About Canyon Rim
Canyon Rim Campground is located in a grassy meadow high above Flaming Gorge Reservoir, along Red Canyon Road at an elevation of 7,400 feet. Visitors enjoy exploring the Red Canyon Rim Trail and canoeing and fishing at Greens Lake. Nearby Greens Lake offers great canoeing and fishing for rainbow and brook trout. Red Canyon Lodge sits on the shore. Canoe and bike rentals, horseback riding, a restaurant and gift shop are available. Red Canyon Rim Trail, for hiking and biking, begins at the nearby visitor center, which offers interpretive displays and area information. This campground contains several family campsites with picnic tables and campfire rings; some sites also have grills. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. The campground lies about 1 mile from beautiful cliffs overlooking Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Lodgepole and ponderosa pines dot the campground, providing limited…
- Fees: Visit www.recreation.gov to see rental rates. The single site fee covers the cost of 1 vehicle. Each single site's maximum capacity is 2…
- Season: May – September
- Managed by: Ashley National Forest, FS
- Where: 4 mi west of Flaming Gorge, UT · 40.8825, -109.54944
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: Jun–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–Apr.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Rim | Hiking | 0.2 mi | 4.5 mi |
| Canyon Rim A | Hiking | 0.6 mi | 1.0 mi |
| Red Canyon Interp Spur F | Hiking | 0.9 mi | |
| Red Canyon Interpretive | Hiking | 0.9 mi | 0.2 mi |
| Red Canyon Interp Spur A | Hiking | 0.9 mi | |
| Red Canyon Interp Spur B | Hiking | 0.9 mi | 0.1 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
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Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 4.9 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Red Canyon (Ashley National Forest) 0.7 mi
- Greens Lake 1 mi
- Skull Creek 1.8 mi
- Meadow Park 4.5 mi
- Pine Forest RV Park 4.6 mi
- Greendale 4.9 mi