Smith and Morehouse
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $28.06From, per site
- Sites
- 3433 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 13 notices
In the agency’s own words
Smith and Morehouse Campground is located a very short distance from Smith and Morehouse Reservoir on the western edge of the Uinta Mountains in northeastern Utah. The town of Oakley, Utah, is just 12 miles away. Visitors enjoy fishing, canoeing and exploring the Smith and Morehouse Trail. Keep reading
Recreation
The reservoir is open to motorized boats, though a wake-less speed is enforced, making it an excellent place for canoeing and kayaking. A boat ramp is located on the northwest shore. Anglers enjoy fishing for stocked rainbow trout and other native fish species. The 14.6 mile point to point moderately trafficked Smith Morehouse Trail is popular with hikers and backpackers. The trail begins at nearby Ledgefork Campground and leads through forests, meadows and a marsh before spurring off to Erickson Basin and Island Lake. It is one of the less popular hikes in the Uintahs and at times can be difficult to navigate where the actual trail is. Be sure to take a map and compass/gps to help along the way. It is a good idea to take two cars or have someone drop your group off at one of the trail heads and meet you at your destination so you have transportation waiting for you at the other end. The trail is difficult and can be very hot in the summer months. Be sure to take an adequate amount of water.
Facilities
The campground offers numerous family sites, most of which are accessible. Picnic tables and campfire rings are provided, as are vault toilets. Firewood is available for purchase from the host. This is a paved campground with no hook-ups.
Natural Features
The campground is situated just below the reservoir in a scenic conifer and aspen forest at an elevation of 7,800 feet. Smith and Morehouse Creek runs through the campground. A variety of wildlife makes its home around the reservoir, including moose and deer. Summer temperatures range from 65-75 degrees in the day to 40-50 at night. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (385) 273-1100.
Nearby Attractions
Mirror Lake Scenic Byway, Length 65 miles/104 km, Time to allow: 2 hours. Heading east from Kamas through the national forest, Mirror Lake Highway is one of the most popular mountain routes in the state. The road winds through farm and ranch lands and rises to heavily forested mountain terrain accented by the meadows and rugged peaks. There are numerous access points into the High Uinta Wilderness along this byway.
Charges & Cancellations
Change and Cancellation Policies and Fees Overnight and Day Use Facilities: To ensure fairness, reservation arrival or departure dates may not be changed beyond the booking window until 18 days after booking the reservation. Camping / Day Use: A $10.00 service fee will apply if you change or cancel your reservation (including campsites, cabins, lookouts, group facilities, etc.). The $10.00 service fee will be deducted from the refund amount. You can cancel or change reservations through Recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777. Late Cancellations Overnight and Day Use Facilities: Late cancellations are those cancelled between 12:01 a.m. (Eastern) on the day before arrival and check out time on the day after arrival. Individual Campsites: If a customer cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival they will be charged a $10.00 service fee and will also forfeit the first night's use fee (not to exceed the total paid for the original reservation). Cancellations for a single night's reservation will forfeit the entire use fee but no cancellation fee will apply. Cabins / Lookouts: Customers will be charged a $10.00 cancellation fee and forfeit the first night's use fee if a cabin or lookout reservation is cancelled within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date. Cancellations for a single night's use will not be assessed a service fee. Group Facility: If a customer cancels a group overnight facility reservation within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date they will be charged the $10.00 service fee and forfeit the first night's use fee. Cancellations for a single night's use will not be assessed a service fee. Group Day Use Area: If a customer cancels a group day use facility reservation within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date, they will forfeit the total day use fee with no service fee charge. No-Shows Camping / Day Use: A camping no-show customer is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date. Reserved campsites and group overnight facilities will be held until check-out time on the day following your scheduled arrival. Group day-use facilities will be held until check-in time on your scheduled arrival date. If a customer does not arrive at the campground or group facility by check-out time the day after arrival or does not cancel the reservation by the times listed under "Late Cancellations" above, the customer may be assessed a $20.00 service fee and forfeit use fees. Refunds Customers must request refunds no later than 14 days after the scheduled departure date. Recreation.gov will not grant refund requests after 14 days of departure. Reservation Fee: For some facilities, tours or permits an additional reservation fee is charged. For some overnight and day-use facilities, an additional non-refundable reservation fee may apply. The non-refundable reservation fee for tours and tickets is $1.00. The non-refundable reservation fee for permits varies by location. Refunds for Bankcard Purchases: Refunds for bank card payments will be issued as a credit to the original bank card. Refunds for Check or Cash Purchases: Refunds for Recreation.gov payments made by check or money order, and cash payments at selected campgrounds will be issued a check refund. A refund will be processed within 30 days of receipt and approval. Please Note: Refund requests made during or after departure can only be processed when approved by the facility management staff based upon local policy. Refunds for Emergency Closures: In the event of an emergency closure, the Recreation.gov team will attempt to notify users and offer alternate dates (as appropriate). If this is not possible, reservations will be cancelled and all fees paid will be refunded. Reservation fees for free tickets are non-refundable in the event of an emergency closure. Recreation.gov Billing Information Reservation transaction will appear on customer's credit card statements as "Recreation.gov 877-444-6777." Changes to Policies and Procedures Recreation.gov reserves the right, when necessary, to modify reservation policies. These policies were last updated July 2018.
What the agency tells you
This Campground is in Bear Country Always store food and trash securely to avoid attracting wildlife -Failure to comply may result in fines up to $5,000, removal from your site and/or imprisonment Remember, a fed bear is a dead bear; your actions can save lives
Dogs or Domestic Pets Owners must Control the dog by a leash not to exceed six feet (6’) at all times -Clean up dog feces immediately -Limit two dogs per site Do not allow dogs to -Rush, threaten, or attack people/animals -Obstruct or interfere with people, vehicles, or property -Cause damage to vegetation, habitat, or harass wildlife
Campground Etiquette and Rules Gates open at 7am, Gates close at 10pm Quiet Hours are 10pm to 6am No generators after 10pm Camping is allowed only within the designated space provided. Do not go beyond the boundaries of your site Max occupancy is 8 people per single site Reserved sites will be held until 12pm on the day following your scheduled arrival date Horses/Off-road vehicles are prohibited in the campground Leave No Trace Put all garbage in dumpsters, when provided, or properly stored in your vehicle or bear box Remove all personal property and trash when leaving Unclean sites will be reported to the District Ranger LEO Leaving food/trash in an unoccupied site may result in a $5,000 fine This is a 'pack it in, pack it out' facility; please bring garbage bags Cleaning fish, animals, or bathing where drinking water is supplied is strictly prohibited Fireworks or other explosives are prohibited. Discharging of a firearm in the campground is not allowed No fighting or boisterous behavior. Be courteous to your fellow visitor. Keep noise at a reasonable level No amplified music is allowed in USDA Forest Service campgrounds and facilities. People come to the campgrounds for peace and quiet Max Vehicle Length includes tow vehicle
Everything else this campground posts · 10
There is a 2-night minimum stay on weekends; 3-night minimum stay on holiday weekends
Trailers/Campers and RVs: Come with your RV/trailer water tank filled. Hooking up to spigots or the power in the restrooms, even for medical devices is strictly prohibited
First Come First Served (FF) sites For reservable sites, reservations must be made at least 5 days in advance You must claim a FF site in person on the day you wish to check-in A site listed as FF does not guarantee availability, Recreation.gov does not update FF occupancy The only way to know if an FF site is available is to arrive at the campground on the day you plan to check-in Availability cannot be predicted Many sites are in remote locations, we cannot contact hosts about availability Recommended arrival times vary by day. Weekends and holidays fill more quickly To claim an FF site, you must be present, occupy the site, and pay at that time
Extra Vehicle -$10 per vehicle, per day (paid on-site cash/check) Firewood -$9
If you booked at a discount without a Senior or Access pass, you'll need to pay the difference in cash/check upon arrival. Only Senior or Access passes qualify for discounts and proof of ownership upon arrival is required
Please understand that camping is an outdoor experience; we do not give refunds or credits for weather or natural conditions Cancellations within 24 hours prior to arrival date will forfeit the entire use fee and a $10 cancellation fee No-shows, early departures, or cancellations after the arrival date are not entitled to a refund Failure to arrive at the site by check-out time the day after scheduled arrival and does not cancel the reservation, will be charged a $20 service fee and forfeit the first-night use fee
For more information on visiting Bear Country visit wildawareutah.org wildlife.utah.gov For campground Rules and Regulations visit gocamputah.com/rules
Click herefor more info about the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest For more info, call Kamas Ranger District at 435-783-4338 or Utah Recreation at 385-273-1100 Visit our website gocamputah.comor Facebook facebook.com/letsgocamputah To reserve a site call Recreation.gov reservation line 1-877-444-6777
Don't Move Firewood: Help prevent the spread of tree-killing pests in our national forests by obtaining firewood within 10 miles of your destination and burning it on-site. For more info click here
Please note: Utah Recreation is not responsible for accident or injury to any person or property resulting from the use of this facility and is not responsible for the loss of money or valuables of any kind. The user of this permit assumes full and complete responsibility for the conduct and actions of all members in their party
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 34
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 45 ft
- Paved pads
- 33 of 34
- Accessible sites
- 30
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…and campfire rings are provided, as are vault toilets. Firewood is available for purchase from the host.…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Firewood
- Sold here
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, Creek, Meadow
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Scenic drives
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 373rd darkest of 458 in UT
- Bortle 4
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 33 of the 34 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
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 · 13
What you actually pay
“Cash, Check, or Scan & Pay (with recreation.gov app) 33 single sites - $31.00 , capacity - 8 people + 1 vehicle Extra Vehicle - $10.00 per vehicle (paid on-site cash/check) Day Use - $15.00 Monday- Thursday Overflow a…” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $28.06 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.
“Change and Cancellation Policies and Fees - Overnight and Day Use Facilities: To ensure fairness, reservation arrival or departure dates may not be changed beyond the booking window until 18 days after booking the reservation. - Camping / Day Use: A $10.00 service fee will apply if you change or cancel your reservat…” · this campground’s own no-show terms
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 · 7
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
35 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 33 mapped sitesAll 35 records
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 34 of the 35 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. 34 of the 35 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| S&P | Single S&P | type not stated | 20 ft | yes | $27.75 | |||
| SMIT | 001 HOST | host pad | 20 ft | yes | 625 ft | 737 ft | $27.75 | |
| SMIT | 002 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 169 ft | 706 ft | 940 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 003 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 111 ft | 583 ft | 943 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 004 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 101 ft | 688 ft | 1,047 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 005 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 101 ft | 667 ft | 1,088 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 006 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 100 ft | 608 ft | 1,132 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 007 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 63 ft | 516 ft | 1,116 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 008 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 63 ft | 468 ft | 1,057 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 009 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 135 ft | 510 ft | 963 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 010 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 118 ft | 543 ft | 795 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 011 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 52 ft | 481 ft | 678 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 012 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 98 ft | 403 ft | 711 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 013 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 90 ft | 293 ft | 684 ft | $28.06 | |
| SMIT | 014 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 84 ft | 246 ft | 596 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 015 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 84 ft | 275 ft | 525 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 016 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 52 ft | 429 ft | 644 ft | $28.06 | |
| SMIT | 017 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 119 ft | 514 ft | 598 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 018 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 134 ft | 459 ft | 425 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 019 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 120 ft | 332 ft | 425 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 020 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 96 ft | 138 ft | 346 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 021 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 96 ft | 226 ft | 300 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 022 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 85 ft | 301 ft | 228 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 023 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 50 ft | 163 ft | 206 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 024 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 85 ft | 288 ft | 144 ft | $28.06 | |
| SMIT | 025 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 50 ft | 197 ft | 161 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 026 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 149 ft | 111 ft | 83 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 027 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 84 ft | 156 ft | 206 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 028 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 68 ft | 241 ft | 199 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 029 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 84 ft | 209 ft | 287 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 030 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 67 ft | 345 ft | 314 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 031 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 67 ft | 308 ft | 249 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 032 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 60 ft | 402 ft | 315 ft | $28.06 |
| SMIT | 033 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 60 ft | 381 ft | 265 ft | $28.06 | |
| SMIT | 034 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 131 ft | 315 ft | 154 ft | $28.06 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It names it a host pad. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
25 of 35 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
LedgeforkWasatch National Forest · 1.9 mi
Ledgefork Guard StationWasatch National Forest · 1.9 miTrial Lake CampgroundWasatch National Forest · 9.6 mi
Washington LakeWasatch National Forest · 9.8 miWashington Lake CampgroundWasatch National Forest · 10 mi
Yellow Pine Campground (UT)Wasatch National Forest · 10 miFrom Salt Lake City, Utah, take Highway 80 east for 36 miles to the Kamas exit. Travel south for 12 miles to Oakley, turn left on Highway 213 and travel 12 miles to end of pavement. Turn right and go 2 miles to the campground entrance.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Oakley, UT
Typical weather
Typical October night 32°F, day 56°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 14°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
Smith and Morehouse 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 →