USDA Forest Service · Utah
Posey Lake Campground
USDA Forest Service · Utah, United States
- Sites
- 23
- Hookups
- 8 with water, 21 no hookups
- Season
- May 28 to September 6
- Max RV length
- 35 ft
- Group sites
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 8,698 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
- AQUARIUS-TEASDALE (NFSR 30154) · crushed aggregate or gravel · suitable for passenger cars
- Lake
- Dixie National Forest
- Address
- DIXIE, UT
- Phone
- 435-826-5499
- Activities
- Camping, Canoeing, Fishing, Hiking
21 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Overview
Posey Lake Campground is located next to its beautiful namesake lake high on the Colorado Plateau at an elevation of 8,800 feet. Visitors enjoy canoeing, fishing and exploring local trails.
Recreation
Posey Lake offers rainbow and brook trout fishing, canoeing, kayaking and non-motorized boating. Two hiking trails begin at the campground. The Posey Overlook Trail is a mile long and leads to a beautiful overlook. The Posey Spur Trail connects the campground to the Great Western Trail, which provides excellent hiking and mountain biking.
Facilities
The campground contains 21 single-family sites and one group site for up to 35 people. Drinking water is provided from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Facilities at this campground include accessible vault toilets, a fish cleaning station and two fishing docks. Roads and parking spurs are gravel.
Natural Features
The campground is situated on a hillside above Posey Lake. A scenic forest of towering ponderosa pines covers the area. Clusters of aspens dot the landscape and summer wildflowers are abundant.
Nearby Attractions
Posey Lake offers a cool escape from the surrounding desert landscape and is often used as a base to explore the surrounding region. The Escalante area of southern Utah offers breathtaking scenery nearly everywhere you look.
Sightseeing along Forest Road 153 (Hell's Backbone) and Utah Highway 12, a National All American Highway, is very popular. The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Anasazi State Park, and the Escalante Petrified Forest State Park are all located in the area.
Contact Info
For facility specific information, please call (801) 226-3564.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 11° | -3° | 49° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 32° | 11° | -7° | 45° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 38° | 21° | -5° | 69° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 51° | 27° | 10° | 65° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 62° | 37° | 22° | 73° | 5 of 11 |
| June | 77° | 50° | 35° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 82° | 56° | 46° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 76° | 53° | 44° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 70° | 48° | 32° | 80° | 1 of 11 |
| October | 57° | 33° | 6° | 70° | 8 of 10 |
| November | 47° | 27° | -3° | 59° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 35° | 18° | -15° | 52° | 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
- Blue Spruce Campground · USDA Forest Service · 3 mi
- Cowpuncher Guard Station · USDA Forest Service · 4 mi · 1 sites
- Barker Recreation Area · USDA Forest Service · 7 mi · 18 sites
- Escalante Petrified Forest State Park · Utah State Parks · 11 mi · 52 sites
- Calf Creek Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · 18 mi
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