Lockhart Road

The road is well marked for Lockhart Rd. There are a number of places to stay, you have to kind of look around pull offs to see if you fit. We were here in a 40' fifth wheel. The views were incredible. The road in is gravel and in very good condition. There is a campground about a mile down called Hamburger Rock but it is only for tents and small trailers. It's a cool little place, but why pay when you have just as good for free. There is a pit toilet there though. It was quiet with very little road traffic. No Verizon service.

We wanted to spend some time in the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park. The national park campground is very small and was very full when we arrived. Ok, Plan B. We checked out the BLM campground at Hamburger Rock and it was also full. Ok, Plan C. Dispersed camping along Lockhart Basin Road. Score! We found a lovely level site with fantastic views only 5 miles from the national park entrance. There are many boondocking sites along Lockhart Basin Road – you just have to find one that works for your rig size and personal preferences.

We stayed in a fairly large area just south of Hamburger Rock campground. My only knock on this particular area is that because it is large and you can park almost anywhere on the rock, we went from a comfortable three vehicles on Tuesday to a crowded 10 vehicles on Saturday. That lovely view, now it’s the butt end of a CruiseAmerica parked 15 feet in front of me. Sigh. Oh well, next time we’ll look for a smaller site without the potential for so many neighbors. 😊

Lockhart Basin Road is dirt and gets a good deal of traffic (read that dusty) so I’d look for a site that isn’t right off the road. The dispersed area we were in was mostly slickrock, so no worries about getting mired if it rained. Can’t speak for other areas.

We had no Verizon service. The national park visitor’s center has wifi, but it wasn’t reliable during the day – try stopping by after hours, the wifi is still available and there are far fewer people trying to use it.