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Devils Garden Campground

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Arches National Park · Utah, USA · 1580 m elevation · Check-in 12:00 PM · Check-out 10:00 AM

The only campground inside Arches, set among red rock fins 18 miles from the entrance.

Shade reality: High desert with junipers and slickrock fins — almost no tree shade. Some sites get rock shade late in the day.

Season: Open year-round. Reservable Mar 1 – Oct 31; first-come Nov 1 – Feb 28. Official page ↗

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Individual sites · 51 mapped

Site positions come from OpenStreetMap; this campground publishes no per-site shade ratings — use the sun rays and terrain shadows instead. Click any dot on the map for site details; zoom in to see site numbers.

Shadiest sites on 2026-11-01 (least direct sun)

13 · Loop DEVILS GARDEN CAMPGROUND8.2 h sun
39 · Loop DEVILS GARDEN CAMPGROUND8.2 h sun
10 · Loop DEVILS GARDEN CAMPGROUND8.5 h sun
11 · Loop DEVILS GARDEN CAMPGROUND8.5 h sun
38 · Loop DEVILS GARDEN CAMPGROUND8.5 h sun
9 · Loop DEVILS GARDEN CAMPGROUND8.5 h sun
12 · Loop DEVILS GARDEN CAMPGROUND8.8 h sun
28 · Loop DEVILS GARDEN CAMPGROUND8.8 h sun

Precomputed estimate for the 15th of this month — all 51 sites, terrain + tree canopy (ETH 10 m, 2020) included.

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51 sites
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Official campground map51 sites

Cross-check site numbers against the park's own map before you book.

One loop road ending at the Devils Garden Trailhead: sites 1–51 plus two group tent sites (Canyon Wren, Juniper Basin). No hookups, no showers; flush toilets and water. NPS publishes no map file — use the Recreation.gov interactive site map.

Open the interactive site map on Recreation.gov ↗

Source: official park map. Compare the loop layout with the satellite view above — north on the official map may not point up.

›Every site, one page each (51)sun by month, rig size, hookups

Hours are direct sun in mid-July.

Camped at Devils Garden? If the sun and shade didn’t match what we said, tell me the site number and I’ll look at it — that feedback is the only way this gets more accurate.
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