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Dispersed Camping

Yankee Meadows

9 Reviews

About

National Forest

Dixie National Forest

Yankee Meadows Campground is a little known gem that offers outstanding beauty and recreation. The scenery is fantastic at the lake with towering volcanic cliffs of Sydney Peaks rising in the distance. Trout fishing and boating are the most popular activities. There are several ATV routes around Yankee Meadows, including the Markagunt and the Second Left Hand trails. Trail users are strongly advised to pick up a trail map from any Dixie National Forest Service Office. There are hiking, biking and horseback riding trails in and around Yankee Meadows – Vermillion Castle, Noah’s Ark, Henderson Hill, and Yankee Meadows Loop. Campground Map Facilities 27 campsites with picnic tables, and fire rings 2 double sites with picnic tables, and fire rings ATV corral for all OHV parking Drinking water Vault toilets No garbage disposal, please pack it out

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Location

Yankee Meadows is located in Utah

Directions

34 miles from Cedar City: Take I-15 northbound. Drive 19 miles to Parowan, take Exit 78 into Parowan, then take Highway U-143 south out of Parowan and drive 3 miles, then turn left on First Left Hand Road and drive 6 miles to the campground.

Coordinates

37.76992439 N
112.7514384 W

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Access

Drive-In
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Walk-In
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Site Types

Dispersed

Features

For Campers

ADA Access
Picnic Table
Phone Service
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Pull-Through Sites
Big Rig Friendly

Enjoy dispersed camping on government land and leave no trace. Pack in and pack out. No (or limited) services at this camping area. Permit may be required.

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Brittany B.

Traveler

Reviewed Jul. 14, 2023

We lucked out!

We lucked out. Arrived on Wed, left Fri. The actual campground is closed, but we were looking for dispersed camping. The dispersed camping is still numbered campsites though, at least by the creek, so not what we view as dispersed but oh well. There is more actual dispersed camping in the meadow before you get to the yankee meadow signage. We lucked out by finding spot 2. The other spots by the creek are all close to each other with minimal privacy. The spot we found was completely separate and next to creek. Wed was pretty empty but then it filled up on Thursday. People were even making there own spots next to the numbered spots (which the signage says is not allowed, but the people we talked to said “no one comes to check.”) Annoying, but what can you do. Takeaways: if you want peace and minimal people, come during the week. Very gorgeous area by the creek. Also, lots of flies this time of year.

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Month of VisitAugust

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isabelle

Traveler

Reviewed Jul. 11, 2022

Agriculture run off and dirty campsites

We pulled in to yankee meadows hoping to do some trout fishing and camp for the night. The main campground is closed, which is fine because we wanted dispersed camping anyway. There are numerous sites, but even on a Sunday night it was pretty busy. At the campsite we pulled up to, there was toilet paper on the ground with a whole human turd in there, and the creek running behind the campsite smelled like cow feces. Probably on account of the cows everywhere. If you're just here to sit outside and eat s'mores and can find one without human poop in it, this campsite would probably be okay.

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Month of VisitAugust

Kiley S.

Guide

Reviewed Sep. 20, 2021

Lovely, Quiet, Easy to Access

I loved my stay at Yankee Meadows. After passing through Parowan it’s about a 20 min drive into Dixie National Forest. My T-Mobile & Verizon signal dropped completely as I entered the NF. Gorgeous drive in along the windy roads and red rocks. A creek runs alongside the road too. Last .3 miles of the road is gravel but any car would be fine traversing it AWD or not. Dispersed sites are abundant, free, and spacious, clearly marked. Sites 7-11 back up to an adorable babbling brook. When I arrived I waited a few minutes for the open range cattle to clear out of my spot, site #6 haha. Would stay again for sure :) (FYI I had clear weather but could foresee mud posing an issue after rain/snow)

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Month of VisitOctober

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Jody R.

Traveler

Reviewed Sep. 11, 2021

Peaceful

Went to Yankee meadows and the campground is closed, but dispersed camping is still available. Luckily we brought our portable stove and some other things we were able to get by on without and actual site. Also had to take trash with us. It doesn’t say when or if it’ll reopen.

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Month of VisitOctober

Carl D.

Traveler

Reviewed May. 25, 2020

Childhood fav

Lots of beautiful trees. Close to the reservoir. Not a bad weekend getaway. It used to be much more of a marvel before the recent mountain fire. Good fishing and a peaceful night.

Molly D.

Guide

Reviewed Aug. 28, 2018

Nice Campground Near a Reservoir

Yankee meadow is a nice campground that is a short walk from the reservoir where you can fish or kayak.

Dan G.

Guide

Reviewed May. 21, 2018

BUGS EVERYWHERE

This campground could be great, I went at probably the worst time in the late spring and the bugs were everywhere. Is is a pretty location though. The drive is fairly easy and parowan is just down the road.

Month of VisitJune

Brady M.

Scout

Reviewed Sep. 11, 2016

Camp host kicked us out and threatened us

It only gets 1 star becuse it close to my home town and it's a place for my childhood was grown but the camp host was horrible and he threatened my mother then started yelling that he's a 83 year old veteran and we told him thank you for that but no he decided that we where bad guys and kicked us out so we whent to a family favorite place that's better and you have a creek flowing behind you're camp so don't go to the Yankee go to second left hand

Shawn S.

Traveler

Reviewed Jul. 18, 2016

Grumpy camp host

We hadn't been to the area in many many years and came back to camp and fish but there seems to be very few places left to camp besides in the campground. We only dropped the trailer off there for one night and then picked it up to move somewhere else because the people we were camping with had a better spot. The host was very grumpy that we could only pay for one night (didn't have much cash, they wouldn't accept a card) and was quite rude about it. Luckily we had enough cash for the one night and didn't need to pay for any other nights.

The campground itself is pretty wide open. Not a lot of privacy or separation between different sites. From our site we had a little bit of shade of we had stayed there but the rest didn't seem to have many trees at all.

I probably won't go back to this ground again because I don't like the lack of shade or separation between campers.