Vernal Field Office · Utah
Overview McCoy Flats Campground provides rider access directly to the McCoy Mountain Bike Trail system, but that's not all! There is also nearby access to excellent Off-Highway Vehicle trails, hiking and awesome scenery! Recreation The McCoy campground provides easy access to mountain bikes, but also makes space for hikers, Off-highway vehicle use, walk-in campsites, and larger vehicle spaces as well!
Sites at McCoy Flats Campground are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 24 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Group, Walk-to / hike-to, Shelter |
| Location | Vernal, UT |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for McCoy Flats Campground around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for McCoy Flats Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.