Valley of the Gods

Best boondocking site ever. I feel comfortable gushing about this spot since it's in the middle of nowhere and has plenty of spots available. The scenery is epic and unlike Monument Valley, you can camp here. As others have said, enter from 163 unless you're in a very small rig. We camped about 3.5 miles off of 163 in our 32 foot class A. The entrance is the worst part of the road in so if you can make it past that, you're golden...at least until your about 4 miles back where it gets hairy.

There is a bit of traffic during the day but at night all we can hear are the frogs in the wash below us. We're getting Verizon 3G with a good strong signal and spotty AT&T 4G that comes and goes, even with the booster (it's actually on the Cellular One network) and halfway through, it didn't work at all. That's the only bad part of Valley of the Gods, other than it's lack of shopping and services so come stocked up. Easy driving distance to Monument Valley, Goosenecks State Park, Natural Bridges, and more.

We stayed in valley of the Gods the last week of April 2019. We have 35 ft Class A and stayed about one mile in from the east entrance. We put the front wheels slightly into a small swale to be able to level front to back. The road was fairly quiet during the day and it was very quiet at night. I got a chance to fly my drone and got some great videos and photos. Two of the days had hot air balloons launching in the valley early I the morning.

We scouted the location earlier in our trip and were somewhat concerned with the river crossing right at the entrance because the bank was very steep. However, when we got back and drove in with our RV the bank had been cut and plowed and it had a very smooth transition. After getting across the water, the road was well maintained and there were many spots to camp. Big rigs can get about 3 miles in from the east. After that, there is an uphill and downhill that might challenge rigs with longer overhang.

Will definitely be back again.

Camped 10/19/18-10/20/18 (Fri & Sat). We entered from the east (Hwy 163), which seemed an easier way in and more scenic than the west entrance. We drove the whole loop road, and the west end part of the road was in not as good as shape, and had dips and hills. Brown "Valley of the Gods" signs on the main highways at each end of the VOTG loop road point the way to turn in.

The site we picked was about 4 miles in (from east entrance), on a cliff edge over a dry creek bed. Very scenic, but the first thing to greet us was a small rattlesnake. It moved off however, and we stayed (with no further sightings of the snake). Elevation on my phone showed 4759'.

Rain had gone through before we arrived, so there were no issues with dust thankfully. Rain clouds came in the first morning though and brought a beautiful rainbow. Such an incredible place!! There was quite a bit of daytime traffic (sightseers), and we had a couple neighbors, but all campers were pretty spread out.