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Old Folks Flat Campground is nestled in beautiful Huntington Canyon along the Huntington Canyon National Scenic Byway on Utah Highway 31. It sits at an elevation of 8,600 feet. Many recreational activities are available, including hiking, biking and fishing. This small campground is accessible by paved road by all types of passenger vehicles.
Popular activities include fishing, hunting, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, rock climbing and scenic driving. Nearby Huntington Creek is a Blue Ribbon fishery, offering high-quality fishing for brown, cutthroat and rainbow trout.
The 4-mile Left Fork of the Huntington National Recreation Trail is nearby and open to hikers and horseback riders. The 10-mile Fish Creek Trail, for hiking, biking and horseback riding, is also close by.
This campground is primarily devoted to group sites, but eight single-family campsites are also available. The five group sites can accommodate up to 20, 50 or 60 people and multiple vehicles in adjacent parking areas.
Sites are equipped with tables and and a campfire rings with grills. The facility has recently been upgraded with flush toilets and drinking water spigots, but electricity and garbage collection service is not available. Roads and parking spurs within the campground are gravel.
Large spruce trees and aspens cover the campground, offering partial shade. The canyon area has numerous lakes and streams, vibrant summer wildflowers, colorful fall foliage and abundant wildlife. Located just across W State Road 31 is Huntington Creek.
The Huntington Canyon National Scenic Byway is part of the 86-mile Energy Loop. It offers stunning mountain and lake views as it tops 10,000 feet in elevation.
The historic Stuart Guard Station Visitor Center is nearby, offering a glimpse of the 1930s life of a ranger and his family who once lived there. Exhibits of Civilian Conservation Corps projects and original equipment are also on display. Area information is available there as well.
The Bridges Campground, Little Rock Campground, and Huntington Creek are also close by.
The campground is located 21 miles from Huntington, Utah, along Highway 31.
Great campsite, We stayed in group site 3. It’s fairly close to a main highway, but it seems to have minimal use. It is a bit close to other campers and all are big groups so keep that in mind. All in all we enjoyed the space and the beauty around is amazing! Close to water recreation too.
We stayed for a couple of nights at a large group site. Tent spaces are a little awkward since the site is on a bit of a slope. There wasn’t a ton of shade at our site and others had less. There were plenty of tables at our site. The fire pit was on a slope so that made it challenging to sit around. The bathrooms had flush toilets but the lights didn’t work. No camp host on site. No cell coverage either, which was funny since they want you to scan the QR code to pay online.
Overall the site was really pretty with a mix of spruce and aspens. Cooler temps at the high elevation. Just a few minutes from Cleveland reservoir.
The fire did a great deal of damage but it’s slowly recovering.
Great camp grounds
Wildlife moving through always, close the some good fishing
Great place for families. Very clean and spread out enough you aren't on top of other campers. The site is also just past the lake and all the offroading trails so you don't hear the ATV traffic.
It was a good campground. We looked at satellite photos and it looked different in reality. We stayed in site 7 and had three trailers plus vehicles and 3 more vehicles. It has a large gravel parking spot. Then you could fit several tents as well. It is close to the flush bathrooms. There is water at the campsite. We enjoyed our stay. The other campsite were all full but we weren’t bothered busy other campers.
