Motorhome Parks In Blanding, UT

Blanding is a small town of about 3,500 people in San Juan County in southeastern Utah, sitting on a high mesa at about 6,100 feet elevation along US-191 between Moab and the Four Corners region. The area has several motorhome campgrounds and parks, with some free camping options on surrounding BLM desert land and in the Manti-La Sal National Forest. Blanding serves as a gateway to some of the most spectacular and least-visited archaeological and geological sites in the American Southwest, including Natural Bridges National Monument about 40 miles west and the Bears Ears National Monument landscape stretching south and west across thousands of acres of mesa and canyon country. The Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum in town has an outstanding collection of Ancestral Puebloan pottery and artifacts, including an actual pueblo ruin you can explore on site. The Abajo Mountains rise west of town to over 11,000 feet, providing forest hiking, mountain biking, and cool escape from the desert heat below. For RVers, Blanding offers affordable small-town camping with full services in a location that puts you within day-trip distance of some of the most remarkable desert scenery and ancient cultural sites in all of Utah, without the crowds and high prices of Moab about 75 miles north.

Of the campgrounds near Blanding, a portion% are free while a portion% charge a fee. Motorhome parks in Blanding charge about $25 to $40 per night for full service, which is significantly less than the Moab area to the north. Free dispersed camping on BLM desert land surrounding the town and in the Manti-La Sal National Forest in the Abajo Mountains provides abundant budget options for self-contained rigs with a 14-day stay limit. The affordable camping rates and plentiful free options make Blanding one of the best-value base camps for exploring southeastern Utah's remarkable canyon country.