Watchman Campground

We stayed here during Thanksgiving week. The campground was full, but there were COVID restrictions in place. We stayed in the B-loop. I would recommend picking a campsite in the outer ring; the ones in the middle like ours had neighbors right in the back of the campsite. For us, that takes away the attraction of staying inside the National Park; we like the natural setting, at least in the back of our campsite. There was wildlife everywhere, lots of deer walking through the campground. The restrooms are nice and clean. All campsites have electricity, but no water. There is a spigot outside of the restroom area for filling water. Many people had water jerrycans that they were filling and carrying back to their RVs.
For activities, two hiking trails start near this campground, which is very convenient. One of them, Parus Trail, even allow dogs, so we took ours with us. It was a nice easy paved trail alongside the river. The other one is Watchman Trail, but it doesn't allow dogs. Most attractions are on the Canyon Scenic Route, and you need to take the shuttle for that. These days you need to get the shuttle tickets online in advance. One can also drive to Mt. Carmel Scenic route and go through the tunnel, which is an exciting experience. We did this drive on our way to Bryce Canyon NP; we made a day trip there.

Watchman is a nice park adjacent to the Zion Nation Park entrance. It's wonderful to leave the RV and take a shuttle to the various park features. Zion is an amazing park to visit and the shuttle service made it better since you're not stuck in traffic looking for a place to park at all the trail heads.

If you visit the park, Angels Landing hike is life changing. Take a lunch and enjoy. It's a challenging hike but in the top five on my life experiences. I did the hike with my 9 and 11 year old sons in tow. Checkerboard Mesa is also fine to hike on.

Very nice campground with decent spacing between campsites. We have the senior national park pass so the rate we paid was half of the normal rate which is $30/night. No water, but electrical hookup. You can get water at several spigots nearby but you either have to drive/tow your rig to one or carry water in a container back and forth and we saw several people doing that. We can carry 30 gallons of fresh water, so it was not an issue for us. If you can get a spot here, we highly recommend it.

Watchman campground is wonderful!
Facilities are great, people are friendly, and scenery is incredible. Don't think we could ever grow tired of waking up alongside giant red rocks in the view. Also, check out the ranger talks in the amphitheater right after sun down.

Due to availability, we split our stay between C Loop and A Loop. At A Loop we heard considerable noise from town across the river, specifically a live band playing until 9pm. While the music was fine, noises and lights from the city wasn't really what we wanted to hear when trying to get outside and disconnect. I would recommend avoiding any loop near the river.

Stayed here for a couple of nights in early August. It was pretty hot, peaked at 103 deg at 5 PM. It was nice to have electrical hookup to run the AC. Most of the sites are nicely spread out. The location is within walking distance of Springdale and most importantly, the brewery. There you can also catch the shuttles into the park. The Zion bike/walking path is right there as well.

The campground has good shade and is surrounded by beautiful Zion mountains. Be sure to keep you're food put away or the aggressive squirrels will get to it immediately. They have no fear, I would guess too many people think it's cute to feed them.

We rode our bikes to the trails we wanted to hike. It feels very safe, the shuttle buses will not pass you until you stop to the side for them. There's hardly any other traffic. So consider bringing or renting bikes to get around.