About Gold Bar Recreation Site
Gold Bar Recreation Site is located along the Colorado River, west of Moab, Utah. The site includes a boat ramp, beach, individual campsites, group campsites, and facilities. The Corona Arch Hiking Trail is located across the road from the campground and offers a 1.5 mile hike to two spectacular arches. Rock petroglyphs can be viewed along the drive to the recreation site and the nearby Poison Spider Mesa offers an interpretive dinosaur track trail. Visitors enjoy the nearby mountain biking and OHV trails. **Camping:** There are 9 individual campsites available on a first come-first serve basis. The sites are limited to 10 persons and 2 vehicles per site. The campsites include fire grate, picnic table, and vault toilets. The recreation site also includes 4 group campsites that must be reserved on recreation.gov. Group areas have fire grates, picnic tables, vault toilets and sites A, B…
- Fees: $20.00 per site per night camping fee payable at self service fee station at campground. Group campsite reserved on Recreation.gov
- Managed by: Bureau of Land Management, BLM
- Where: 5 mi west of Moab, UT · 38.57568, -109.63342
Things to do:
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Apr–May & Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Nov–Feb.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moab Canyon Bike Path | Hiking | 2.7 mi | 5.5 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
AT&T 4G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way shows rich detail, horizon to horizon.
Class 2 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Stargazing nearby: Moab (Dark Sky Community), 5 mi.
Dump station: 3.7 mi
Water fill-up: 4.8 mi
Camps nearby
- Gold Bar Group Sites 0 mi
- Group Site A 0.1 mi
- Dispersed spot · 6 mi W of Moab 1.6 mi
- Dispersed spot · 2 mi W of Moab 2.6 mi
- Jaycee Park Campground 2.7 mi
- Jaycee Park Campground 2.9 mi