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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. ADA Access: N
From Duchesne, Utah, take State Hwy 87 north for 19 miles. Turn north onto to 20780 W towards Mountain Home, then continue north 13 miles to the Forest Boundary and Forest Road 131. Follow road 131 for 5 miles to the campground. The campground is about 37 miles from Duchesne on paved roads although some spots have pot-holes.
$20/night for single site, and $32/night for double site and $100/night for the group site.
We love this spot and have stayed here for several family reunions. We stayed from Wednesday to Saturday. Group size has ranged between 40 and 80 with tents and around 10 RV's (site B). It's close to the lake with a pathway down to the shore line. We've only caught small fish here, my 9 year old snagged a 13-14 inch Brown Trout on Friday night using a rainbow colored lure. You can rent small fishing boats for around $75 for 5 or 6 hours. There is a hiking trail on the west side that stays above the lake for part of the hike and goes at least as far as the inlet. Great place to get away from the heat. There are toilets and running water. The bathrooms are pit bathrooms and not flush toilets but they were just fine for us.
Moon Lake, “out of this world but still in Utah”.
Such a gorgeous hidden gem. Even after the fire, it still has so much beauty.
The campground area offers a variety of sites to camp with left or right side access and even pull through sites. As you can see my site’s fire pit and table were opposite of my door, no big deal here given how much space there was on either side of my trailer. There are fixed picnic tables and fire rings with movable grates.
There are flushable restrooms available with running water throughout the campground and random water spigots. No power sources available though.
Been going here since I was born. It’s mice to get away from the city every now and then. The people at the lodge are so nice and friendly. Thankfully they do have running water so no giant hole in the ground for a toilet. There are a couple of trails to follow which gives you something to do. The weather is always nice as well.
This is one of my favorite group sites of all time. The main reason is because each group site is fairly secluded and is not part of the main campground. It feels like you have an entire campground to yourself.
There are two group sites here, and I have stayed at both of them. Each group site is a loop with multiple trailer spots. There are also quite a few areas for tents as well. We could have easily fit 7-8 RVs in a single group site, and could likely fit more if you wanted to squeeze them in. Our group also had a class A motor home which fit easily.
Each group site has plenty of tables and a large fire pit. There are 5 rows of tablesin each suite. We had a group of 15 and we only used one row of the tables.
There is water available at each group site. There isn't a way to attach a hose, so filling the fresh water tank on the RV is slow but it still works. No electricity or dumping station is available.
There are pit toilets at each group site. These are cleaned daily.
The lower site (which I believe is group site B) is slightly better than the upper group site. This is because the lower site has less traffic. The upper site is next to the main road and you have to drive next to the upper site to get to the lower site. The lower site is also closer to the lake.
Beautiful camp ground worth the drive for the view alone. Fishing was slow going from the shore. A few inflatable boats were on the lake and even one fishing boat. From the look of the boat ramp who ever launched from it was a brave sole and would not recommend attempting. Bathrooms were clean with flushing toilets. It rained on us every day but stopped in the evenings allowing us to have a fire. Each camp site has a nice concrete table and nice fire ring higher than most to help prevent the little from falling in. Their is a beautiful trail with a bridge over and inlet to the lake that was a easy one for kids. Would recommend boots as the trail was muddy in parts.
