USDA Forest Service · Utah
Moon Lake Campground
USDA Forest Service · Utah, United States
- Sites
- 54
- Hookups
- 54 no hookups
- Season
- May 23 to September 7
- Max RV length
- 60 ft
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 8,793 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)
- Lake
- Ashley National Forest
- Nearest town
- Duchesne
- Address
- 85 West Main, Duchesne, UT, 84021
- Phone
- 435-738-2482
- Activities
- Biking, Boating, Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Swimming, Wildlife Viewing
54 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Overview
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.
Recreation
Moon Lake offers great canoeing and motor-boating. 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 Uintas Wilderness where numerous alpine lakes provide great backcountry fishing. The Fish Creek National Recreation Trail begins at the Moon Lake Dam and ascends northeast up to center park, climbing from 8,200’ to 10,400’ over 5.6 miles.
The Moon Lake Resort is adjacent to the campground and offers small engine boat rentals.
Flying J Outfitters is located one mile before the campground, at the Lake Fork trailhead, offering both scheduled and walk-up horse rides as well as drop and pack trips into the High Uintas Wilderness.
Facilities
This large campground contains numerous single-family sites, each with a picnic table and campfire ring with grill. Generally, parking spurs are 16 X 65 feet. Please see individual campsites for exact dimensions. Most sites have lake views; some have lake access.
Flush toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided. Water spigots are located throughout the campground and roads and parking spurs are paved. A host is on-site and firewood is available for purchase at the nearby Moon Lake Resort.
Moon Lake Resort is adjacent, offering convenience groceries, ice, soda pop, fishing bait and gear.
Natural Features
The campground is situated on the lakeshore 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
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 12° | -7° | 41° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 29° | 13° | -8° | 45° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 34° | 18° | 2° | 56° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 43° | 23° | 5° | 55° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 53° | 32° | 12° | 61° | 11 of 11 |
| June | 67° | 43° | 27° | 80° | 3 of 11 |
| July | 75° | 51° | 40° | 82° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 72° | 51° | 40° | 84° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 64° | 44° | 23° | 73° | 2 of 11 |
| October | 51° | 31° | 6° | 66° | 8 of 10 |
| November | 40° | 21° | 2° | 52° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 31° | 12° | -6° | 47° | 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 · 0 mi · 1 sites
- Moon Lake Group Campground · USDA Forest Service · 1 mi · 2 sites
- Rock Creek Group (UT) · USDA Forest Service · 6 mi · 1 sites
- Miners Gulch · USDA Forest Service · 6 mi · 1 sites
- Yellowpine · USDA Forest Service · 7 mi · 17 sites
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