Ken's Lake Campground

Rig: 2019 Keystone Fuzion 424 (44 foot 5th wheel toy hauler)
Truck: 2016 Ford 350 Dually

We lucked out and got a pull-through spot here (and there are only a few of them) and it easily fit our 62 total feet we have of truck and 5th wheel.

Nicely laid out and simple campground with 2 main RV sections, and the “lake” (reservoir) is cool, and there’s a road going right up into the mountains for further explorations and things to do (recommend a 4 wheel drive to go up the 9% grade with no railings).

The view is incredible here. The campground was full or nearly full during our early October stay.

In October, the highs can be in the 80’s but it’s very tolerable because of the low humidity, and the nights can be cold getting down to 30’s and 40’s. The wind can also pick up at any time. Also, loads of people bring large ATV’s and motorcycles out here to ride, so they can be a little noisy and dusty.

Stay on the paths and you likely won’t walk up on a rattle snake.

We had a huge space, lots of room (like 100 feet) between us and the next campers on our side of the road, a picnic table and a fire pit. It’s also only 15 or so minutes to downtown Moab for eating, excursions and more. We went rock climbing with Moab Desert Adventure and they were excellent to work with!

We loved our stay at Ken’s Lake campground. We we stayed 2 nights in site 36 in the lower campground. The vault toilets were very clean and well stocked with toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Ken’s lake day use area is a short walk down a path and we spent a large part of the afternoon there cooling off in the lake. The sites are far apart with lots of privacy, each with a picnic table and a fire pit. Only complaints are the smell of the vault toilets carries in the wind and there is not much shade. Be warned, there are rattlesnakes that live under the small trees in the area and come out at night (not the campsites fault of course) but we had one peek in our tent.

Big sites, a few pull throughs, #12,13,14,15. Peaceful and quiet until people start coming to swim in the “lake,” which is actually a reservoir. The water is cool, clean, swimmable and fishable. The locals come here and use the rope swing, so much fun! We’re in #13, highly recommend for beautiful sunset views, and a short walk to the lake. The fee box is self pay, and the $20. gets you a nice big fire pit with adjustable grate, a large picnic table and a packed gravel surface. There’s toilets, but I never went in. No hook ups, but Mavericks is only 10 minutes away for water and dump. Town is a 10 minute drive, Arches was less than half hour away.
Lots of tent campers in the upper loop as well. If we come back to Moab, this is our spot!! Oh, and great cell service, TMobile and Verizon!

Camped 10/17/18 & 10/18/18 (Wed & Thur). We planned a mid-week arrival to Moab to avoid higher weekend crowds. Didn't matter - the town was really busy anyway. There were many sites open at Ken's Lake though, and since it was rainy and BLM roads were muddy, we opted to not go off-road to boondock. $20 seemed high for VTs only (we got water at the south-side Maverick), but the campground was off the highway and not far from town.

Looking at the Campendium photos and info, the campground size increased and price was raised (not $15, but $20/nt). There are 48 sites now and 2 group sites. The campground has two areas - the first having sites 1-38; the second one down the road has sites 39-48. There is a camp host, and she was really friendly & helpful, even letting a family stay at her site due to a tag mix-up.

Sites are large and have gravel. Ours had some brush for privacy, but the picnic table & fire ring were away from where you parked, and you couldn't move the table as it was chained down. Most sites seemed pretty level and clean; a lot of sites in the first campground area are out in the open, but the views are fantastic. The lake hardly had any water in it when we were there.

VTs have TP and hand sanitizer. The one by us was fairly clean and not smelly. It was quiet, but generators started as soon as 8 am hit.

We got wifi at the McDonalds and at the visitor's center on Center & N. Main Streets. The south-side Maverick has potable water and at the time we were there, a long hose was connected.

Ken’s lake is a pretty nice campground if you are in need of a place to camp near Moab but don’t want to hit the back country or get off of a semi-prepared road surface. It’s about 1.5 miles back from the highway and the gravel road is in really nice conditon. The sites were very roomy and you weren’t right on top of other campers. There were no amenities except for a vault toilet which was very clean. 2 groups sites exist, but I’m not sure on the reservation process for them, if any. There is a ~1 mile hike to Faux Falls which was fun for the kids. There is a camp host and they were very serious about enforcing and checking you made payment. We don’t skip paying, but we forgot to leave our ticket out and we were quickly called out on it. I prefer a less “hands on” approach, but the rules were enforced. No noisy neighbors and easy to back-in sights.

That seems to be the rule for all campgrounds in the area. This was our first trip to Moab and we spent our first night at the rest area by Hole in the Rock (probably not bad if a refrigeration semi doesn't park next to you). Many of these sites are large enough for big rigs. No water, no dump station and pit toilets so kinda the basic BLM campground. Beautiful setting though and another great base camp for exploring the area.

We stayed here in March/18 so expect pretty cold temperatures/snow during that time. We picked one of the 3-4 semi-circle drive through sites, they were well spaced apart, but our rig was about as big as I think you could fit, possibly a 38 Class A, but with our dually it was a tight squeeze as they place huge boulders that restrict turning. The view of the La Sal mounts was great as there was plenty of snow on the peaks. There is one camp host who we did not encounter, but a park ranger drove through a few times. there is a pay station at the entrance, a few pit toilets, no dump, no water that I saw. I think you can stay 14 days total. Easy access to town if you want to shop etc, then retreat to your quiet camp.