About this place
Crocodile Staging Area is a parking and staging spot for ATV and UTV riders.
From here you can explore the Hog Canyon OHV Trail System and the John R Flat area of the Kanab Field Office. Most of the trails are sand. They run from easy rides to rock crawling.
There is a vault toilet, a picnic table and a parking lot. Nothing else.
The Kanab Visitor Center holds maps and more information.
Private land borders the staging area. Keep off it.
The facts
- Cost
- Camping fee not confirmed
- Toilet
- Yes, one vault toilet
- Type
- Specific campsite
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
Getting there
From the Kanab Visitor Center in Kanab, go east on Highway 89 for 8.6 miles. Turn left onto Johnson Canyon Road and follow it 7.8 miles. The staging area is on the left-hand side.
Coordinates 37.14360136, -112.3940516
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What is near here
A few more of our own spots are within reach of this one, along with some better-known places.
- The Wave Directions
- Coyote Buttes Directions
- Cottonwood Point Wilderness Directions
- Canaan Mountain Wilderness Directions
- Zion National Park Directions
Every distance on this page is the driving distance. A short distance can still take a long time. The road may be closed for the season, covered in snow, or washed out. Many of these roads are dirt. Plan your route before you leave home. Out here there is often no phone signal to look it up on the way.
Nearest town and supplies
- Kanab, UT Directions
Kanab is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.
Why the drive to town is usually twice what the map says — what we found measuring every campsite in this guide.
When it’s time to move on
On most public land you can camp for 14 days before you have to move on. Check this site’s own limit before you plan a long stay. When you move on, the Bureau of Land Management usually wants you at least 25 to 30 miles away. So the free campsites closest to you are the ones you cannot use.
Five in this guide sit inside that 25 miles. The nearest one you could move to is Uinta Flat Designated Dispersed Camping Area, Utah — 28 miles in a straight line, but a 46 mile drive.
This guide covers five states and does not list every free campsite, so there may be something closer that we do not hold. Check this site’s own rule before you rely on it.
Have you been here?
Fees and access change, and the records do not always keep up. If you have been, tell us what you found.
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Where this information comes from
The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Bureau of Land Management’s own records, read in August 2026.