My visit got off to a rocky start after the park staff of 20-somethings who had no interest in helping the visitors informed me that they had neither ice nor firewood available at the visitor center even after I had called from Highway 24 to ask if such items were available on site. I was told that they were so I skipped driving to Ha... more

We were considering boondocking in nearby Temple Mt. Wash area, but decided a shower might be nice, so we grabbed one of two sites remaining at Goblin Valley when we arrived at 1:00 in late March. The site we had was really a parking spot (two parking spaces) and we could walk about 50-75 feet to our picnic shelter and fire ring. It ... more

Goblin Valley State Park offers a small, very popular campground. If you want to stay here you will want to book early. There is extremely limited cell service in this entire area. We did find Verizon cell service while mountain biking in the park when we were on the highest points. But, that was even spotty and I only knew we had... more

I am a full-time traveling solo rv-er. I was desperate for a place to stay at this point, and I couldn't find any good boondocking locations nearby. This is a place to come if you want to get away from it all, a vacation. This is way out in the middle of nowhere, not so good for an overnight LOL. Stunningly beautiful, quiet, lovely cam... more

Upon driving into the park, it doesn’t look super exciting. Pretty views, and a few “goblins,” and a lot of desert area. There real fun lies at the “Valley of the Goblins,” which is a short drive up the road from the campground! Some facts about the campground: --It is a dry campground, meaning there is no electricity or water at ... more

There's no cell service here, but it's a must visit location. Occasionally a text would get through on the Verizon phone when boosted. We stayed in the middle of November 2016. Set aside time to visit this amazing location. The rock formations are amazing and a photographers dream. There is geocaching and disc golf. We eve... more

We reserved two nights here, about a month ahead of time. We'd driven by a year ago, through pure coincidence on Halloween, to find the park completely out of control and overrun with families. We turned around and got our $13 refunded because there was no place to park. At all. However, we were intrigued by the setting and thought... more

Goblin Valley is a hard campground to reserve despite it's remote location and high price. If you forget to make reservations 4 months in advance you will find all your dates fully booked. We got a lucky break when another camper canceled. The Reserve America website has a cancelation notification function as long as you pick specifi... more

I'm a huge fan of Utah State Parks. And a tent camper. This is my favorite because you can walk around the goblin formations and since it's down in a fenced valley from the viewing area it looks like something you shouldn't be able to do. 2 summers ago a Boy's Scout Troop Leader got in a ton of trouble for pushing one of the format... more

My wife and I stopped here on our way to Moab from some of the National Parks. We came across it on the map by shear chance when we needed a place to stay for the night. My co-pilot/wife looked around on the map and saw this tiny green area, googled it and there we went. Lucky for us and not so lucky for the tent-campers around, we d... more