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Iron Springs Group Campground is located approximately 5 miles off U.S. Highway 191, along the Red Cloud Loop Scenic Backway at an elevation of 9,200 feet. Campers enjoy exploring local off-road trails. The Iron Springs Campground Group Sites include both the fenced-in area with picnic tables, and the areas immediately adjacent to site 1 and 2 with a quarter mile for overflow parking. Recreation Red Cloud Loop offers scenic driving on a maintained dirt road, providing miles of trails for ATVs, hikers and mountain bikers. The loop leads to numerous reservoirs and lakes, overlooks, historic sites and through forests and meadows. East Park and Oaks Park Reservoirs are less than 10 miles away. Both are stocked with catchable rainbow trout. A boat ramp is available at East Park; Oaks Park does not have a boat ramp. Brush Creek Caves are nearby, a popular destination for caving and geocaching. Facilities The campground consists of two group sites that can accommodate up to 50 people each. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Picnic tables and campfire circles are located at each site. Large gravel parking areas are adjacent. Natural Features Iron Springs lies at the edge of a grassy meadow bordered by shady pines and aspens. Sagebrush and summer wildflowers dot the meadow. Many small lakes and streams can be found in the vicinity. Nearby Attractions Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area is known not only for its beautiful red cliffs, but also for its world-class fishing for lake, brown and rainbow trout. Boating, water skiing, jet skiing, canoeing, kayaking, swimming and scuba diving are popular activities on the reservoir. Flaming Gorge Dam offers guided tours of the working hydroelectric plant and the dam itself; The adjacent visitor center contains area history exhibits. The Green River below the dam provides spectacular rafting opportunities. A trip down the river offers unique geology, outlaw history and Native American rock art. The Ashley-Karst National Geologic Recreation Area offers dramatic canyons, densely forested backcountry areas, and vast networks of caves. ADA Access: N
From Vernal, Utah: Travel north on U.S. Highway 191 for 20 miles. Turn northwest onto Forest Road 018/Red Cloud Loop and travel approximately 5 miles to the campground.
I am going there again this weekend. It is middle of no where. Away from everybody.
Easy place to get to. Secluded enough to get you that fresh mountain feeling, but with enough amenities and close enough to Vernal to not be too uncomfortably rustic.
We’ve camped here a few times and we’ve enjoyed both trips. There are well marked ATV trails, camp sites are clean and spacious, vault toilets are clean. Only complaint is there is not a lot of flat areas for tents (more camp trailer friendly) and there are no bear resistant trash receptacles even though there are a number of signs throughout the grounds warning of bear country.
This place is sacred to me as I have so many wonderful memories about this particular campsite & "The Gorge" area in general...its a large group-site, there's the ice cave just down the road, horseback riding, motorcycle/4-wheeling & the most incredible nighttime skies I've ever seen! It's not too far to launch boats or rafts on the reservoir or the world-famous fishing-mecca (to me anyway) Green River, where German Brown, Rainbow & Cutthroat thrive & I recall seeing many huge Mac's landed near the dam (on the lake-side). This place is well kept & magical! Thanks to my grandparents for taking me there several times as a youngster! I was also lucky enough to camp near here many different times with friends once I got older.
So beautiful. The old pump for water is a novelty and one of a kind. You are up high so the stars are amazing at night. Bathrooms are kept clean and tons of trails to ride all around.
