U.S. Forest Service · Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area · UT

Antelope Flat (Ashley National Forest, UT)

ReservableOut of season, no booking; November 15 opens May 15.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night
$30From, per site
Sites
50All of them booked ahead
40 ftLongest rig
6,090 ftElevation
589 ftWater · Flaming Gorge Reservoir
32.2 miN of Maeser, UT
0%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 14 notices

In the agency’s own words

Antelope Flat Campground lies on the shores of the beautiful Flaming Gorge Reservoir at an elevation of 6,000 feet, on the Ashley National Forest within the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Visitors love Antelope Flat for its easy access to boating, water skiing and fishing. Keep reading

Recreation

Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area is known not only for its beautiful red cliffs, but also for its world-class fishing for lake, brown and rainbow trout. Boating, water skiing, jet skiing, canoeing, kayaking, swimming and scuba diving are popular activities on the reservoir.

Facilities

The campground contains four group sites, each with a picnic shelter, tables, campfire ring, grills and tent pads. Several family sites are available as well, each with a cabana, picnic table and campfire ring; some sites have grills. Flush toilets, drinking water and a dump station are provided. A boat ramp is located on-site. The campground is accessed via a well-maintained gravel road.

Natural Features

Nearly every site within the campground offers scenic reservoir and mountain views. Russian olive trees and cottonwoods dot the rolling, sagebrush-covered landscape. Shade is limited, and temperatures range from warm days to cool nights. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (801) 226-3564.

Nearby Attractions

Flaming Gorge Dam offers guided tours of the working hydroelectric plant and the dam, and the adjacent visitor center contains area history exhibits. The Green River below the dam provides spectacular rafting opportunities. A trip down the river offers unique geology, outlaw history and Native American rock art.

What the agency tells you

Rule

The single site fee covers the cost of 1 vehicle. Each single site's maximum capacity is 2 vehicles. There will be an extra vehicle fee for the second vehicle collected on site. 2 vehicles = 1 sleeping unit (trailer, pop-up, pickup camper, RV, etc) + 1 passenger vehicle or 2 passenger vehicles. There is not room for 2 sleeping units.

Rule

CHECK IN: Begins at 2 PM. CHECK OUT: By 11 AM.

Rule

This area is known for high winds and sudden thunderstorms.

Everything else this campground posts · 11
Rule

Campers using group sites must walk and carry gear about 200 feet from the parking area. Paths from the parking area to the group sites does not support accessibility standards; some visitors may require assistance.

Rule

A fee of $1/person will be collected on-site for each person over the campsite maximum.

Rule

This campground has first come, first served sites. Availability is only known at your arrival. They may be occupied.

Rule

Drinking water is only available mid-late May through mid-September. No hookups available.

Rule

Dump stations are located at Antelope Flat, Deer Run, Firefighters, and Lodgepole. A fee is charged.

Rule

Showers are located at Deer Run and Mustang Ridge for campers with proof of camping registration.

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Help prevent the spread of tree-killing pests in our national forests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.

Rule

Any accepted senior passes must be entered for the discount at the time of booking for single sites only.

Rule

Extra Vehicle will be charged $10 per vehicle per day. Cash or personal check.

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Click here for more info about the Ashley National Forest.

Rule

Customer Service Please Contact 801-226-3564 or Help.Ashley.DutchJohn@AmericanLL.com

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Tents and rigs

Sites
50 · 4 tent-only, 4 group
Hookups
None
Longest rig
40 ft
Accessible sites
None listed
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Flush Toilets
“…campfire ring; some sites have grills. Flush toilets, drinking water and a dump station are provided. A…”
Drinking water
Yes
“…some sites have grills. Flush toilets, drinking water and a dump station are provided. A boat ramp is…”
Dump station
Yes
recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp
Yes
Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026
Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Reservoir, Lake, River
Boating
Fishing
Swimming
Water sports
Night sky · 119th darkest of 458 in UT
Bortle 2
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

No reading yet, book on recreation.gov

Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.

No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. On November 15, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through May 15, 2027.recreation.govAdd to calendar (.ics)
Max stay16 nightsthe facility record
A night$30plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$68DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itAmerican Land & LeisureA private concessionaire under permit from U.S. Forest Servicethe operator link
Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

We’ll write once, when the season that starts Sat, May 15 2027 is open for booking.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 15

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
A night$30
Standard Nonelectric$30
Tent Only Nonelectric$30
Group areas, a night$173–$198
These are next season’s rates, May 15, 2027 to Sep 15, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
What this campground addsits own record
Extra vehicle$10

“Extra Vehicle will be charged $10 per vehicle per day.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice

What a stay costs
One nightDerived$38
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$68

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $30 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 6

rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

50 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 50 mapped sites
79 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Least roomFamily 21 45 ftFamily 22 45 ftFamily 28 52 ft

All 50 sites

50 of 50 sites located
Standard42Tent only4Group4
SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 50 of the 50 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 50 of the 50 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Family1standard nonelectric30 ft82 ft591 ft245 ft$30
Family10standard nonelectric30 ft86 ft812 ft186 ft$30
Family11standard nonelectric25 ft77 ft713 ft89 ft$30
Family12standard nonelectric30 ft64 ft803 ft189 ft$30
Family13standard nonelectric30 ft70 ft699 ft122 ft$30
Family14standard nonelectric35 ft64 ft797 ft214 ft$30
Family15standard nonelectric20 ft80 ft700 ft191 ft$30
Family16standard nonelectric25 ft86 ft805 ft276 ft$30
Family17standard nonelectric25 ft81 ft760 ft302 ft$30
Family18standard nonelectric20 ft81 ft683 ft290 ft$30
Family19standard nonelectric20 ft75 ft616 ft190 ft$30
Family2standard nonelectric30 ft81 ft617 ft221 ft$30
Family20standard nonelectric20 ft75 ft599 ft262 ft$30
Family21standard nonelectric25 ft45 ft516 ft258 ft$30
Family22standard nonelectric25 ft45 ft472 ft268 ft$30
Family23tent only nonelectric22 ft61 ft475 ft189 ft$30
Family24standard nonelectric30 ft86 ft392 ft288 ft$30
Family25standard nonelectric22 ft77 ft363 ft224 ft$30
Family26standard nonelectric25 ft61 ft440 ft197 ft$30
Family27standard nonelectric25 ft81 ft362 ft152 ft$30
Family28standard nonelectric25 ft52 ft459 ft120 ft$30
Family29standard nonelectric20 ft83 ft317 ft154 ft$30
Family3standard nonelectric35 ft82 ft672 ft316 ft$30
Family30standard nonelectric25 ft65 ft394 ft164 ft$30
Family31standard nonelectric30 ft83 ft288 ft233 ft$30
Family32standard nonelectric25 ft65 ft371 ft227 ft$30
Family33standard nonelectric40 ft94 ft316 ft315 ft$30
Family34standard nonelectric35 ft94 ft384 ft373 ft$30
Family35standard nonelectric30 ft64 ft420 ft283 ft$30
Family36standard nonelectric25 ft81 ft559 ft353 ft$30
Family37standard nonelectric22 ft64 ft475 ft263 ft$30
Family38standard nonelectric25 ft81 ft568 ft291 ft$30
Family39standard nonelectric25 ft73 ft491 ft197 ft$30
Family4tent only nonelectric22 ft95 ft754 ft320 ft$30
Family40standard nonelectric25 ft71 ft518 ft152 ft$30
Family41standard nonelectric35 ft71 ft512 ft102 ft$30
Family42standard nonelectric30 ft86 ft605 ft154 ft$30
Family43standard nonelectric30 ft70 ft509 ft87 ft$30
Family44standard nonelectric35 ft52 ft511 ft120 ft$30
Family45standard nonelectric35 ft70 ft629 ft91 ft$30
Family46standard nonelectric20 ft77 ft548 ft119 ft$30
Family5tent only nonelectric25 ft81 ft693 ft225 ft$30
Family6tent only nonelectric25 ft81 ft783 ft260 ft$30
Family7standard nonelectric24 ft61 ft710 ft153 ft$30
Family8standard nonelectric30 ft81 ft797 ft213 ft$30
Family9standard nonelectric30 ft61 ft714 ft109 ft$30
GRP1G1group standard nonelectric35 ft105 ft237 ft763 ft$173–$198
GRP2G2group standard nonelectric35 ft105 ft135 ft803 ft$173–$198
GRP3G3group standard nonelectric35 ft149 ft75 ft643 ft$173–$198
GRP4G4group standard nonelectric35 ft149 ft48 ft595 ft$173–$198

25 of 50 listed

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate40.96500, -109.55167
The phone435-889-3000
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Getting there

From Vernal, Utah, take U.S. 191 north for 54 miles to Dutch John. Continue north for 8 miles, then turn west onto Forest Road 145 and travel 4 miles to the campground.

From Manila, Utah, take Highway 44 for 28 miles. Turn left on U.S. 191 and go north for 9 miles to Dutch John. Continue north for 8 miles, then turn west onto Forest Road 145 and travel 4 miles to the campground.

From Rock Springs, Wyoming, take I-80 west toward Green River about 6 miles to the junction with U.S. 191/Flaming Gorge Road. Take U.S. 191 south about 52 miles, then turn west onto Forest Road 145 and travel 4 miles to the campground.

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Overnight40°Mostly Clear
Saturday63°Sunny
Saturday Night40°Mostly Clear
Sunday62°Mostly Sunny

NWS forecast for Flaming Gorge, UT

Typical weather

Typical October night 32°F, day 62°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 13°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

100°32°0°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: FLAMING GORGE, UT (USC00422864), 8 miles away and 154 ft higher

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

Roadless
North Bare Top Mountain1,471 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Bare Top Mountain12,882 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Lake Creek398 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Who answers for this land

Mike Kennedy, official portrait

Antelope Flat (Ashley National Forest, UT) is in Utah’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Mike Kennedy (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

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How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: U.S. Forest Service publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate: the number below is the only way to be sure.
Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.
Nearest place of any size: Flaming Gorge, UT, 5.2 mi NW (a census designated place). Straight line.