USDA Forest Service · Utah
Upper Stillwater
USDA Forest Service · Utah, United States
- Sites
- 11
- Hookups
- 11 no hookups
- Season
- May 22 to September 8
- Max RV length
- 30 ft
- Group sites
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 8,143 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- ROCK CREEK-BLIND STREAM (NFSR 10134) · asphalt · high degree of user comfort
- Lake
- Ashley National Forest
- Nearest town
- DUCHESNE
- Address
- PO BOX 981, DUCHESNE, UT, 84021
- Activities
- Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Wildlife Viewing
11 numbered sites are mapped one by one - the site map below shows each with its facts and pictures.
Site map
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About
Overview
Upper Stillwater Campground is located below its namesake reservoir in the Rock Creek Drainage on the southern slope of the beautiful Uinta Mountains. Visitors enjoy fishing and exploring the popular Rock Creek Trail.
Recreation
The Rock Creek Trail begins just outside the campground and provides access to the High Uintas Wilderness, where hiking, backpacking, horseback riding and backcountry fishing are very popular activities in this scenic region.
Rock Creek offers rainbow and brook trout fishing. To access the reservoir, visitors must hike in; The road to the reservoir is not currently open to vehicle traffic.
Facilities
The campground contains one group site that can accommodate up to 32 people. It is equipped with picnic tables, grills, a campfire ring, three tent pads and RV parking. Single and double-family sites are available as well, each with a picnic table and campfire ring.
Flush toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided. A campground host is on-site. A dump station is located 3 miles away at Yellowpine Campground.
Natural Features
The campground is situated just below the Upper Stillwater Dam at an elevation of 8,000 feet. The concrete dam is visible from the campground. A forest of Ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine and aspen trees provides only sparse shade. Summer wildflowers are abundant.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 14° | -4° | 44° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 32° | 16° | -6° | 48° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 37° | 21° | 4° | 57° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 44° | 24° | 7° | 57° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 54° | 33° | 18° | 63° | 10 of 11 |
| June | 69° | 44° | 31° | 82° | 1 of 11 |
| July | 78° | 53° | 42° | 85° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 74° | 53° | 42° | 86° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 67° | 46° | 26° | 76° | 1 of 11 |
| October | 52° | 33° | 5° | 68° | 7 of 10 |
| November | 43° | 26° | 1° | 55° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 34° | 14° | -7° | 49° | 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
- Rock Creek Trailhead · 0.4 mi as the crow flies
Rock Creek 15 mi Hike · Drive there - Grandview Trailhead · 6.6 mi as the crow flies
Hades-Rocky Sea Pass 11 mi Hike · Drive there
All 303 trails in Ashley National Forest
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.
Nearby campgrounds
- Yellowpine · USDA Forest Service · 4 mi · 17 sites
- Miners Gulch · USDA Forest Service · 4 mi · 1 sites
- Rock Creek Group (UT) · USDA Forest Service · 5 mi · 1 sites
- Aspen (Ut) · USDA Forest Service · 9 mi · 30 sites
- Hades · USDA Forest Service · 9 mi · 14 sites
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