Zion in May want to reserve loop D

[SeatoSea]

Hello, has anyone camped at Watchman, Loop D (tents) using their 4WC. Trying to reserve and the sight managers are concerned with truck & camper combo. Have F150 + Hawk, total length under 19'.
Will they allow it?
Traveling a long way don't want to be turned away.
Thanks


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[Cayuse]

Some poking around on the recreation.gov site for one of the sites in Loop D (Site 31) yielded this:

• has little shade.
• is for tents and small camping vehicles only.
• has a picnic table and a fire pit with a grill attached.

You can have a maximum of THREE TENTS at this campsite. No recreational vehicles 19' and over or in combined vehicle length.This includes pop-up trailers, camper trailers, motor-homes, some large camper vans and most cab-overs. NO EXCEPTIONS. "Upgrading" to a larger site is not possible. No generators.
I've driven through Watchman but have always stayed in South. If you took a look at the photo that goes with the site and made sure that there weren't any overhanging trees that would interfere you should be fine. Just to be safe I would suggest printing out the length statement from recreation.gov for that particular site and have it handy as a backup in case a campground host gets over zealous. The biggest thing they are trying to do in the tent only area there is eliminate generators and other other electronic disturbances.

 

[Vic Harder]

I will be there in May. I chose to get a regular campsite because of the length issue. My GMC is 19' 2" long.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

In Oct 2013 just after the gov got back to work and things opened up again,we drove up and got site #37 in South CG.
It's near the restroom ( 60' or so)but has so much space you could park several large rigs in it.
I see that the sites along the river are marked "tent only",but there are some tent/small rigs on the outer loop across from the river.
Have fun.We enjoyed out 2 nights there but it's very windy in the canyon camps.
For some Zion photos check out my travel blog, for Zion 2013.
Frank

 

[SeatoSea]

Thanks everyone for the feedback.
My better 1/2 & I measured, we come up with an under 19' length for the vehicle, we'll book a sight and see what happens.


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[Stalking Light]

I camped in loop D with my FWC Eagle and Tacoma and nobody said anything.