Bureau of Land Management · Utah
Price Canyon Recreation Area
Bureau of Land Management · Utah, United States
- Sites
- 14
- Hookups
- 14 with water, 14 no hookups
- Season
- Year-round
- Group sites
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 6,742 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- AT&T weak · T-Mobile none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Price Canyon Recreation Area
- Nearest town
- Price
14 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Overview
Price Canyon Recreation Area offers visitors a chance to enjoy cooler temperatures and the shade of large ponderosa pine trees during the summer. The recreation area is located on a ridge high above Price Canyon.
Recreation
The Bristlecone Ridge trail (3.1 miles starting in the north campground loop) allows visitors to hike through the burned bristlecone forest. Post-fire, these open grasslands fill with wildflowers in the summer months. There are two bouldering areas on the way up to the campground, and day use areas at each campground.
Facilities
The north campground loop access two group sites and the south loop has twelve individual sites. Both loops have vault toilets, and all campsites have picnic tables, fire rings, and flat areas for tents. Many are shaded by ponderosa pines.
Natural Features
Situated at an elevation of 7,500 feet, the recreation area is forested with ponderosa pines and shrubs. The 2021 Bear Fire burned most of the bristlecone pines in the forest, but the ridge still offers scenic views and some portions of the forest are intact.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 17° | -8° | 47° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 36° | 19° | -5° | 47° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 41° | 25° | 10° | 70° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 51° | 30° | 12° | 68° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 66° | 41° | 27° | 79° | 3 of 11 |
| June | 79° | 52° | 38° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 88° | 62° | 49° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 84° | 59° | 46° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 76° | 52° | 31° | 83° | 1 of 11 |
| October | 60° | 37° | 22° | 75° | 7 of 10 |
| November | 49° | 31° | 5° | 61° | 9 of 10 |
| December | 34° | 18° | -3° | 54° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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- Flat Canyon · USDA Forest Service · 20 mi · 15 sites
- Gooseberry Reservoir · USDA Forest Service · 20 mi · 18 sites
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