Iron Springs Group Ashley
- Right now
- OpenInside the published season, our reading
- Sites
- 2All of them booked ahead
- Season
- June 1Opens June 1. No closing date published.
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 2 notices
In the agency’s own words
Iron Springs Group Campground is located approximately 5 miles off U.S. Highway 191, along the Red Cloud Loop Scenic Backway at an elevation of 9,200 feet. Campers enjoy exploring local off-road trails. The Iron Springs Campground Group Sites include both the fenced-in area with picnic tables, and the areas immediately adjacent to site 1 and 2 with a quarter mile for overflow parking. Keep reading
*Please check the NEED-TO-KNOW section to see if drinking water is available at this location * Recreation Red Cloud Loop offers scenic driving on a maintained dirt road, providing miles of trails for ATVs, hikers and mountain bikers. The loop leads to numerous reservoirs and lakes, overlooks, historic sites and through forests and meadows. East Park and Oaks Park Reservoirs are less than 10 miles away. Both are stocked with catchable rainbow trout. A boat ramp is available at East Park; Oaks Park does not have a boat ramp. Brush Creek Caves are nearby, a popular destination for caving and geocaching. Don't forget to take a drive and visit the amazing Flaming Gorge Reservoir! There are lots of hikes and trail near the reservoir, horseback rides, guided fishing trips, ample birding and wildlife viewing opportunities, and a few local restaurants.
Facilities
The campground consists of two group sites that can accommodate up to 50 people each. Vault toilets are provided. Please check the "need to know" section to see if water is available. Picnic tables and campfire circles are located at each site. Large gravel parking areas are adjacent.
Natural Features
Iron Springs lies at the edge of a grassy meadow bordered by shady pines and aspens. Sagebrush and summer wildflowers dot the meadow. Many small lakes and streams can be found in the vicinity.
Nearby Attractions
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. Flaming Gorge Dam offers guided tours of the working hydroelectric plant and the dam itself; 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. The Ashley-Karst National Geologic Recreation Area offers dramatic canyons, densely forested backcountry areas, and vast networks of caves.
What the agency tells you
Camping areas are posted as Site 1 and Site 2, please camp in your reserved site. Site 1 is on the west side of the fenced in table area, and site 2 is on the east side of the fenced in area. There is a restroom for each site. The central area with picnic tables and fire rings is a shared space for both parties.
The reserved camping site includes the dispersed area on either side of the fenced in area (containing the picnic tables, benches, fire rings, and water pump).
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 2 · 2 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 45 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…can accommodate up to 50 people each. Vault toilets are provided. Please check the "need to know"…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…check the NEED-TO-KNOW section to see if drinking water is available at this location * Recreation Red…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, River, Creek, Meadow
- Auto Touring
- Backpacking
- Biking
- Birding
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Off Highway Vehicle Trails
- Picnicking
- Scenic drives
- Stargazing
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 221st darkest of 458 in UT
- Bortle 3
3 of 4 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:52 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 12
What you actually pay
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 · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 15:52 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
2 sites · the site map
All 2 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 2 of the 2 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Kaler Hollow CampgroundAshley National Forest · 3.0 mi
Colton Guard StationAshley National Forest · 3.2 mi
Grizzly Ridge YurtAshley National Forest · 4.1 miRange Study AreaAshley National Forest · 4.4 miOaks Park CampgroundAshley National Forest · 4.4 miFrom Vernal, Utah: Travel north on U.S. Highway 191 for 20 miles. Turn northwest onto Forest Road 018/Red Cloud Loop and travel approximately 5 miles to the campground.
The weather
the next four days
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Flaming Gorge, UT
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Iron Springs Group Ashley 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 →