About Gooseberry Creek Campground
Gooseberry Group Campground is located on an aspen-covered hillside above Gooseberry Reservoir, at an elevation of 8,500 feet. Visitors enjoy fishing and canoeing on the small reservoir and exploring area trails. Gooseberry Reservoir, which is visible from several sites, offers good cutthroat and rainbow trout fishing, as well as canoeing. The Great Western Trail runs near the campground, offering excellent opportunities for hiking, biking and off-road vehicle riding. The campground offers group campsites equipped with picnic tables and fire rings. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Garbage collection facilities are not available, requiring visitors to pack out all trash. A well-maintained dirt road leads to the campground, providing relatively easy access for cars and RVs alike. The campground lies within a grove of aspens that is dotted with mature fir trees, in a valley…
- Fees: $10 per night for a single site, $40 per night for a group site.
- Season: Beginning June – September 30
- Managed by: Manti-La Sal National Forest, FS
- Where: 7 mi west of Scofield, UT · 39.6875, -111.29694
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–Aug (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–Apr.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gooseberry Campground | ATV road | at camp | 0.7 mi |
| Gooseberry Rsvr | ATV road | 0.4 mi | 3.0 mi |
| Gooseberry Creek | Hiking | 1.9 mi | 5.4 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.Dump station: 22.3 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Lake Cabin 0.8 mi
- Mammoth Cabin 0.8 mi
- Dispersed spot · 7 mi NE of Fairview 1.1 mi
- Dispersed spot · 7 mi NE of Fairview 1.3 mi
- Gooseberry Reservoir 1.6 mi
- Dispersed spot · 7 mi NE of Fairview 1.6 mi