Update: Potable water will NOT be available Easter weekend (Friday 04/18-04/20). Please bring your own water until this message has been updated or deleted.
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The campground is situated on the eastern edge of Utah's West Desert near the historic Simpson Springs station on the Pony Express National Historic Trail. Simpson Springs was the site of a significant Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in the late 1930s and early 1940s, just prior to the establishment of the US Army Dugway Proving Grounds during World War II.
Potable water (seasonally) and accessible vault toilets.
Update: Potable water will NOT be available Easter weekend (Friday 04/18-04/20). Please bring your own water until this message has been updated or deleted.
Simpson Springs offers a more primitive camping experience, while providing potable water (except in winter months), restroom facilities, tent pads, and restrooms. The BLM does not currently have a Campground Host, and does not mark reserved sites each night. Please note that sites 1-10 are reservable online, while sites 11-19 remain available first come, first served for payment on-site. Visitors who reserve sites online must camp in the specific site that they reserved. The BLM is currently working on an improved site design for this campground.
Campground is along the Pony Express National Historic Trail.
Historic Pony Express National Historic Trail site and visitor interpretation.
Hiking, picnicking, OHV riding, mountian biking, horseback riding, wildlife viewing, scenic backcountry byway, Pony Express National Historic Trail.
491 N. John Glenn Rd Salt Lake City UT 84116
For campground inquiries, please call: 801-977-4300
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From I-80, take exit 199 (Tooele) and travel south on Highway 36 for approximately 40 miles. Turn right onto the Pony Express Road and travel for approximately 25 miles. The campground is approximately 12 miles south of Dugway, Utah, on the Pony Express Road.
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