Lower Little Bear Campground
- Right now
- OpenInside the published season, our reading
- Sites
- 2All of them booked ahead
- Season
- May 1Opens May 1. No closing date published.
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
Lower Little Bear Campground is a campsite nestled in a shaded area adjacent to Huntington Creek. This campground is located along the Huntington Canyon National Scenic Byway on Utah Highway 31. Many recreational activities are available, including hiking, biking and fishing. This campground is sought after by campers looking for solitude outside of a typical campground setting. This location is available on a first-come, first-served basis only. Visitors are required to physically arrive at the campground to purchase and claim a site. Once on-site, you can pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.gov mobile app. Download the free Recreation.gov mobile app on Android or iOS prior to your arrival as some remote areas have limited or no cellular service. Keep reading
Recreation
Popular activities include fishing, hunting, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, rock climbing, and scenic driving. The six-mile Left Fork of the Huntington National Recreation Trail, for hiking and horses, is nearby, as is the 10-mile Fish Creek trail, for hiking, biking and horses. Huntington Pipeline Trail: 3.5 Miles Left Fork of Huntington National Recreational Trail: 6 Miles Tie Fork/Wild Cattle/Pole Canyon Trails: 7+ Miles Horse Canyon Trails: 8+ Miles Facilities Lower Little Bear provides a double site that can accommodate 12 people and a group site that can accommodate 40 people. At this campground you will find graveled parking spur, picnic tables, Dutch oven stands, serving tables, pedestal grills and fire ring with benches. This campground does not have water on site but potable water can be located at Stuart Guard Station 7 miles away. There is also no restroom on site but a restroom can be accessed 1/3 mile north of Lower Little Bear Campground.
Natural Features
The canyon area has numerous lakes and streams, vibrant summer wildflowers, colorful fall foliage, and abundant wildlife. Contact Info This location is unstaffed. To speak with our main office for general information, please call: (435) 384-2372.
What the agency tells you
*On-site payment using QR code *1 Double site, and 1 Group site *Picnic table, and fire ring *Camping fee $5/Night Per Vehicle *Pets Must be Leashed *Trash Pack it in Pack it out *14 day camping limit
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 2 · 1 group
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
Facilities
- Toilets
- None. Pack out what you bring in
- “…Station 7 miles away. There is also no restroom on site but a restroom can be accessed 1/3 mile…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…fire ring with benches. This campground does not have water on site but potable water can be located at Stuart…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Fall color · reported 13 days ago, 21 km away
- Peak color
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 15:34 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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.
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Every line of the receipt · 9
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 · 4
recreation.gov availability, read 15:34 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
2 sites
All 2 sites
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions
Where it is
Little Bear GroupManti-La Sal National Forest · 0.4 miRiver Bend CampgroundManti-La Sal National Forest · 0.6 mi
Forks of HuntingtonManti-La Sal National Forest · 4.1 mi
Big Rock GroupManti-La Sal National Forest · 4.9 mi
Indian Creek (UT)Manti-La Sal National Forest · 5.4 mi
Old Folks FlatManti-La Sal National Forest · 6.7 miFrom Huntington, Utah: Travel West for 13.5 miles on Highway 31
From Fairview, Utah: Travel East for approximately 75 miles on Highway 31
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Huntington, UT
Typical weather
Typical May night 37°F, day 61°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical May night 37°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
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
Lower Little Bear Campground 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 →