Moon Lake Group Campground

FS USDA Forest Service · Duchesne, UT · Primitive

Conditions

Road Access Gravel
Driveway Surface Gravel
Season Not recorded
Campfires Campfires Allowed
Elevation 8,100 ft
Max RV Length 25 ft
Boondock Access Not recorded

The managing agency hasn't published season for this campground. The description and directions below often mention it — and it's worth calling the agency before a long drive.

Features

Environment High Elevation
Style Primitive Potable Water Vault Toilet Reservable

Campground Stats

Total Sites2
Sites Accepting RVs2
Group Sites2
Overnight Sites2
Max RV Length25 ft
SurfaceGravel

Location

40.5669444, -110.5008333 · P.O. Box 981 , Duchesne , UT 84021

Description

Overview

Moon Lake Group Campground is located on the shores of scenic Moon Lake on the southern slope of the Uinta Mountains. Visitors come to Moon Lake for its canoeing and fishing opportunities, abundant trails and scenic beauty.

Recreation

Moon Lake offers great canoeing and fishing opportunities. Anglers fish for rainbow and cutthroat trout, Kokanee salmon and splake.

Lake Fork Trail and Brown Duck Mountain Loop begin at the site, offering excellent hiking and horseback riding into the High Uintas Wilderness, where numerous alpine lakes provide great backcountry fishing.

Flying J Outfitters is nearby, offering guided horseback rides along area trails.

Facilities

This campground contains two group sites that can accommodate up to 75 people each, with picnic tables and campfire rings with grills. Accessible vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided.

A campground host is located at the nearby Moon Lake Campground, where firewood is available for purchase. Roads and parking spurs are gravel.

Natural Features

The campground is situated on the lakeshore at an elevation of 8,100 feet, where lodgepole pines and aspens dot the landscape, offering partial shade. Wildlife and summer wildflowers are abundant.

Nearby Attractions

Moon Lake Resort is adjacent, offering limited supplies, groceries and boat rentals.

Directions

From Duchesne, Utah, take Highway 87 north to Mountain Home, then travel on county road to Forest Road 131. The campground is about 36 miles from Duchesne.

Activities

BIKING BOATING CAMPING FISHING HIKING HORSEBACK RIDING SWIMMING SITE WILDLIFE VIEWING

Details

Phone435-722-5018
ADA AccessN
ReservableYes

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