Established Camping
Iron Springs Group Campground - Ashley National Forest
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USDA Forest Service
Ashley National Forest
Overview
Iron Springs Group Campground is located approximately 5 miles off U.S. Highway 191, along the Red Cloud Loop Scenic Backway at an elevation of 9,200 feet. Campers enjoy exploring local off-road trails.The Iron Springs Campground Group Sites include both the fenced-in area with picnic tables, and the areas immediately adjacent to site 1 and 2 with a quarter mile for overflow parking.
Recreation
Red Cloud Loop offers scenic driving on a maintained dirt road, providing miles of trails for ATVs, hikers and mountain bikers. The loop leads to numerous reservoirs and lakes, overlooks, historic sites and through forests and meadows. East Park and Oaks Park Reservoirs are less than 10 miles away. Both are stocked with catchable rainbow trout. A boat ramp is available at East Park; Oaks Park does not have a boat ramp. Brush Creek Caves are nearby, a popular destination for caving and geocaching.
Facilities
The campground consists of two group sites that can accommodate up to 50 people each. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Picnic tables and campfire circles are located at each site. Large gravel parking areas are adjacent.
Natural Features
Iron Springs lies at the edge of a grassy meadow bordered by shady pines and aspens. Sagebrush and summer wildflowers dot the meadow. Many small lakes and streams can be found in the vicinity.
Nearby Attractions
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.Flaming Gorge Dam offers guided tours of the working hydroelectric plant and the dam itself; The adjacent visitor center contains area history exhibits.The Green River below the dam provides spectacular rafting opportunities. A trip down the river offers unique geology, outlaw history and Native American rock art. The Ashley-Karst National Geologic Recreation Area offers dramatic canyons, densely forested backcountry areas, and vast networks of caves.
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
- Hike-InBackcountry sites.
- Boat-InSites accessible by watercraft.
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonUnknown
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Group
- Cabins
- Tent Cabin
- Yurts
Features
For Campers
- Market
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Firewood Available
- Phone Service
- WiFi
- Toilets
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Pull-Through Sites
Nice group camp with a view
Nice large area in the trees on edge of a large open meadow grassy area. Signs note only two group areas but one in center seems to have all the shade and the tables. Two vault toilets and a hand crank pump for water..but pump seems to be now working well. No trash dumpsters and no cell signal. Across the open grassy area on other side of main road their is a large free dispersed camping area that is very popular and also has two vault toilets. People seem to be doing group camps over there for free!
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Circle Camp
This is my families favorite spot. The camp limit is 16 days and we pull our campers around this huge area when required. Circle Camp as we have named it is a popular site and your lucky to score it anytime during the summer months. As you can see from the pictures it has a nice big fire pit. In which my uncle hauled in all those big rocks himself from home, he also brought buckets of gravel last year when we were in this site and put it around the outside of the pit. We like to put a lil extra work into the sites we really like. We dug out the firepit, please remember you need to pack out your ash. Someone keeps piling it on a tree in this site. We can generally fit 4-5 trailers in this site and squeeze in all our OHV to. The cows were just released this weekend up there and they can have a tendency to move into camp to. They freshly grated the roads while we were up there as you can see from one of my pictures.
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Great Area
Great Area for camping and hunting. Seen elk and deer pass through here. Many ATV trails. A couple bathroom facilities, picnic tables, a couple group fire pitsm room for RVs and Tents.
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Location
Iron Springs Group Campground - Ashley National Forest is located in Utah
Directions
From Vernal, Utah: Travel north on U.S. Highway 191 for 20 miles. Turn northwest onto Forest Road 018/Red Cloud Loop and travel approximately 5 miles to the campground.
Address
ASHLEY
UT
Coordinates
40.7022222 N
109.5577778 W