Water Adventures
Boat ramps, paddle-friendly coves and swimming beaches. These campgrounds are built around a day on the water and a comfortable night after it.
124 Utah campgrounds match this activity.
Recommended campgrounds
Ranked by overnight comfort score, then by 360° tour coverage.
360° tourWasatch Front
Maple Bench Campground
Overview Maple Bench is a small, quiet and peaceful campground. It is perched on a dramatic camp overlooking the Nebo Loop Scenic Byway, at an elevation of 5,800 feet. Tents and very small campers work best at this campground.
360° tourWasatch Front
Maple Lake Campground
Overview Maple Lake is a timbered setting with limited accessibility. Lake fishing and floating, rafting, kayaking, swimming and hiking are popular recreation activities for this area. Tents and very small campers work best at this campground. The elevation is 5,800 feet.
360° tourWasatch Front
Payson Lakes
Payson Lakes Campground is a local favorite, located just 12 miles from Payson, Utah. Visitors love the campground for its great fishing and canoeing opportunities, pretty scenery and close proximity to town.
360° tourWyoming
Stateline Cove Campground
Dispersed beach camping on the sandy shore of Flaming Gorge. Located six (6) miles East of Manila, Utah on the Utah/Wyoming border. Campground has four portable and three vault toilets, some picnic tables. Terrain is high desert with no trees and sandy beaches. All sites are on a first come, first serve basis
Northern Utah
Anderson Cove
Anderson Cove Campground is a popular facility located 10 miles east of Ogden, Utah, on the banks of Pineview Reservoir in scenic Ogden Valley. Visitors enjoy boating, fishing and swimming. Recreation Campers come to Anderson Cove for picnicking, fishing, swimming and boating. Pineview Reservoir offers excellent water skiing opportunities. Kayaking and canoeing are popular on the reservoir's quieter coves.
Uinta Basin & Eastern Utah
Antelope Flat
Antelope Flat Campground lies on the shores of the beautiful Flaming Gorge Reservoir at an elevation of 6,000 feet, on the Ashley National Forest within the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Visitors love Antelope Flat for its easy access to boating, water skiing and fishing. Recreation 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.
Uinta Basin & Eastern Utah
Arch Dam Campground
Arch Dam Campground is a popular location for family reunions, church outings and other large gatherings. It is located on the Ashley National Forest within the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Flaming Gorge Dam and the Green River Spillway are less than a mile away. Visitors enjoy boating, water skiing, fishing and swimming. Recreation Beautiful Flaming Gorge Reservoir can be accessed just 3 miles from the campground. The reservoir is known for its world-class fishing for lake, brown and rainbow trout.
Uinta Basin & Eastern Utah
Aspen Grove
Aspen Grove Campground is located near Soldier Creek Dam above the Soldier Creek section of beautiful Strawberry Reservoir. Visitors flock to Strawberry for its excellent fishing, boating and trail opportunities. Recreation Strawberry Reservoir offers excellent boating, water skiing and canoeing. Anglers fish for rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and Kokanee salmon.
Greater Zion & Bryce (Southwest)
Barker Recreation Area
Barker Recreation Area is located high on the Colorado Plateau at an elevation of 9,300 feet. Visitors enjoy canoeing, fishing and exploring local trails. Recreation Upper Barker Reservoir provides canoeing, kayaking and fishing for rainbow and brook trout. Numerous hiking, biking and horse trails can be accessed from both the Upper and Lower Barker Reservoir trailheads. Trails, including the non-motorized Great Western Trail, lead to nine backcountry fishing lakes and beautiful mountain views. The area also has excellent stream fishing and spectacular fall colors.
Northern Utah
Birch Creek Campground
Located at 6755 ft. the campground has 4 walk-in campsites that are 50 yards from the parking lot. RV camping is permitted in the parking lot. The campground is conveniently placed between two reservoirs, each stocked annually with game fish, making it an ideal fishing destination.
Northern Utah
Botts Campground
Overview This small campground is located about six miles east of Huntsville, Utah on a curve along the South Fork of the Ogden River. Botts sits at an elevation of 5,200 feet. It has been a popular camping spot since the pioneers came to Utah.
Greater Zion & Bryce (Southwest)
Bowery Creek
Overview Bowery Creek Campground is located next to Fish Lake in the Fishlake National Forest of central Utah. Visitors enjoy boating, fishing and exploring local trails.
Recommended campsites
Individual sites worth asking for by name.
Maple Bench Campground
2 - Site 2
Payson Lakes
B15
Payson Lakes
A07
Payson Lakes
B10
Payson Lakes
A25
Maple Lake Campground
1 - Site 1
Maple Lake Campground
6 - Site 6
Maple Bench Campground
7 - Site 7
Nearby activities
What you'll actually do from those campgrounds.
Barker Lakes Loop
0.7 mi from Barker Recreation Area
Camp at Barker Recreation AreaDougherty Basin Trail
0.8 mi from Barker Recreation Area
Camp at Barker Recreation AreaGreat Western Trail - Barker Section
1.1 mi from Barker Recreation Area
Camp at Barker Recreation AreaLakeshore
1.6 mi from Bowery Creek
Camp at Bowery CreekGriffin Spur Trail
2.0 mi from Barker Recreation Area
Camp at Barker Recreation AreaGreat Western Trail - Griffin Top Section
2.7 mi from Barker Recreation Area
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