USDA Forest Service · Utah
Moon Lake Group Campground
USDA Forest Service · Utah, United States
- Sites
- 2
- Hookups
- 2 no hookups
- Season
- May 22 to September 6
- Max RV length
- 25 ft
- Group sites
- Yes
- Elevation
- 8,130 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- MOON LAKE GROUP (NFSR 10313) · native material · moderate degree of user comfort
- Lake
- Ashley National Forest
- Nearest town
- Duchesne
- Address
- P.O. Box 981, Duchesne, UT, 84021
- Phone
- 435-722-5018
- Activities
- Biking, Boating, Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Swimming, Wildlife Viewing
2 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Overview
Moon Lake Group Campground is located on the shores of scenic Moon Lake on the southern slope of the Uinta Mountains. Visitors come to Moon Lake for its canoeing and fishing opportunities, abundant trails and scenic beauty.
Recreation
Moon Lake offers great canoeing and fishing opportunities. Anglers fish for rainbow and cutthroat trout, Kokanee salmon and splake.
Lake Fork Trail and Brown Duck Mountain Loop begin at the site, offering excellent hiking and horseback riding into the High Uintas Wilderness, where numerous alpine lakes provide great backcountry fishing.
Flying J Outfitters is nearby, offering guided horseback rides along area trails.
Facilities
This campground contains two group sites that can accommodate up to 75 people each, with picnic tables and campfire rings with grills. Accessible vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided.
A campground host is located at the nearby Moon Lake Campground, where firewood is available for purchase. Roads and parking spurs are gravel.
Natural Features
The campground is situated on the lakeshore at an elevation of 8,100 feet, where lodgepole pines and aspens dot the landscape, offering partial shade. Wildlife and summer wildflowers are abundant.
Nearby Attractions
Moon Lake Resort is adjacent, offering limited supplies, groceries and boat rentals.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 15° | -4° | 43° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 31° | 15° | -5° | 47° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 36° | 20° | 4° | 58° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 45° | 25° | 7° | 57° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 55° | 35° | 15° | 63° | 8 of 11 |
| June | 69° | 45° | 30° | 82° | 1 of 11 |
| July | 78° | 54° | 42° | 84° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 74° | 53° | 42° | 86° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 66° | 46° | 26° | 75° | 1 of 11 |
| October | 53° | 33° | 8° | 68° | 7 of 10 |
| November | 43° | 24° | 5° | 55° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 33° | 14° | -4° | 49° | 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.
Nearby campgrounds
- Moon Lake Guard Station · USDA Forest Service · 1 mi · 1 sites
- Moon Lake Campground · USDA Forest Service · 1 mi · 54 sites
- Rock Creek Group (UT) · USDA Forest Service · 6 mi · 1 sites
- Miners Gulch · USDA Forest Service · 7 mi · 1 sites
- Yellowpine · USDA Forest Service · 8 mi · 17 sites
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