U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Colorado and Utah

Manti-La Sal National Forest

36 federal campgrounds, 2 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

36Campgrounds
2With first-come sites
$10–$20A night, across 2
402Sites, from 30
7,010–10,120 ftElevation
2States

Where they are

36 of 36 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 36

36 campgrounds
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
critical
Bears Ears National Monumentboundary, mining · 21 mi
Roadless
Heliotrope4,526 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Black Mountain6,390 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Gentry Mountain6,441 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Rolfson - Staker7,018 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
East Mountain30,705 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Straight Canyon6,017 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Aug 12, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Black Canyon fire · 5.4 mi from the nearest campground here · 3,264 acres · 95% contained
Wildfire
Chester Landfill fire · 11 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Wildfire
Peteetneet fire · 30 mi from the nearest campground here · 45 acres
Wildfire
Range Valley fire · 46 mi from the nearest campground here · 5 acres

Who answers for this land

Manti-La Sal National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 3 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Mike Kennedy (R)UT 3rd · 20 campgrounds · grade F
Burgess Owens (R)UT 4th · 15 campgrounds · grade F
Jeff Hurd (R)CO 3rd · 1 campground · grade F
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly