BLM · San Rafael Swell Recreation Area

Temple Mountain Townsite Campground

5 of 10 sites fit 42 ft

Book Site 08, Site 09, Site 10, Site 06, Site 07

Longest for your rig: 55 ft
Booking: Reservable
Hookups: water
Entry: Back-in only
ADA sites: —
Elevation: 5,453 ft

Book on Recreation.gov →the official reservation system; we take no cut

Getting there

What the agency says about the road in. For a long rig this is often the binding constraint — a site that fits is no use behind four miles of shelf road — and none of it appears in the campsite data.

High clearance or 4WD advisedThe road continues for another 14 miles requiring high clearance and four-wheel-drive as it follows the rugged base of the reef against a backdrop of 500-foot cliffs and jagged canyons.quoted from the description

Every bookable site

The 5 sites that take a 42 ft rig, drawn where they sit.

Fits your 42 ft rig — 5 sites

Site 0855 ft driveway · parallel · gravel Site 0955 ft driveway · parallel · gravel Site 1055 ft driveway · parallel · gravel Site 0645 ft driveway · parallel · gravel Site 0745 ft driveway · parallel · gravel

Too short for 42 ft — 4 sites

Site 0340 ft driveway · parallel · gravel Site 0435 ft driveway · parallel · gravel Site 0120 ft driveway · parallel · gravel Site 0220 ft driveway · parallel · gravel

Length never published — 1 site

Site 05 (Grno length given · back · gravel

fits 42 ft (5) too short (4) not published (1)Click a site for what it publishes and a way to book it. Positions are the agency’s; roads, water and terrain are not shown, so this says where the sites are and not how you drive between them.

Within 60 miles

Map marker#	Campground	Distance	Sites	Longest for your rig	Hookups
1	South Temple Wash UT	2 mi SE	12	—	none
2	San Rafael Swinging Bridge Campground UT	28 mi N	23	45 ft	none
3	Buckhorn Draw UT	35 mi N	32	—	none · pull-through
4	Fruita Campground UT	40 mi SW	65	52 ft	none
5	Capitol Reef Group Campground UT · group	41 mi SW	1	27 ft	none
6	Swasey's Beach Campground UT	44 mi NE	12	60 ft	none · pull-through

this campground numbered to match the tableClick a marker for what it is and how far. Straight-line distances, not driving distances; the inset shows where this sits in the state. For directions, open this location in OpenStreetMap.

Everything else on record

Bookable sites: 10
Longest driveway: 60 ft
Reservable sites: 0
Coordinates: 38.6674, -110.6862
Elevation: 5,453 ft

Sources

Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/10283358 · retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain
USGS Elevation Point Query Service · fetched from https://epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json · retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain