About Butterfly Lake Campground
This is an unpaved campground with no hook-ups. The nearest phone is 14 miles away. Local popular recreation activities include lake fishing and hiking. This campground is equipped with picnic tables.
- Fees: Fee
- Managed by: USFS - Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Where: 20 mi east of Samak, UT · 40.72065, -110.86701
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jul–Aug (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–May.
Fly over it in 3D, check today's weather and fire news, plan the drive and print a trip plan.
Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfly Lake | Hiking | 0.1 mi | 0.6 mi |
| Highline | Horse | 0.1 mi | 8.1 mi |
| Butterfly Lake Shortcut | Hiking | 0.1 mi | |
| Highline Spur | Hiking | 0.2 mi | 0.1 mi |
| Highline T H-A | ATV road | 0.2 mi | 0.1 mi |
| Highline T H | ATV road | 0.2 mi | 0.2 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way shows rich detail, horizon to horizon.
Class 2 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Stargazing nearby: Rockport State Park (Dark Sky Park), 29 mi.
Dump station: 12.5 mi
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- Mirror Lake Campground 1.7 mi
- Moosehorn Campground 2.3 mi
- Dispersed spot · 21 mi E of Samak 2.4 mi
- Dispersed spot · 21 mi E of Samak 2.9 mi
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