Lake Canyon Rec Area
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $15–$30Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 1816 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
Lake Canyon Recreation Area can be found along Utah's scenic Energy Loop, on top of the Wasatch Plateau. It is located just off Highway 31, approximately 18 miles east of the town of Fairview. The recreation area is situated between Huntington and Cleveland reservoirs, at an approximate elevation of 9,000 feet. The area is a paradise for anglers and off-road vehicle enthusiasts. Keep reading
Recreation
Huntington Reservoir has great tiger and cutthroat trout fishing, while Cleveland Reservoir offers great fishing for rainbow trout. Both reservoirs are perfect for canoeing and kayaking, however boat ramps are not available. The extensive Lake Canyon OHV Trail System offers many miles of exciting trails and three beginner loops, making the area accessible to riders of all skill levels. Horseback riding, hiking and mountain biking are popular as well. Electric Lake is nearby, offering boating, water skiing and fishing for tiger and cutthroat trout. A boat ramp is on-site there.
Facilities
This expansive, yet primitive recreation area contains several campsites that can accommodate groups ranging in size from 20 to 150 people. Approximately 50 additional single-family campsites are dispersed throughout the area. Vault toilets are provided, but there is no water, electricity or garbage service available within the recreation area. Visitors should bring their own water and pack out all garbage.
Natural Features
The area is situated in a broad mountain valley, surrounded by the scenic peaks of the Wasatch Plateau. Stands of aspen and pine trees provide limited shade, and grasses, sagebrush and summer wildflowers fill the meadows.
What the agency tells you
Drinking water is not available within the recreation area
Campsites are available on a first-come, first-served basis for $5 per vehicle when the area is not reserved; additional sites may also be available
Off-road vehicle use is prohibited within the campground
Everything else this campground posts · 3
Click here for more information on the Manti-La Sal National Forest
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.
Garbage service is not available at this campground
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 18 · 7 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 50 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed at 16 of 18 sites
- Campfires
- 16 of 18 sites
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- VAULT TOILETS on 16 of 18 campsite records
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…the recreation area. Visitors should bring their own water and pack out all garbage. Natural Features The area…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, Meadow
- Biking
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 270th darkest of 458 in UT
- Bortle 3
- Fall color · reported 14 days ago, 19 km away
- Peak color
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 16:26 UTC
recreation.gov lists 16 of the 18 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
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.
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 make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 15
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $15–$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.
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 16:26 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
18 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 14 mapped sitesAll 18 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 14 of the 18 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. 18 of the 18 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | 001 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 622 ft | 1,156 ftLeft Fork Huntington Creek | 574 ft | $15–$30 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | 011 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 442 ft | 573 ftCleveland Reservoir | 345 ft | $15–$30 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | 012 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 442 ft | 165 ftCleveland Reservoir | 557 ft | $15–$30 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | 013 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 457 ft | 390 ftLeft Fork Huntington Creek | 759 ft | $15–$30 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | 017 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 364 ft | 903 ftLeft Fork Huntington Creek | 972 ft | $15–$30 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | 018 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 364 ft | 723 ftLeft Fork Huntington Creek | 644 ft | $15–$30 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | 024 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 603 ft | 402 ft | 106 ft | $15–$30 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | 038 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 1029 ft | 1,516 ft | 863 ft | $15–$30 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | 041 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 2030 ft | 706 ft | 1,982 ft | $15–$30 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | AMIFL | group standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 622 ft | 789 ftLeft Fork Huntington Creek | 444 ft | $40–$60 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | AROLF | group standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 767 ft | 1,034 ft | 627 ft | $40–$60 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | BROLF | group standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 431 ft | 632 ft | 147 ft | $40–$60 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | CROLF | group standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 431 ft | 675 ft | 483 ft | $40–$60 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | DROLF | group standard nonelectric | 50 ft | Vault Toilets listed | $40–$60 | ||
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | LAKCA | group standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 1127 ft | 992 ft | 186 ft | $40–$60 |
| LAKE CANYON REC AREA | LAKCB | group standard nonelectric | 40 ft | Vault Toilets listed | $40–$60 | ||
| Scan and Pay | ScanPay 1 | type not stated | $15–$20 | ||||
| Scan and Pay | ScanPay 2 | type not stated | $15–$20 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Miller Flat Reservoir CampgroundManti-La Sal National Forest · 4.0 mi
Chute Group CampgroundManti-La Sal National Forest · 4.2 mi
Flat CanyonManti-La Sal National Forest · 4.5 mi
Chute GroupManti-La Sal National Forest · 4.9 miThe recreation area is located just south of Utah Highway 31, on Miller Flat Road. The Miller Flat road connects Highway 31 with Joe's Valley Reservoir 21 miles to the south.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Clear Creek, UT
Typical weather
Typical October night 22°F, day 48°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 2°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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.
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
Lake Canyon Rec Area is in Utah’s 4th congressional district. Its representative, Burgess Owens (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →