Camping in Zion National Park

A Tour and Review of Watchman Campground

Related campgrounds: Watchman

Welcome to Zion National Park's Watchman Campground. This is one of the major developed campgrounds inside the park. The other, the South Campground, is currently closed and being renovated from past flood damage. Watchman Campground is a sizable campground, with sites suitable for tents or RV's Some of the sites, like on loop A, even have electric hook ups. Overall, we enjoyed our visit here, despite one night with some noisy neighbors. We found most of the sites are spread out well enough, but you'll want to watch our campground drive thru (link below) to analyze each and every site. This can be a competitive campground to get a reservation at in the busy seasons, so although your choices may be limited, the two criteria we would recommend you seek out are shade from trees (some sites have some, many sites do not), and to try and avoid the few sites that are feet apart. If you can't find a site with tree cover, bring your own shade. Trust us! Especially in the summer. Luckily, the Virgin River is within walking distance and provides ample opportunities to get in the water and cool off. We would camp at Watchman again, and look forward to our next visit to one of our nations finest National Parks!