About Moon Lake Campground
Moon Lake Campground is located on the shores of the scenic two mile long Moon Lake on the southern slope of the 13,000 foot peaked Uinta Mountains. Visitors come to Moon Lake to enjoy cool mountain air, fishing, canoeing and motor boating, scenic vistas, hiking trails and horse rides. The campground include single and double sites. **Natural Features:** The campground is situated on the lake shore at an elevation of 8,100 feet where lodgepole pine, aspen and Douglas fir provide some shade away from the lake. Wildlife and flowers both flourish in the canyon. **Recreation:** Moon Lake offers great canoeing and fishing. Anglers fish for tiger, rainbows and brook trout, kokanee salmon and splake. Tiger and rainbow trout are actively stocked annually. The Lake Fork Trail and Brown Duck Mountain Loop hiking/equestrian trails begin at this site offering excellent opportunities in the High…
- Fees: $20/night for single site, and $32/night for double site and $100/night for the group site.
- Season: May
- Managed by: USFS - Ashley National Forest
- Where: 21 mi northwest of Bluebell, UT · 40.56851, -110.50811
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–May.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Fork | Horse | 0.1 mi | 15.7 mi |
| Brown Duck A | Horse | 0.1 mi | 1.3 mi |
| Brown Duck | Horse | 0.4 mi | 16.5 mi |
| Dry Canyon | Horse | 0.9 mi | 1.9 mi |
| Fish Creek | Horse | 1.1 mi | 5.8 mi |
| Dry Ridge | ATV road | 2.4 mi | 11.8 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: 7.4 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Rock Creek Group (Ut) 6.2 mi
- Campsite · 13 mi N of Tabiona 6.6 mi
- Miners Gulch 6.6 mi
- Yellowpine 7.3 mi
- Yellowstone Group Campground 8.2 mi
- Swift Creek Campground 8.9 mi