Goodenough Creek Campground

This spot is great overall, I just wish we had understood the spots a little more before coming. Before I get to the campsite though, let’s talk that drive in! It was a wild ride shortly after leaving the Interstate. The mention on this hill is not to be underestimated. As long as you are towing within your means, you should have no problem getting to the camp site, but it is steep and tight. The dirt road has some deep eroding on the passenger side as you head in. Be careful! Then you get to the castle guard, and we thought the first gate on your right was a tight corner. I get out and check it out, then look up and see campers further down the hill so I thought those must be tent only sites. Not the case, but I had already ruled them out (drove from Mesquite this morning and ready to stop and rest!) and went in searching for an opening down the road before he drives the truck and trailer down. Getting into the site was tricky, but not impossible. Again, if you are towing with your means. We have an F350 with a long bed and a 33’ trailer, wiggling about 55’ into a passenger side back in on quite the incline. Were we a bit too big? Most likely, but it worked. There is a turn around, so you can get back out. Finally, I’m walking the dog after relaxing for a bit and remember reading reviews of people in those upper spots in trailers/RVs and feel quite dumb for what could have been a much more level and quiet spot.

My friends and I camped here for part of our college-graduation celebration trip, and it was wonderful. We stayed at a site deep in the campground and crossed Goodenough Creek over a little bridge to get from the car to our site, which was level, spacious, and included a picnic table. There were dozens of butterflies stretching their wings on rocks along the creek, which was incredible! The vault toilet was a short walk away and reasonably clean, and the site was very close to a few trails. *There were leeches in the creek so be wary, but it was fine to carefully walk through and very nice to sit by. The roads up to the campground and our site weren't exactly paved, but were easy enough to traverse even in our little car with pretty low clearance. Overall great experience and definitely worth the zero dollars that we paid to stay here!

WARNING - steep climb up a hill to get to campground. We pull a super light 28 footer with a half ton GMC and it was ROUGH on the truck. We weren’t sure if we would make it but we did. Road has a couple potholes; watch out. We arrived on a Monday afternoon and out of about 10 spots, 4 were available. Seems like a popular free “full timer” spot. Far off from the main highway so all noise is natural - river crashing, birds, crickets. Creeks run through the whole grounds. Several hiking/biking trails at the back of the camp which were BEAUTIFUL. We spent about 4 hours hiking into the mountains with our young children (6 & 2). Fire rings, picnic tables and fairly level spots! We would have stayed longer but we had to pull out to dump & fill. We’d recommend to anybody!!

P.S. - if you are tent camping, go past the loop with 8 rv sites. Head down that little hill and keep going down the one-way road until you can’t anymore. You’ll run into a dirt parking lot with a bathroom. To the left are the BEST tent camping spots right above the river. We WISH we could have camped down there! Cell service is SPOTTY though so forget any uploading or streaming unless you have your own WiFi boosting setup.

We stayed here for 12 days, and the place was awesome. The only reason we left was because it was mid October and getting cold and windy so we went to Utah.

AT&T was great we had anywhere for 40-70mb download and 20 upload. We stayed at the very 1st site on the right (the new site).

One of the best boondocking sites yet, and pretty quiet. I saw previous reviews about the steep hill, but its really not bad at all.

Just a great spot, once you climb the initial steep hill of about a mile.

Three camping areas: first on right just before you come to the signage will take tents, car campers or rigs.

Just inside the signage area and by the pit toilet are four gravel pad RV spaces and one concrete pad with ADA access to the pit toilet. Each site had a new picnic table and existing fire pit. There is a turn around at the bottom should all spaces be full.

Third camping area for tents or cars is past the turn around and down the road that passes another pit toilet, which leads to a large parking area that also has a pit toilet. All camping sites are on the left hand side for this area, some with creek access.

Some smaller rig/truck-car folks spent a single night in just the parking areas both times I was there.

At least three hiking trails, including one to a summit.

The location is beautiful, water access for cooling your heels on a hot summer day, and the staff keep the bathrooms pristine.

Enough Verizon signal in spot 1 for me to work via VPN; better with a booster. Friends in spot 2 had more spotty service with Verizon.

There is a winding, mostly gravel road to get to the campground, and one relatively steep hill, but unless you are towing more than you should, you should not have a problem with it. Super easy to find with Google maps. We are a Ram 2500 towing a 24' trailer and no problems. This would not work for winter camping though, as they don't plow the road after a certain point.

Once you drive into the campground area, there are three main sections. The first area on the right has spaces for several RVs/trailers. Keep going a few hundred feet and there is a really nice area with 5 RV sites. No one was here when our party arrived and a few others arrived later but it never filled up. The spaces are far enough to have privacy and the views are stunning. For those with tiny set-ups or car camping, keep going past the RV area (RVs not allowed there) and there are more spots right along the creek that looked great. If for any reason you can't find a spot at any of these three areas, there is room to turn around for even a big rig.

There are several pit toilets throughout the campground. No water at all (except in the creek), so load up before heading up the hill to the campground.

We loved the Goodenough Creek trail at the end of the road (the trail on the left across the footbridge). Super steep climb but well-maintained.