby Attractions
Well known as "Festival Town USA," Cedar City, UT almost always has something going on. Visitors that are looking to stay close to camp can check out attractions like the Southern Utah Museum of Art, Frontier Homestead State Park, or certain times of year even enjoy a day at the world famous Shakespeare Festival. Pyramid Ridge Campground is only one hour from Zion National Park and just over a 1.5 hour drive to Bryce Canyon National Park.
What the agency tells you
- Drinking water is not available at the campground - Gathering firewood is prohibited. Please purchase local firewood and do not transport it to another location -The campground is bounded on the south and west sides by private land. Please do not trespass onto private land
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 26 · 2 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 59 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 20 of 26 sites
Facilities
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…and have multiple tent pads. While there is no water available at the campground, visitors can access…”
- Stay limit
- 13 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- Night sky · 407th darkest of 458 in UT
- Bortle 4
- Fall color · reported 13 days ago, 25 km away
- Peak color
7 of 26 sites open on Sat, Oct 17read 14:18 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
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $12 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.
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 · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 14:18 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
26 sites
All 26 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. 26 of the 26 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Main Loop | 1 | standard nonelectric | $12 | |
| Main Loop | 10 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 11 | standard nonelectric | $12 | |
| Main Loop | 12 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 13 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 14 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 15 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 16 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 17 | standard nonelectric | 23 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 18 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 19 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 2 | standard nonelectric | $12 | |
| Main Loop | 20 | standard nonelectric | 23 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 21 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 22 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 23 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 24 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 25 | group standard nonelectric | 59 ft | $30 |
| Main Loop | 3 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 4 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 5 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 6 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 7 | standard nonelectric | $12 | |
| Main Loop | 8 | standard nonelectric | 34 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | 9 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | $12 |
| Main Loop | Group Site 1 | group standard nonelectric | 15 ft | $30 |
25 of 26 listed
Getting there
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Where it is
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Cedar City, UT
Typical weather
Typical October night 39°F, day 65°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 21°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
Pyramid Ridge Campground is in Utah’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Celeste Maloy (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →