White House Campground
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $12From, per site
- Sites
- 12All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
White House campground is located approximately 43 miles east of Kanab, Utah, two miles to the south of Highway 89 and the Paria Contact Station, at the end of Monument Road 751 . The campground sits in a broad valley between the Paria River and scenic white-grey sandstone buttes. Individual campsites are available on a first-come, first-served basis; they cannot be reserved ahead of time. The campground was constructed in the 1970s, and, until it was reconstructed (2017- 2019), was combined with a trailhead accessing the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. Keep reading
The campground has been primarily used by hikers and backpackers as a staging area for trips into the Paria Canyon Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, which is jointly managed by the KFO, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), and Vermilion Cliffs National Monument (VCNM) campers will claim and pay for their spots upon arrivel, using Scan & PayEasy Mobile Payment using Recreation.gov Mobile App -Claim your spot by placing your equipment down and use the camera on your phone to scan the unique campground QR code to pay for the campsite. -No Need to Wait or Carry Cash Payment is conveniently made right on your phone, without the hassle of waiting in line, carrying cash, or writing a check and dropping it in a fee tube. -No Signal, No Problem Even in remote areas with no cell service, Scan & Pay allows you to pay when you’re offline and then processes your transaction once you’re back online.
Recreation
White House campground serves visitors to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National monument and the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. Recreation activities in this area primarily include sightseeing, photography, hiking, and backpacking, bordering the The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. Day use permits for the The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness can be found at Recreation.gov , Overnight permits into The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness must be obtained in advance more informaition can be found on blm.gov Facilities White House Campground is open year-round. it has Seven carcamping sites (including parking), and 5 walk-in, tent-camping sites areas and tent pads All campsites are for individual groups; the campground does not offer group sites. Amenities include vault toilets, fire rings picnic tables, tent pads and a sand/gravel access road. Drinking water and trash disposal are available at the Paria Contact Station at the northern end of the campground access road.
Natural Features
Enjoy te remote capground, located on the border of The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Day Use provides access to outstanding scenery, desert wildlife, colorful history, and opportunities for primitive Day hikes within the Kanab Field office and Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.
Nearby Attractions
White House Campground is a highly sought after by local, national, and international visitors. it is close to Zion, Brice Glen canyon, other National Parks, Vermillion and Grand staircase National Monuments, Kaibab and Dixie National Forests, Paria Canyon Wilderness, and other recreational opportunities surrounding attract visitors from all over the world.
What the agency tells you
Individual campsites are available on a first-come, first-served basis; they cannot be reserved. pick an open site and reserve campsite here and fill out camping slip at the information board and clip to your campsite post Pets are allowed, but they must be leashed, and waste must be disposed of properly. Please practice responsible outdoor ethics, more commonly referred to as 'Leave No Trace Principles', for more information on outdoor ethics, visit BLM.gov/outdoor ethics. A trash dumpster is provided for campground visitors, at the beginning of Road 751 No dumping of grey water or black water from RV units. No fires outside of designated campsite fire grates. No digging of holes or pits. No gathering firewood or damaging vegetation. Limit 10 people per site one vehicle per campsite, additional parking is available in trailhead parking lot. Quiet hours are from 10 pm to 7:30 Am checkout is by 2 PM. Stay limit 14 days
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 12 · 5 walk-in
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Shade
- Little
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…not offer group sites. Amenities include vault toilets, fire rings picnic tables, tent pads and a…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…tent pads and a sand/gravel access road. Drinking water and trash disposal are available at the Paria…”
- Cell signal
- Little or none
- Stay limit
- 1 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- River
- Cell signal · Cell signal · BLM says
- None
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 16:58 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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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 →
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recreation.gov availability, read 16:58 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
12 sites
All 12 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. 12 of the 12 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| White House | Campsite 1 | standard nonelectric | $12 |
| White House | Campsite 2 | standard nonelectric | $12 |
| White House | Campsite 3 | standard nonelectric | $12 |
| White House | Campsite 4 | standard nonelectric | $12 |
| White House | Campsite 5 | standard nonelectric | $12 |
| White House | Campsite 6 | standard nonelectric | $12 |
| White House | Campsite 7 | standard nonelectric | $12 |
| White House | Campsite A | hike to | $12 |
| White House | Campsite B | hike to | $12 |
| White House | Campsite C | hike to | $12 |
| White House | Campsite D | hike to | $12 |
| White House | Campsite E | hike to | $12 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Stateline CampgroundKanab Field Office · 9.7 mi
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Lees Ferry CampgroundGlen Canyon National Recreation Area · 22 mi
Colorado River Primitive Camping Between Glen Canyon Dam and Lees FerryGlen Canyon National Recreation Area · 22 mi
Wahweap Campground & RV ParkGlen Canyon National Recreation Area · 22 mi
Beehives Primitive CampgroundGlen Canyon National Recreation Area · 24 miWhite House campground is located approximately 43 miles east of Kanab, Utah, two miles to the south of Highway 89 and the Paria Contact Station, at the end of Monument Road 751 (map 2). The campground sits in a broad valley between the Paria River and scenic white-grey sandstone buttes.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Big Water, UT
Typical weather
Typical October night 44°F, day 72°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 23°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
White House 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 →
How we know
every fact on this page, and where it came from
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