Campground Review: Burma Creek Road Grand Canyon National Park

The early snowfall of Southern Utah chased me further south into Northern Arizona and the Grand Canyon National Park.  Burma Creek Road runs more than 20 miles on a winding path through the hills of the Park and there are many great dispersed campsites along the road if you keep an eye out for them.  The road doesn't REQUIRE four wheel drive but I wouldn't recommend rigs longer than 25 feet attempting to get too far along it due to some extremely tight turns and switchbacks.

Burma Creek Road passing thru a patch of fire scorched forest.

Truth!

 

After seeing the rough condition of the road I stopped at the first campsite I came along but didn't stay long because there was no cell reception whatsoever there.  I had walked up the road about a mile and a half from the original campsite and noticed my phone starting to get reception so I walked back to the Tank and relocated to the site with reception.  With my cell phone booster I was able to get a couple bars of 1X reception from Verizon so I stayed the night there.

The Tank's second campsite, North Rim in the background.

One of the advantages to my walking every day is I can locate superior campsites and relocate to them if I do find one.  It only takes about ten minutes to prep the Tank to move out so I usually move if another site seems like an upgrade.  After I overnight-ed at the Tank's second site I went out walking Burma Creek Road again to get my daily steps in and while checking my phone I noticed at one point I was receiving 2 bars of 4G cell reception from Verizon.  No rhyme or reason for this, there were no cell towers in sight and I was actually a couple hundred feet lower in elevation than campsite 2.  I walked off the road and found a suitable campsite where my phone was still showing 4G reception so I walked the mile back to the Tank and relocated for the third time in two days but it was worth it as I moved in to Campsite 3 just in time to stream the Michigan State football game.  No way I was going to do that with 1X reception!

Here's the data sheet on Burma Creek Road:

Hookups:                                             None                                                              

Fire ring:                                              Yes                                                                             

Water Access:                                     No                                                                  

Fresh Water:                                        No                                                      

Trash Service:                                      No                                                      

Toilets:                                                No                                                                  

Showers:                                             No                                                                  

Dump station:                                      No                                                      

WiFi:                                                   No                                                      

Level sites:                                          Yes                                                     

Laundry:                                              No                                                                  

Store:                                                  No                                                                              

Pool:                                                   No                                                      

Shade:                                                No                                                      

Verizon reception:                                4G, 2 bars                                                       

Internet reception:                                2 Bars                                     

Cost:                                                  Free for up to 14 days

Here are the GPS coordinates for Campsite 3 that had the mysterious 4G reception if Verizon is your carrier:  36.722780, -112.105273.

Campsite 3 with the great cell signal.

There were some great views from all three campsites.

The North Rim in the distance.

Sunrise over the Rim.

Burma Creek Road runs for 24 miles and I probably didn't get more than a quarter way along it before setting up at Campsite 3 so there are probably lots more really great dispersed camping opportunities along the remaining 18 miles, maybe you can check them out!

Thanks for reading!