Dispersed Camping in Davis County, Utah
Showing 27 locations in Davis County.
500 South Park Parking
A suburban parking area adjacent to 500 South Park in West Bountiful. It serves as a convenient and quiet location for self-contained vans seeking a quick overnight stay, though users must remain low-profile.
Anytime Fitness (Clinton)
Paved parking lot associated with an active commercial gym. Best suited for short, low-profile stealth stops by active members.
Bountiful Peak Campground
Bountiful Peak Campground sits in a peaceful, wooded alpine basin high in the Wasatch Mountains. The area features a mixed forest of conifers and aspens, providing partial shade and colorful autumn scenery. Visitors can access a variety of walking, biking, and off-road trails offering beautiful views of the Wasatch Back. This developed campground offers numbered individual sites with picnic tables, fire circles, and vault toilets. The access road via Skyline Drive is narrow, winding, and steep, requiring slow speeds and careful driving.
Bountiful Peak Picnic Area
A scenic day-use picnic area situated on the high ridge near Bountiful Peak in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. While primarily configured for day use, the surrounding forest landscape offers exceptional mountain vistas and serves as a gateway to the adjacent Bountiful Peak Campground.
Centerville Urban Stealth Parking
An urban neighborhood alleyway in Centerville. Local streets are subject to municipal overnight rules.
Cracker Barrel - Layton
A welcoming and spacious Cracker Barrel parking lot offering designated RV spots. Located close to the interstate, this location is highly popular with overnight travelers and is situated in a clean, safe area of town with beautiful mountain views to the east during sunrise.
Farmington Canyon Road Dispersed
This scenic mountain corridor climbs steeply from the valley floor into the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, providing spectacular panoramic vistas of the Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island. While the lower paved sections fall under county jurisdiction where overnight parking is restricted, the upper gravel and dirt sections enter National Forest lands. The route is highly active, popular with off-road recreationists, hikers, and local traffic, so expect heavy daytime activity and occasional late-night noise. A seasonal gate restricts vehicle access during the winter and early spring months.
Farmington, UT - Cabela’s/Bass Pro Shops
A very accommodating retail parking lot offering dedicated spaces for oversized vehicles and recreational rigs. Quiet and clean, the lot features signs explicitly permitting 24-hour overnight parking for patrons.
Flying J North Salt Lake
A commercial truck stop parking lot offering a reliable, highly developed space for standard overnight stays.
Hill Air Force Base Fam Camp
A dedicated military recreation campground located on Hill Air Force Base. Access is restricted strictly to active-duty military, retirees, DoD civilians, and guests with valid base credentials.
Holmes Creek Forest Road
A scenic forest corridor managed by the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, providing seasonal access along Holmes Creek. The route cuts through a wooded canyon, offering quiet backcountry pulling-off points and access to nearby alpine peaks.
Lagoon Park RV & Campground
An active RV campground located adjacent to the Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, offering full-hookup sites. Perfect for families looking to access the neighboring attractions, though expect higher daytime activity levels and close quarters.
Mueller Park Group Picnic Area
A scenic group picnic area situated along Mill Creek in the Wasatch foothills, offering day-use facilities amidst shady maple, aspen, and pine trees.
North Firebreak Road Dispersed
A series of rugged, unpaved road corridors traversing the foothills of the Wasatch Range between Centerville and Farmington, offering dispersed staging opportunities on the edge of the national forest. The lower sections border municipal areas with strict overnight parking rules, but the upper forest sections provide access to the public land boundary. Recommended for high-clearance vehicles due to rough, native dirt tracks.
North Salt Lake Industrial Stealth Zone
An industrial street corridor in North Salt Lake suitable for single-night overnight stays. The area features wide shoulders commonly utilized by large commercial vehicles and semi-trucks.
Old Ward Canyon Road Dispersed
A rugged dirt road winding up the mountain face above Centerville, featuring scenic but unlevel pullouts. Lower sections run near municipal and private boundaries where restrictions may apply, while upper sections transition into standard national forest land. The road is steep and rough, making it best suited for high-clearance vehicles.
Phillips 66 / Randall Brothers Travel Plaza
This Phillips 66 travel plaza serves as a convenient overnight stop where visitors can park for free after registering inside the convenience store. The location offers excellent on-site services, including an RV dump station, a water spigot, showers, and an attached Dairy Queen.
Planet Fitness Bountiful
Paved commercial parking lot of a Planet Fitness in Bountiful, Utah. This location is surrounded by urban conveniences including laundromats, shopping, and dining, making it a functional overnight option for low-profile vehicles and active gym members. It is situated just off 800 South and offers flat asphalt parking with easy, fully-paved access. Note that local municipal parking ordinances override individual commercial store policies, so low-profile stays are highly recommended.
Planet Fitness Layton
A large, paved commercial parking lot shared between Planet Fitness and Michael's. The gym operates 24 hours, but the lot remains relatively quiet and uncrowded during late-night hours. It offers easy access for larger vehicles and is located in a heavily serviced suburban corridor near highway access and dining options.
Sessions Dispersed-a
A scenic mountain corridor situated within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. This dirt road offers rustic dispersed camping options in a peaceful alpine environment.
Skyline Drive Dispersed Camping
Scenic, highly exposed dispersed camping options scattered along Skyline Drive and adjacent spur ridges. The road accessing these high ridges is exceptionally steep, winding, and rough, with dramatic drop-offs and sweeping views of the valley and lake. While the high ridges offer incredible panoramas, they are extremely exposed to heavy, rocking winds. Due to steep terrain, tight switchbacks, and deep ruts, this zone is best suited for high-clearance 4WD vehicles and low-profile campervans; large rigs and long trailers are highly discouraged.
Sun Outdoors Salt Lake City (Pony Express)
A well-established and highly developed commercial RV resort situated near the highway on the north side of Salt Lake City. The resort offers full utility hookups, paved entrances, and extensive premium amenities including an outdoor pool, dog park, and modern laundry facilities.
Syracuse Urban Stealth Parking
This urban zone encompasses public parks and municipal museum parking lots in the Syracuse area near Antelope Island. While some municipal museum spaces have historically tolerated single-night stays or arranged spaces, local municipal parks like Canterbury Park have active local police patrols that actively enforce overnight parking restrictions.
Valley View RV Resort
A modern, highly developed RV resort offering premier concrete pad sites and comprehensive club amenities near Hill Air Force Base.
Walmart Supercenter (Clinton)
A convenient paved commercial lot with nearby dining options, grassy areas, and a multi-lane municipal dump station located nearby. Stays are permitted for a single night, but visitors should maintain extreme discretion and keep a low profile.
Ward Canyon
A rugged dirt corridor ascending into the scenic Wasatch Range within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Dispersed camping is accessible along this route during the warmer months, offering views of the surrounding canyon.
Ward Canyon Road Dispersed Camping
A rugged mountain dirt road corridor climbing steeply above the Great Salt Lake basin, offering several dirt pullouts with panoramic sunset vistas over the valley. High-clearance vehicles are highly recommended due to deep runoff ruts, steep narrow sections, and seasonal mud. Note that the lower sections closer to residential boundaries are subject to target shooting noise, recreational ATV traffic, and high winds, while the upper portions transition onto national forest land where dispersed camping is permitted. Do not attempt this route during winter or wet spring conditions due to extreme slick mud and snow hazards.