San Rafael Swell Recreation Area · Utah
Overview South Temple Wash is a fee campground in the San Rafael Swell Recreation Area. Recreation South Temple Wash campground is located along the Temple Mountain Road on the east side of the Reef. A short distance back to the east of the campground is the turn to go to Goblin Valley State Park.
Sites at South Temple Wash 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 | 12 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Group |
| 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 South Temple Wash 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.
| Buckhorn Draw | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Temple Mountain Townsite Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for South Temple Wash; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.