Red sandstone fins stand behind the Devils Garden loop at Arches, and at Capitol Reef the dinette window fills with fruit trees and the dry Waterpocket country. Farther on, the hoodoos of Bryce are a short walk from North Campground. That is the Mighty 5 loop out of Salt Lake City, a week south through canyon country at a family pace, with Zion waiting at the bottom of the state. From there the motorhome either turns north for home or keeps rolling down to Las Vegas, which saves the family the long drive back.
If the rig rolls out in the afternoon, the first night can stay in town at Sun Outdoors Salt Lake City, where the full-hookup pull-throughs run to 35 feet as of September 2026 and the kids get a pool under the Wasatch before the desert. Antelope Island's bison, the Cottonwood Canyons and Jordanelle are shorter trips close to home that suit a couple in something smaller, and the Salt Lake City campervan page covers them.
Devils Garden at Arches and Fruita at Capitol Reef
The Arches scenic drive dead-ends at Devils Garden, where the campground loops thread between the fins and the Devils Garden trail heads out from the end of the road. Once the day traffic leaves, the rock goes from orange to deep red as the light drops and the whole loop turns quiet.
It's full every night from spring through fall, which makes this the pad to lock before the rig. The Park Service lists sites from 20 to 40 feet, a 40-foot RV maximum and no electric hookups, so the site you land decides how much motorhome you rent. Moab is just south of the park entrance, and the Moab RV page covers a longer stay parked in town with Arches and Canyonlands by day.
West across the desert, Capitol Reef's campground sits in Fruita, the old orchard settlement where green fruit trees line the river and the Waterpocket country stands up in dry cliffs on every side. It feels like a different park from Arches, slower and greener, and a layover day here is easy to justify.
Fruita has no hookups, and the Park Service notes that large RVs don't fit every site, so check the site length when you book. After two dry nights in a row, the dump station and water fill between Loops A and B is where the tanks reset before the climb to Bryce.
Bryce, Zion and the road to Las Vegas
Up at Bryce the nights turn cool, and the hoodoos packed into the amphitheater below the rim light up orange in the first hour of sun. North Campground is close enough to the rim to walk over with coffee, and it and neighboring Sunset Campground are worth reserving the moment your dates are set. The Utah campervan page covers Capitol Reef and Bryce as lighter overnights.
Zion closes out the loop, with the canyon walls rising straight over the road, and the Zion National Park RV page covers the park and the Springdale base at its gate. From there the road drops past St. George, which has its own RV page for a winter week at a resort, and crosses the corner of Arizona into Las Vegas.
Round trip, the drive from Zion back to Salt Lake City is one long day north. For the one-way, Cruise America's Salt Lake City hub offers a different drop-off location on its booking page, which lets the rig go back at its Las Vegas hub, or at its Denver hub for a trip that heads east instead.
Bear Lake and Rendezvous Beach, up Logan Canyon
Bear Lake's water is a pale, milky turquoise from the calcium carbonate suspended in it, and at Rendezvous Beach on the south shore the sand runs straight down into that color. US-89 climbs through Logan Canyon on the way, then tops out above the lake and drops to the shore. This trip doesn't move once it arrives, with the rig set up for the week, the awning out and the kids going between the site and the water from breakfast to dark.
Rendezvous Beach has four campgrounds, Birch, Big Creek, Cottonwood and Willow, plus a day-use beach (Utah State Parks). Full-hookup sites with 50-amp power show on the reservation system, and summer is the only season for this week, so reserve the site before the rig.
Yellowstone and Grand Teton, north through Bear Lake
Bear Lake also makes the first night of the longer run north into Wyoming, where the Tetons come straight up off the Jackson Hole valley floor and Yellowstone waits beyond with its geyser basins and bison in the road. It's a summer trip, since the Yellowstone campgrounds run from late spring to mid-September.
Fishing Bridge RV Park is the one campground in Yellowstone with water, sewer and 50-amp electric, so book it first and plan the other park nights as dry ones. Length limits differ from campground to campground, so match the rig to the sites you actually got.