AI-generated illustration inspired by Great Salt Lake, UT: shallow silvery salt lake with white salt-crusted shoreline and pinkish water, rugged desert mountains and Antelope Island on the horizon.

Campgrounds Near Great Salt Lake

17 campgrounds around the Great Salt Lake shoreline, 1 with direct lake access. Check open sites for your dates.

Search 8,900+ campgrounds across 50+ booking sites, with live availability

Right now: 185 campsites open this weekend near Great Salt Lake at 8 of the 17 campgrounds we checked.Availability read Nov 8, 1:44 AM ET

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  • Recreation.gov
  • Michigan DNR
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Available for your stay

Available this weekend near Great Salt Lake

Nov 13 – Nov 15 · open every night of the stay.

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More options farther away

Available for your stay, but more than 50 miles (straight-line) from the nearest shoreline town or page center. Distance shown on each card.

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Shoreline towns (labelled) and 17 lake-area parks; green pins have sites open this weekend. Straight-line positions; roads around the water can be much longer than they look.

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campgrounds near Great Salt Lake

7 parks within 15 miles of the shoreline, then 10 farther from the lake; 1 list direct lake access (labelled on the card). Each park shows its straight-line distance to the shore.

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Public campground

Boy Scout

★ 5.0 (16)
Grantsville, UT
From $20/nightvia Recreation.gov
6 RV sitesTent sites

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How it works

Find it here. Book it with the park.

  1. Find open sitesSearch by place and dates; we check each provider's calendar for your whole stay.
  2. Check the fitHookups, amps, rig length and pull-through come from each park's own listing. When a listing doesn't say, we leave it blank.
  3. Book with the providerCampspot, Recreation.gov, ReserveAmerica, KOA and state park systems: you complete each reservation on their site.

A few good questions

How many campgrounds are near Great Salt Lake?

7 campgrounds are within 15 miles of the Great Salt Lake shoreline, and 10 more are farther out (up to 22 miles). 1 list direct lake access and 2 more are near the water (access not confirmed).

Which towns are on Great Salt Lake?

Towns near the shoreline include Burmester, UT, Lake Point, UT, Rowley, UT, Garfield, UT and Lake Point Junction, UT.

How do you decide a park has lake access?

A park is marked Direct lake access when it sits on the Great Salt Lake shoreline in OpenStreetMap and its own listing names water access (a boat ramp or launch, marina, waterfront or lakefront sites, and similar). Tap the badge to see the evidence. Parks close to the water without that are marked Near the lake: that is proximity only, and access is not confirmed. We don't label individual waterfront campsites.

Are there full-hookup campgrounds near Great Salt Lake?

7 of these parks list water, electric and sewer at the site, and 9 list sites of 40 ft or longer.

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RV rentals near Great Salt Lake

Pickup in Salt Lake City (41 mi straight-line). Available this weekend first (0 of 4, from each platform's calendar), then most popular (review count × rating).

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Pick up in Sandy

2020 Coachmen Clipper

Travel trailerTowableSleeps 5 5 (12)
Sandy, UT · 15 mi from Salt Lake City (straight-line)
Towable — needs tow vehicle or deliveryDelivery up to 25 mi
Availability not connected · to estimate
from $109/nightvia RVshare
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From Outdoorsy and RVshare listings with a photo, nightly rate and a 4.5+ rating (or no reviews yet). Rates are listed nightly rates; you book with the owner.

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Activities near Great Salt Lake

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Other destinations, straight-line distance from the lake. Separate trips, not alternatives near the lake.

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Why we're different

The most campgrounds in one place

8,900+ public, private and glamping campgrounds from 50+ booking sites, including 46 state park systems, side by side.

Real open sites, not just listings

For 8,400+ of them we read the booking calendar, so you see which campsites, cabins and glamping stays are open for your dates.

Book on the official booking site

When you find your spot, you reserve on the campground's own booking site. We don't take payments, so Basecamping never adds a fee.

All 17 campgrounds near Great Salt Lake

Most popular first; within 15 miles of the shoreline, plus the nearest parks farther out.

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