Navajo Lake Campground

Navajo Lake Campground, located on the south shore of Navajo Lake, provides a spectacular setting for boating, camping, fishing, hiking, biking and photography. This is not a large campground, but the coziness is what makes it a very special place as you watch the sun come up over the lake. The campground features 15 single sites, one double site and 11 walk-in tent only sites. Each site has a fire ring and a picnic table. Drinking water is available through spigots, and there are flush toilets and an accessible vault toilet. A primitive dirt boat landing is located within the campground for smaller vessels. OHVs and ATVs, including street legal ones, are allowed for ingress and egress only — to and from your campsite to the road. Joy riding is not allowed in the campground or on the beach. The Virgin River Rim Trail is accessible from the campground and offers panoramic views of Zion National Park, the Virgin River Rim and the Kolob Plateau; the 32-mile trail is open to hiking, mountain biking, foot travel and horseback riding. The Navajo Lake loop trail is accessed from the campground on the Navajo Lake trail and is an 11-mile loop, very popular with cyclists. The lake itself offers great canoeing, kayaking and fishing. The Navajo Lake dike was constructed many years ago to provide area visitors with fishing and boating for all ages, and it is a very popular place to catch fish in the deeper waters if you are fishing from shore. Water travels from under the lake through a two-mile lava tube and exits at what is called Cascade Falls — a must see trail that follows the rim three-quarters of a mile to the falls. Boat rentals, a boat dock and rustic cabin lodging are available at nearby Navajo Lake Lodge. Duck Creek Pond is seven miles east, with excellent fishing. The Duck Creek Visitor Center was used years ago as a ranger station from the 1930s through the 1960s; although some of the buildings have been removed, the visitor center still stands and is managed by volunteers who can provide all the area information you would like. Cedar Breaks National Monument is 10 miles away, with hiking trails, guided tours and breathtaking scenery, and just outside Cedar Breaks is the Ashdown Gorge Wilderness Area, where hikers will find miles of trails and the Twisted Forest, a stand of ancient bristlecone pine.