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www.rubysinn.com
)
, which is situated just outside the park, along the shuttle bus
route. The RV and tent sites are mostly shady and attractive. The campground con-
tains an outdoor heated swimming pool, hot tub, barbecue grills, coin-operated
laundry, and a store with groceries, RV supplies, and propane. A lake and a horse
pasture are nearby. Also on the grounds are several camping cabins ($56 double)
and teepees ($34 double), which share the campground's bathhouse and other fa-
cilities. See the “Amenities for Each Campground Near & In Bryce Canyon Nation-
al Park” chart for more information.
BrycePioneerVillage,
80 S. Main St. (Utah 12; P.O. Box 119), Tropic, UT 84776 (
&
866/657-8414
or 435/679-8546; fax 435/679-8607;
www.brycepioneervillage.com
),
is a small motel/cabins/campground combination in nearby Tropic, with easy ac-
cess to several restaurants. See the “Amenities for Each Campground Near & In
Bryce Canyon National Park” chart for more information.
BryceCanyonPines
★, milepost 10, Utah 12 (P.O. Box 640043), Bryce, UT 84764
is part of a motel/restaurant/store/campground complex, about 3 miles west of
the park entrance road. The campsites, set back from the highway, behind a gas sta-
tion and store, are interspersed among ponderosa pines and junipers, with wild-
flowers and grasses. All RV sites have full hookups. Campers have access to the
motel swimming pool across the street. See the “Amenities for Each Campground
Near & In Bryce Canyon National Park” chart for more information.
KingCreekCampground
★, in the Dixie National Forest, above Tropic Reser-
voir, offers a quiet, peaceful forest camping experience relatively close to the na-
tional park. For information, stop at or contact the
RedCanyonVisitorCenter
(
&
435/676-2676
), along Utah 12, about 10 1/2 miles west of the Bryce Canyon Na-
tional Park entrance road (usually open daily from early May to early October),
or contact the
Dixie National Forest Information Center,
345 E. Riverside Dr.,
St. George, UT 84790 (
&
435/688-3246;
www.fs.fed.us/dxnf). The campground has
graded gravel roads and tent and RV sites nestled among tall ponderosa pines,
and the nearby reservoir has a boat ramp. (See “Dixie National Forest” in chapter
8, “Nearby Things to See & Do.”) To get to the campground from the park, head
north 3 miles on Utah 63, then west on Utah 12 about 2 1/2 miles to the access
road, turn south (left) and follow signs to Tropic Reservoir for about 7 miles to the
campground. There is a $5 fee for use of the dump station. See the “Amenities for
Each Campground Near & In Bryce Canyon National Park” chart for more inform-
ation.
About 9 1/2 miles west of the park is another Dixie National Forest campground,
RedCanyonCampground
★★(same contact as King Creek Campground, above).
