Antelope Island is the largest island in the Great Salt Lake. It is reached via a 7.2 mile causeway.
Twelve miles off U.S. Highway 89 near Kanab, lies the wide-sweeping expanse of Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. It is a wonderful place for riding off-highway vehicles, taking photographs or just playing in the sand.
East Canyon Reservoir is a 680-acre boating and year-round fishing delight nestled in the mountains northeast of Salt Lake City on state routes 65 and 66.
Scores of intricately eroded creatures greet visitors to Goblin Valley. Hike among intricately eroded rock formations in haunting coves in this photographers' paradise.
In scenic red rock country, 15 miles northwest of sunny St. George lies the 240-acre Gunlock Reservoir where year-round boating, water sports and quality fishing for bass and catfish attract visitors. Facilities include boat launching ramp and pit privies.
This beautifully landscaped state park is 237 acres of boating, swimming and fishing fun. The park is located just outside Huntington on State Route 10 at the base of the Wasatch Plateau.
Hyrum State Park invites boating, year-round fishing, water-skiing, camping and swimming on a 450-acre lake in northern Utah.
Jordanelle Reservoir is located in a picturesque mountain setting near Heber City. The park offers an array of recreational opportunities near the Wasatch Front.
A secluded 435-acre lake at the mouth of scenic Ferron Canyon awaits visitors who love water-oriented activities. Millsite State Park also offers access to excellent off-highway vehicle and mountain bike riding areas. Fishing is open year-round.
Piute State Park is open year-round for trophy fishing. Popular activities include camping, boating, waterfowl hunting in season and rock hounding. Piute Reservoir is a 3, 360-acre mountain lake 12 miles south of Marysvale just off U.S. Highway 89.
Quail Creek State Park provides excellent year-round camping, picnicking, boating, and trout and bass fishing in sunny southwest Utah. The park is three miles east of the Interstate 15 Hurricane exit on State Route 9.
Nestled among scenic red slick-rock formations, Red Fleet Reservoir offers excellent boating and year-round fishing. This picturesque state park is located 10 miles north of Vernal just off Highway 191.
ed Navajo sandstone, capped by an overlay of black lava rock, makes photography, hiking, biking and camping in Snow Canyon a double treat. Early spring and fall use of the park is especially appealing due to southern Utah's moderate winter climate.
Starvation Reservoir offers 3, 50-acres of fishing and boating fun four miles northwest of Duchesne on Highway 40. A 54 unit campground, sandy beach, modern rest rooms, showers, group-use area, and fish cleaning and sewage disposal stations are available.
Willard Bay rests atop the Great Salt Lake flood plain in northern Utah. Its 9, 900 acres of fresh water provide boating, waterskiing and year-round fishing for crappie, walleye, wiper and catfish. Camping also is popular at the park.
Warm water and sandy beaches lure visitors to Yuba from April through November for boating, swimming, waterskiing, picnicking and year-round fishing. Fishing is for walleye and yellow perch.
Escalante State Park features colorful deposits of mineralized wood and dinosaur bones. The 130-acre Wide Hollow Reservoir on the park's boundary adds water recreation and fishing. OHV riding areas are closeby. The park is located 1.
Fremont Indian State Park was established to preserve Clear Creek Canyon's treasury of rock art and archaeological sites. Visit the museum in the visitor center where a video program introduces you to the Fremont Indians.
Green River State Park is an oasis on the bank of the Green River where tall cottonwood trees shade well-manicured lawns.
The Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park is a 28-mile trail for non-motorized use. The trail begins or ends at Park City and follows Interstate 80 through Wanship and Coalville to Echo Reservoir. Facilities are being developed.
Year-round fishing and boating on 3, 120-acre Otter Creek Reservoir are the park's featured activities. The park is four miles northwest of Antimony on State Route 22.
Seventy-acre Palisade Reservoir draws swimmers, year-round anglers and non-motorized watercraft enthusiasts. There is also an 18-hole golf course, practice range, professional golf shop and snack bar.
Rockport Reservoir features first-rate, year-round fishing, waterskiing, swimming, sailboarding and sailboating. It is 45 miles east of Salt Lake City near Wanship on State Route 32.
Scofield is both a summer and winter recreation delight. It is situated 7, 600 feet above sea level in the Manti-LaSal Mountains of the Wasatch Plateau. The 2, 800-acre lake offers excellent boating and year-round fishing.
Sandy beaches, swimming, boating and waterskiing top the list of activities at Steinaker. Year-round fishing is for rainbow trout and largemouth bass. The park is seven miles north of Vernal, just off Utah Highway 191 in northeastern Utah.
At Utah Lake you can fish year-round for channel catfish, walleye, white bass, black bass and several different species of panfish in Utah's largest fresh water lake.
Wasatch Mountain State Park, in beautiful Heber Valley, is Utah's most developed state park. Tucked away in the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, the park is both a summer and winter wonderland.
Bear Lake is nestled high in the Rocky Mountains on the Utah-Idaho border. Waterskiing, swimming, scuba diving and sailing are favorite activities. Fishing is for cutthroat, mackinaw and whitefish.
Dead Horse Point is perhaps Utahs most spectacular state park. Towering 2, 000 feet directly above the Colorado River, Dead Horse Point provides a breathtaking panorama of Canyonlands sculptured pinnacles and buttes.
A huge natural amphitheater has been eroded out of the variegated Pink Cliffs (Claron Formation) near Cedar City, Utah.
Natural Bridges protects some of the finest examples of ancient stone architecture in the southwest. Located on a tree-covered mesa cut by deep sandstone canyons, three natural bridges formed where meandering streams eroded the canyon walls.
Arches National Park preserves over two thousand natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations.
At Bryce Canyon National Park, erosion has shaped colorful Claron limestones, sandstones, and mudstones into thousands of spires, fins, pinnacles, and mazes.
The Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile long wrinkle in the earth's crust known as a monocline, extends from nearby Thousand Lakes Mountain to the Colorado River (now Lake Powell).
Zion is an ancient Hebrew word meaning a place of refuge or sanctuary. Protected within the park's 229 square miles is a dramatic landscape of sculptured canyons and soaring cliffs.
Recreation at East Canyon Dam and reservoir, a feature of the Weber Basin Project, is managed by the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation under agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation. The park headquarters phone number is (801) 829-6866.
Huntington North Reservoir, a feature of the Emery County Project, was created by the Huntington North Dam and the East and West Dikes.
The Moon Lake Project is in northeastern Utah on the north side of the Duchesne River about 140 miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Red Fleet Dam, a feature of the Jensen Unit, Central Utah Project, is on Big Brush Creek about 10 miles northeast of Vernal, Utah.
Flows of Ashley Creek are regulated by Steinaker Dam, Central Utah Project, Vernal Unit, constructed offstream in Steinaker Draw about 3.5 miles north of Vernal, Utah.
Fontenelle Dam, Powerplant, and Reservoir, Seedskadee Project, are located on the Green River 24 miles southeast of La Barge, Wyoming. The reservoir has a surface area of 8, 000 acres.
Upper Stillwater Dam and Reservoir, features of the Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit, are are Rock Creek, about 31 miles northwest of Duchesne, Utah.Recreation management at Upper Stillwater Reservoir is under the jurisdiction of the U.S.
Willard Bay Reservoir is formed by Arthur V. Watkins Dam, which is a feature of the Weber Basin Project. Recreation management at Willard Bay is performed by the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation under agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation.
Strawberry Dam is on the Strawberry River about 29 miles southeast of Provo, Utah. Strawberry Reservoir is the primary storage facility for the Bonneville Unit, Cental Utah Project.
Recreation facilities at San Luis Lake were constructed under a cost-share agreement between the Bureau of Reclamation and the State of Colorado during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Currant Creek Dam and Reservoir, on Currant Creek, are features of the Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit. Recreation management at Currant Creek Reservoir, Central Utah Project-Bonneville Unit, is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service.
Recreation at Deer Creek Dam and Reservoir, Provo River Project, is managed by the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation under agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation. The park headquarters phone number is 1-800-322-3770.
Recreation at Echo Dam and reservoir, Weber River Project, is managed by Echo Resort under agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation. Echo Resort can be reached at (435) 336-2247, (435) 336-9894, or (801) 467-9640 or (435) 336-9897 (South Beach).
Hyrum Dam and Reservoir, Hyrum Project, are on the Little Bear River near Hyrum, Utah about 30 miles northeast of Ogden. Hyrum Dam is a rolled earthfill structure 116 feet high and containing 430, 000 cubic yards of material.
Joes Valley Dam, Emery County Project, is an earthfill dam 1, 290, 000 cubic yards in volume, 192 feet above streambed, and 750 feet long at the crest. Recreation management at Joes Valley Reservoir is under the jurisdiction of the U.S.
Jordanelle Dam and Reservoir, features of the Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit, are on the Provo River about 10 miles north of Heber City, Utah at the 6, 130-foot elevation. The reservoir has a 3, 050 surface area.
Newton Reservoir is formed by Newton Dam, Newton Project, on Clarkston Creek. Recreation at Newton Reservoir is directly managed by the Bureau of Reclamation (801) 379-1000.Situated in an open setting with shoreline trees.
Pineview Dam and Reservoir, Ogden River Project, on the Ogden River east of Ogden, Utah, were constructed in 1937 and later enlarged. Recreation management at Pineview Reservoir is under the jurisdiction of the U.S.
Rockport Reservoir, Weber Basin Project, was formed by the construction of Wanship Dam on the Weber River. Recreation management at Rockport Reservoir is performed by the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation under agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation.
Scofield Dam, Scofield Project, is on the Price River, a tributary of the Green River, about 22 miles northwest of Price, Utah.
Starvation Dam and reservoir, Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit, on the Strawberry River is filled by surplus winter and spring flows from the Duchesne and Strawberry Rivers.
Stateline Dam, Lyman Project, on the east fork of Smiths Fork within the Wasatch National Forest in Utah, is about 1/2 mile south of the Utah-Wyoming State line.Recreation management at Stateline Reservoir is under the jurisdiction of the U.S.
Flaming Gorge Dam, Reservoir, and Powerplant, features of the Colorado River Storage Project, are on the Green River in northeastern Utah about 32 miles downstream from the Utah-Wyoming border.
Big Sandy Dam and Reservoir, Eden Project, are on Big Sandy Creek about 15 miles north of Farson, Wyoming. Recreation at Big Sandy Reservoir is directly managed by the Bureau of Reclamation.
Nestled in a pocket of the spectacular Virgin River Gorge, this recreation area is surrounded by colorful cliffs and rocky canyons.
The Westwater Canyon area provides a stretch of renowned whitewater opportunities for both rafters and kayakers. The black, uplifted rocks in the canyon represent the oldest exposed formations in eastern Utah. Many species of wildlife inhabit the canyon.
The 84 miles of the Green River that run through Desolation and Gray Canyons provide a premiere wilderness river trip through Utah's deepest canyons. The river traveler encounters approximately 60 Class II and III rapids.
The Grand Gulch/Cedar Mesa Plateau is a unique area for exploring. This is a place where cultural resources are found in primitive and wilderness-like settings. Most canyons and cultural sites can only be reached by hiking or backpacking.
Primitive campground is convenient for those who plan to put in to Labyrinth Canyon the next day.
Elevation 8000 ft. 18 campsites. 3 large group, day-use sites available through reservations. There is a self-guided nature walk through the forest of oak, pines, and mountain mahogany to the ridgetop. Fantastic overlooks from the canyon.
Elevation 5000 feet. Indian Creek Corridor is 8640 acres of rocky red canyon country currently being considered an area of environmental concern in order to preserve its scenic status.
An area of limitless opportunity-- hiking, horseback riding and hiking through the redrock country, exploring canyon country geology or taking a leisurely scenic drive along the Needles/ Anticline overlook roads.
Elevation 4100 ft. This primitive campground offers convenient access to the wonders of Moab`s canyon country-- nearby attractions include petroglyphs, interesting geologic wonders like a natural bridge, and the Colorado River.
Elevation 4200 ft. A popular destination for technical rock climbing.
Elevation 4000 ft. Spectacular primitive camping in the heart of canyon country. Three group sites can accomodate RVs of all sizes.
Elevation 4000 feet. A flat and gentle desert river, flowing through a region of spectacular canyons. A great 4 day canoe trip.
Elevation 6300 feet. 9 campsites in a spectacularly colorful setting, just north of the Coral Pink Sand Dunes. The campground itself is in a ponderosa forest which borders the unique Coral Pink Sand Dunes.
Elevation 5700 ft. A diverse area, with outlaw hideouts and blue ribbon fishing in the Green River. Located along a wonderful two lane paved road that heads to the Jones Hole Fish Hatchery and Dinosaur National Monument.
Elevation 8150 ft. Atop the Blue Mountain Plateau, would-be fliers can enjoy spectacular deep canyons of both the Green and the Yampa Rivers.
Elevation 6995 ft. The reservoir is at one end of the justly popular Paiute ATV trail. For those who wish to pursue more contemplative activities, the reservoir is stocked with trout, and there is trail access into the Fishlake National Forest.
Elevation 6400 ft. The cold, clear waters of this large reservoir offer year-round fishing for rainbow trout. For wildlife watchers, waterfowl, raptors, deer, antelope, and elk abound.
This site is a Joshua Tree forest noted for its high number of trees. This area really allows people to get up close and personal with the strange, Dr. Seuss-like cactus trees.
Elevation 5000 - 5400 feet. These rolling dunes are comprised of 60, 000 acres of free-moving sand dunes, sagebrush flats, and juniper-covered hills.
Elevation 5040 feet. A floater`s and paddler`s paradise, the White River offers some great canoeing, rafting, and limited kayaking with a range of river trips between 24 and 80 miles.
These sere hills contain some of the most productive and diverse rockhound areas in the west. Visitors to Topaz mountain can collect a variety of topaz and crystals, while nearby are trilobite beds (at Antelope Springs), and geode beds near Dugway.
Embarking from the spectacular Virgin River Gorge, south of St. George, Utah, you can follow 277 miles of paved highways winding through small rural communities to the Navajo Indian Reservation on the east.
Relive a dramatic part of the West's history as you travel the same trail that Pony Express Riders covered over 100 years ago.
There is something for everyone on this remote river in Utah's high-desert country. Bighorn sheep can be viewed along the river's south side, so remember to bring your binoculars.
This area contains 455, 000 acres of diverse ecosystems in a very remote setting, and maintains a "frontier mystique.
Elevation 4000 ft. Primitive camping and picnicking on the banks of the Colorado River.
Elevation 4500 feet. 150 tentsites, which can hold up to 4 tents/2 vehicles each. This area is a veritable mecca for fat tire enthusiasts, so grab your camelback, strap on your helmet, and get on out onto that slickrock for the ride of your life.
Elevation 4000 - 7000 feet. A magnificent badlands of brightly colored and wildly eroded sandstone formations, deep canyons, and giant plates of stone tilted upright throgh massive geologic upheaval.
Naturally weathered sandstone rises dramatically from clay beds, exposing fantastically colored and shaped formations 40 miles south of Vernal.
This Special Recreation Management Area provides a variety of OHV opportunities as well as equestrian and mountain biking opportunities. The area has a diverse history including mining, military use, Pony Express, and historical Native American use.
An arid mountain range filled with geologic wonders. Notch Peak is the third largest vertical drop in North America. Travel to the top of the world up Amasa Valley and see both the Tule Valley and White Valley. Deer hunting is popular.
Experience a bit of the Wild West at the John Jarvie Historic Site in Brown's Park, a small mountain valley in the remote northeast corner of Utah.
The Canyons of the Escalante--Wonders in Water and Stone.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a dramatic, multi-hued landscape that is rich in natural and human history. Extending across 1.
Designated as the state`s first National Forest scenic byway in 1988, this route known as `The Drive Through the Ages` travels through the Ashley National Forest and east of Uinta Mountains, one of the few east-west ranges in the country.
Connecting the cities of Nephi and Payson, this route offers breathtaking views of the Wasatch Mountains and 11, 877-foot Mt. Nebo, the tallest mountain in the range. There are many scenic overlooks and the fall foliage is spectacular.
On the Uinta, we offer the angler many opportunities to experience the fine fishing we have available. As you use our site, we hope you find much useful information to guide you in your fishing exploits. Good Luck!
Located in central Utah, the Fishlake National Forest has mountains rising from the valleys and elevated plateaus holding hidden niches of beauty and solitude. Water is especially important in this semi-arid climate and small streams "feed" the valleys.
Located in northern Utah and southwestern Wyoming, lies the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Located in the northeastern portion of Utah and southwestern portion of Wyoming, the Ashley National Forest comprises 1.3 million acres.
Three National Parks and two National Monuments are adjacent to the Forest. The scenic beauty for which these areas were set aside prevails over much of the Forest. Red sandstone formations of Red Canyon rival those of Bryce Canyon National Park.
Located in central and southeastern Utah, lies the Manti-La Sal National Forest. The forest contains over a million acres in three mountain blocks provding islands of green rising above the desert. Find adventure, romance, and unparalleled scenery.