![]() ![]() You may find it less miles to go direct to Zion and then Bryce, Arches, Texas Yosemite and Crater lake, depending on which rim you plan to visit. I wouldn't recommend trying to cover much more than 400-450 miles in any single day with 3 young Kids and a travel trailer in tow. Sure, you could cut a night short at Arches and spend just 2 nights in each of Grand canyon and Yosemite and just try to fit in Crater Lake as an overnight stop on the way back, but to book your nights you will have to first plan out your trip to suit you and map out the mileage. Even if they are 'only' in Amarillo that's going to add another 1000 miles and a minimum of 2 days driving between Moab and the Grand canyon. Thats already 21 to 22 days and hasn't included a trip south to Texas and back to the Grand canyon area or time to spend with your family in Texas. I think you will first need to re-think your plans, you have 13 over night stops accounted for in your post and like I said previously, you will need 8 to 9 days to travel the distance. Once you are happy with your trip plan I would book asap after the window opens. I believe Grand canyon's Mather and Zion's Watchman campground can be booked up to 6 months in advance, but in Yosemite Feb 15th would be the earlist booking date if you are staying between June 15 and July 14. The NPS site is the one to be guided by regarding bookings but you should check each park webpage individually to see how your actual arrival date affects things. Let me know if you have any other questions. With all the parks you are visiting, it will save you money. What is nice about camping at the South Rim, is you can pick up the shuttle buses from the campground and you don't have to worry about finding a parking place.ĭon't forget to purchase a National Park Pass for $80 at your first National Park. Campsites are very close but they do have hook ups. If you want full hook ups at the Grand Canyon there is the Grand Canyon Trailer Village. It will be best to make reservations in the summer. The KOA has a pool too but we haven't stayed there in years.įor the Grand Canyon we like Mather Campground at the South Rim. It backs up to the Moab High School, but that shouldn't be an issue in the summer. This year we tried the private campground in Moab called Canyonlands Campground. ![]() We use to stay at Slickrock Campground because it had a pool, but it has gone DOWN hill since the new owners took over. We've found we liked staying in the town of Moab so our boys could have the pool to cool off in. If you can't get into the Arches campground, there are plenty of BLM campgrounds on Hwy 128 and a few on Hwy 279. It get's very HOT in Arches in the summer. The campground is in a very scenic setting among the red rocks but it's all the way at the end of the 18 mile scenic drive, so if you plan to do anything else in the Moab area like Canyonlands, it will mean driving back and forth. In Arches the Devil's Garden campground only has 50 sites and you will need to make reservations. We use to camp there all the time but as we've gotten older we've found we like the full hook ups once in a while so we've been staying at Ruby's Inn Campground. North Campground takes reservations and Sunset is first, come, first serve. It's been a while since we camped in Bryce Canyon. We stayed there last month during the National Park shutdown. Zion Canyon campground is just outside the park in Springdale and they have full hook ups. It's a first come, first serve campground but you need to be there before Noon to get a campsite on most days. South campground has just as nice views but no electrical so you will have motor-homes running generators. You will need to make reservations well in advance. In Zion we prefer Watchman campground because it does have electrical sites. I have no experience with private campgrounds outside the park. There are no hook-ups in the valley but there is a water and dump station. You will need to make reservations well in advance for Yosemite Valley. Upper, Lower and North Pines campgrounds. In Yosemite I prefer Yosemite Valley campgrounds. It's been a LONG time since I camped at Crater Lake so I won't advise on that one. My favorite campgrounds are the ones in the National Parks.
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