Rocky Peak Campground

$12.00–$40.00/night

Overview

The Rocky Peak Campground is located within Three Peaks Recreation Area, which is one of the largest designated recreation areas in Cedar City, UT. In 2006, Three Peaks was designated as a Special Recreation Management Area. What previously existed as a local open space playground has since been developed into a recreation area to meet the needs of almost any outdoor enthusiast.

The site is located 10 miles outside of town at 5,938 feet elevation and sees weather similar to that in Cedar City. Visitors can expect cool temperatures in Spring and Fall with low's during these times approaching or below freezing. Summer temperatures can often bring the high's into the range of 90-95 degrees Fahrenheit.

Rocky Peak Campground and Three Peaks Recreation Area provides opportunities for hikers, bikers, equestrian, Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) users, Remote Control (RC) car drivers, and many more. The campground is located within a small Pinyon -Juniper forest, and many of the campsites will provide shade.

Recreation

Mountain bike and hiking trails can be accessed from the campground. Three Peaks Recreation Area contains a hiking and mountain biking trailhead, an equestrian trailhead, Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) trailhead, a paintball complex, shooting range, a remote controlled (RC) car track, two disc golf courses, and a model airplane runway.

Facilities

Each campsite has a picnic table, fire ring with grill grate, and is in close proximity to a vault toilet. There is no drinking water or electricity hookups in the campground, but drinking water can be found at the nearby trailheads.

Group campsites have three picnic tables, an oversized fire ring, charcoal grills, and a pavilion.

Natural Features

Ancient volcanic activity has shaped the surrounding area's rocky terrain into what it is today. Granite boulders are mixed into the patches of Pinyon and Juniper all throughout the campground. Many sites throughout the campground offer views of the Hurricane Cliffs range that rise above Cedar City.

Nearby Attractions

Well known as "Festival Town USA," Cedar City, UT almost always has something happening. 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. Rocky Peak Campground is just over one hour from Zion National Park and just over a 1.5 hour drive to Bryce Canyon National Park.

Camp site features

Across 12 camp sites:

Fire pit: all 12 sites
Pets allowed: all 12 sites
Group sites: 2 of 12 sites
Longest RV: 99 ft
Largest party: 50 people

Directions

From Cedar City, take Main Street (UT-130) north and take the third exit in the roundabout onto Midvalley Road. After 6 miles on Midvalley Road, continue straight and follow the road through Three Peaks Recreation Area. The campground is on the left shortly after the road transitions from pavement to dirt.

Stay Limit

Check in from 3 PM, check out by 2 PM.

Reviews

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Austin B

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Reviewed 12 days ago

Campground has great features with each site. Excellent access to bike trails.

Shirley K

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Reviewed 13 days ago

I thought the pictures on website did not truly reflect the size of the sites. The site I had reserved seemed a little tight for our trailer. The roads around the campground had gullies along the sides making it somewhat difficult to back in to some sites. Having said all that, we were able to switch to a larger campsite with the help of someone on the phone at Recreation.gov. It is a beautiful campground with The sites nicely spaced out. It was October. So the campground was not at all crowded. Now being familiar with the campground, I would definitely go back.

James R

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Reviewed 14 days ago

Really nice campground with nice views. Dirt road entrance but still close enough to many places for day trips.

James M

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Reviewed 23 days ago

The $8 fee to book the reservation on my $6 campsite with the America the Beautiful pass is ridiculous. The campground was beautiful though- mtb trails all around and very few campers- perfect! Woke up to 1/2” of snow in the morning and the road getting out was in fine condition

Daniel P

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Reviewed 23 days ago

I was unfortunately not able to get to the campground due to a high school mountain biking race that blocked the road in and out of the campground.

Lisa P

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Reviewed 2 months ago

This campground is in a convenient and beautiful location just outside of Cedar City. The campsites are also spacious and good vault toilets. However, apparently no one is monitoring the recreation.gov reservations and someone was camped (without paying) in the campsite I had reserved. I only recommend if you do not reserve ahead of time.

Availability

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