Overview
This is the only campground inside Arches National Park, it’s super busy at times. The campground is reservation only from March through October, inclusive. From November to February it goes all “first come, first served,” also known as “walk-ups.”
You can set an alert on the Devils Playground campground page on recreation.gov to be notified by email when there’s an open site for a given date. The problem is, when I did this, I got a message saying 137 other people had a notification set too! For me, I found that by obsessively watching the campground reservation page I was able to chain together four nights there in three reservations in a really nice site. Unless you book a site when they are released six months out, you are likely going to be looking at a completely booked campground and will have to recheck for openings.
TODO: — Who this campground suits (tent campers, small RVs, groups) and who should look elsewhere.
Reservations
TODO — Reservation window, how fast sites book, and where to reserve. Link to Recreation.gov and the NPS camping page.
TODO — Any first-come, first-served periods and timed-entry reservation interaction for campers.
Getting there
Getting to Arches in the first place.
The entrance road for Arches is 4.6 miles north of Moab, measured from Center Street and Hwy 191 in Moab. Once you turn right you drive another half mile or so, hopefully quickly. Be aware that, as of writing this in November, 2026, there’s no timed reservation system in place, Arches is first-come first-served. If you arrive at a busy time it can take up to an hour waiting in line to get in, plan for that possibility in the early to mid-day.
Getting to the Campground Once You Are in Arches NP
If you are planning to do things outside of Arches National Park many days of your trip there, remember that the Devil’s Garden Campground is eighteen miles into the park, up in the north end of Arches. It takes about thirty minutes on a good day to drive those eighteen miles, and more depending on traffic density.
If at all possible arrive to the campground during the day. This makes it easier to setup, but more importantly, you’ll see the park on the way in. I arrived on my most recent trip at night, and left the park at night, so I missed out on a couple of beautiful drives.
Don’t be in a big hurry on this road. Remember at anytime there’s deer and other critters who can jump out into the road. Also, if you get a speeding ticket it’s really hard to fight once your back home, so just don’t speed.
Drive all the way up the main road in the park, passing the main turnoffs for the Windows and Delicate arches (unless you have time and plan to stop there on the way!). To get to the campground, once you get to the Devil’s Garden loop area, the campground entrance is past the picnic area, on the right.
Amenities and services
Water — When I was there in late October it wasn’t freezing and the water was flowing. I would note, unlike other national parks and campgrounds, they don’t have a proper water spigot, good for filling five gallon bottles. I used the dishwashing station to refill a one gallon bottle and filled my five gallon jug from there.
Restrooms — The restrooms mostly have flush toilets and by campground standard are like a luxury hotel bathroom. The federal campgrounds seem to do the best job keeping their campgrounds clean, I must say. Because they have flush toilets, I presume the operate through the winter — I think the bathrooms are heated at some point to avoid freezing, but I would need someone to verify that who visits in winter.
RV Dump / Water Fill: — There is no dump station in the park, nor is there a place to connect to water to fill your RV tanks. Be sure to dump your tanks and fill your water before you arrive at the campground, for those so equipped, there’s plenty of places in town for this.
Cell Phone Service — I will update this as I get more information, for me, using Tracfone on the Verizon network, I found I could get a cell phone signal and make calls up in the Ampitheater parking area (this is the high point of the campground).
Choosing a site
Coming soon.
Nearby hikes
To do: Devils Garden trail, Landscape Arch trail, Broken Arch loop, and other hikes reachable from camp.