About this place
A big gravel lot with picnic tables and fire pits. There’s a kiosk with the Kanab Field Office transportation map on it.
This is where you park for the Peek-A-Boo slot canyon and the country around it. Past the lot, the track to the slot is deep sand. Only a high clearance four-wheel drive will manage it, and even those get stuck. Don’t try it in an ordinary car.
Stop in Kanab first. The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument visitor center has current conditions and the detailed maps. Slot canyon country turns on the weather, and a route that was fine last week can be a bad idea today.
The facts
- Cost
- Camping fee not confirmed
- Roads around it
- Deep sand past the parking area. High clearance four-wheel drive only
- Type
- Specific campsite
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
Getting there
Head north out of Kanab for 9 miles on Highway 89. Watch for the Peek-A-Boo sign and take the turn east just after it.
The track climbs a small hill and crosses a cattle guard. Then it opens out into a large gravel parking area.
Coordinates 37.15445624, -112.5736218
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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.
- Pipe Spring National Monument Directions
- Cottonwood Point Wilderness Directions
- Zion National Park Directions
- Canaan Mountain Wilderness Directions
- The Wave 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
- Orderville, UT Directions
- 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.
Nine in this guide sit inside that 25 miles. The nearest one you could move to is Lava Flat Designated Dispersed Camping Area, Utah — 27 miles in a straight line, but a 42 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.
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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.