Goose Island Campground

The campground is well situated in the Colorado river not too far from Moab. The sites are level. There’s 3 pit toilets. There’s a paved trail that runs by the campground. There’s no water, power or dump but m would you really expect there to be? The campground is Moab BLM which means it’s run and maintained by the city of Moab. It’s impeccable.

In terms of cell signal, I have Verizon and we eeked a signal with our booster. Don’t expect much even with 2 bars. T-Mobile didn’t work at all.

Stayed first 2 nights in site 14 on the road side. Person in site 15 let us know when they were heading out so we could move over to the river side. Quieter at night with coach bedroom on the river side. Nicer views & larger “patio” space.
Nice bike trail into town! Cost is $20, $10 with a senior or access pass. No camping discounts for annual public lands pass.

Great location, good price with senior park pass discount. Have to look closely if sites are available because many people don’t pull their tags when they leave. Spent an hour picking up trash our first day 😞 but overall clean and convenient to Arches & Canyonland. Some road noise but not bad. Not great Verizon coverage but a little!

Goose Island Campground is a great place to stay while in Moab. It is only about a 5-10 minute drive to Moab and feels as isolated as you can be without having to go too far. This campground is located right next to the Colorado River with great river views. There are two sides to this campground: the highway view and the river view side. The higher number river view sites give a nearly unobstructed view of both the cliff and river. The lower numbers river view sites have large plants that cover the river view but have amazing cliff views. The highway view sites have the best solar potential since they are in direct sunlight all day (or at least until the sun goes behind the canyon). We stayed in 4 and this site provided a very large pad that curved out of view from the road. The road can get noisy at time especially when bikers drive down the highway and rev their bikes. Cars drive in and out of the campground constantly checking for an open spot (trust me, if it’s past 12pm, there aren’t none). River bugs (gnats and mosquito-like bugs) can invade your RV at night if you leave the lights on and don’t close your doors. There is easy access to the bike trail that leads into town. It is about a 20-30 min bike ride into town. There are vault toilets and a dumpster. No water or electric. Pads are nice and even. Important note is that you need to be here early, maybe around 10am, and wait around for a spot to free up if you want any chance of staying here. They accept US currency or check and done through an envelope system at the entrance. The campsite fill up extremely fast. We have Verizon and get 1 LTE bar but with our booster, we can bring it up to 3-4 bars.