Camping in City of Rocks, ID and Blodgett Canyon, MT

Anyone ever have any issues with the camping filling up at City of Rocks or Blodgett Canyon? I'm going on a pretty big roadtrip from Colorado to Oregon and taking a senic route through Moab, Idaho, and Montana starting this Sunday. I'll be camping at City of Rocks on Monday night and Blodgett Canyon on Tuesday night. How is the camping in these places this time of year?

On a Monday at the City there should be plenty of open spots. Fri and Sat not so.

You won't have a problem finding a spot for one night at CoR, especially on a Monday. The reservation thing is pretty annoying. We've been able to find a place every night, but we have to change sites pretty often due to sites being reserved. What's most annoying is that some of the sites end up empty even though they were reserved. I don't know what's going on...people cancel and the tags are left up, or people just don't show up?

It seems that there are a few lettered (rather than numbered) sites that are not reservable (??). We've stayed at Site C and Site D, both of which are pretty crappy sites. Site E is really nice, in the trees, on the left after passing Bath Rock and before reaching Parking Lot rock.

I've camped at Blodgett on Labor Day weekend a few years back and we were the only ones there. I'm guessing you'll have no issue.

You can also camp outside of the reserve on BLM land just past Almo, for free, if you want. There will be a campground host at the Blodgett Campground this time of year, but there ought not be any folks there on a weekday.

Blodgett will have more hikers around than climbers, plus long adventure routes.

If you want decent bathrooms and really good showers you can stay at the Castle Rock State Park campground which is just off the road on your way into CoR. They have a camp host and are more organized than the CoR campground.

i hate starting new threads for a simple question. So....

can anyone recommend campsites that are close to the majority of climbs at City of Rocks? We have a pop-up camper and prefer not to break down camp every day and drive to climbs? Would a bike be a good idea to get to climbs?

Without looking at a map or anything, anywhere from at least about site 20 to site 55 or so will be within walking distance of some significant climbing. If you want to minimize driving you might look for sites between the Breadloaves and Parking Lot Rock (roughly 50-55), both being short walks.

Def bring a bike. When you have the cup of morning coffee, the bike will not only zing you down to the outhouse, it will stuff that turd back up in ya.

Thanks for that. That must be why I like biking. Gotta love a good epiphany.

Why only one day at these places? They are two of the sweetest climbing areas in the central west this time of year....

You really do need to stay longer than one day at the City. Some of the best campground campsites there are, and the granite is Awesome!

thx for the replies.

well, I'll be staying for more than one day. :)Hoping to go early May.