Gold Bar Recreation Site
Overview
Gold Bar Recreation Site is located along the Colorado River, west of Moab, Utah. The site includes a boat ramp, beach, individual campsites, group campsites, and facilities. The Corona Arch Hiking Trail is located across the road from the campground and offers a 1.5 mile hike to two spectacular arches. Rock petroglyphs can be viewed along the drive to the recreation site and the nearby Poison Spider Mesa offers an interpretive dinosaur track trail. Visitors enjoy the nearby mountain biking and OHV trails.
Individual Sites
There are 9 individual campsites available on a first come-first serve basis. The sites are limited to 10 persons and 2 vehicles per site. The campsites include fire grate, picnic table, and vault toilets.
Group Sites
The recreation site also includes 4 group campsites that must be reserved on recreation.gov. Group areas have fire grates, picnic tables, vault toilets and sites A, B, and C have shade shelters. Site D does not have a shade shelter but is a great site for groups of motor homes. The campground does not have water, dump stations or electric hook ups.
Facilities
Water: No
Toilets: Yes
Hook-ups: No
Each campsite has a parking pad for two vehicles (vehicle pulling a trailer = two vehicles), picnic table, fire ring, and close proximity to a vault toilet and trash receptacles.
Please follow local regulations regarding life jackets; the river can have dangerous under currents.
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Geographic Coordinates
Directions
From Moab, drive 5 miles north on Highway 191 to the intersection with State Route 279. Turn left/west on SR 279 and drive 10 miles to the campground entrance road.
Fees
Individual site: $20/night
Group site A: $150/night
Group site B: $150/night
Group site C: $250/night
Group site D: $130/night
Pay at campground. Card, cash, or check accepted.
Group campsite reserved on Recreation.gov