Bureau of Land Management · Utah
Price Canyon Recreation Area
Bureau of Land Management · Utah, United States
- Sites
- 14
- Hookups
- 14 with water, 14 no hookups
- Season
- Year-round
- Group sites
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 6,742 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- AT&T weak · T-Mobile none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Price Canyon Recreation Area
- Nearest town
- Price
14 numbered sites are mapped one by one - the site map below shows each with its facts and pictures.
Site map
14 numbered sites are mapped one by one on the imagery, with the operator's own facts and pictures for each site where it publishes them. Tap a site to rate it, keep a note and add your own photos; press and hold the map for a pin of your own. Your ratings, notes, pins and photos are kept with the campground on your Saved list, the same list the camping map and the drive page keep.
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About
Overview
Price Canyon Recreation Area offers visitors a chance to enjoy cooler temperatures and the shade of large ponderosa pine trees during the summer. The recreation area is located on a ridge high above Price Canyon.
Recreation
The Bristlecone Ridge trail (3.1 miles starting in the north campground loop) allows visitors to hike through the burned bristlecone forest. Post-fire, these open grasslands fill with wildflowers in the summer months. There are two bouldering areas on the way up to the campground, and day use areas at each campground.
Facilities
The north campground loop access two group sites and the south loop has twelve individual sites. Both loops have vault toilets, and all campsites have picnic tables, fire rings, and flat areas for tents. Many are shaded by ponderosa pines.
Natural Features
Situated at an elevation of 7,500 feet, the recreation area is forested with ponderosa pines and shrubs. The 2021 Bear Fire burned most of the bristlecone pines in the forest, but the ridge still offers scenic views and some portions of the forest are intact.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 17° | -8° | 47° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 36° | 19° | -5° | 47° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 41° | 25° | 10° | 70° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 51° | 30° | 12° | 68° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 66° | 41° | 27° | 79° | 3 of 11 |
| June | 79° | 52° | 38° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 88° | 62° | 49° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 84° | 59° | 46° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 76° | 52° | 31° | 83° | 1 of 11 |
| October | 60° | 37° | 22° | 75° | 7 of 10 |
| November | 49° | 31° | 5° | 61° | 9 of 10 |
| December | 34° | 18° | -3° | 54° | 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.
Trails nearby
- Price Canyon Bouldering Access · 0.5 mi as the crow flies · Drive there
- Price Canyon Bouldering Access · 1.2 mi as the crow flies · Drive there
- Bristlecone Trail · 2.0 mi as the crow flies · Drive there
All 156 trails in BLM lands in Utah
Trailheads the Park Service and the Forest Service map, within 10 miles as the crow flies; each trail's page has its length, climbing and the Service's description.
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- Flat Canyon · USDA Forest Service · 20 mi · 15 sites
- Gooseberry Reservoir · USDA Forest Service · 20 mi · 18 sites
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