Dispersed West Fork 8 Mile Road is located in Fishlake National Forest, UT, featuring rugged terrain with a mix of forested areas and open spaces. Temperatures can range from lows in the 30s Fahrenheit during spring and fall to highs in the 80s during summer. Nearby attractions include Fish Lake, known for fishing and boating, and the scenic drives through the national forest.

Dispersed West Fork 8 Mile Road

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This spot is just into the Fishlake National Forest.  There is nothing fancy about this location. It is just a grassy spot along the road as you start following the road into the national forest. There may very well be cattle in the area and that will depend on the time of the year. But, it would make a great base camp from which to ATV or ride horses. 

Basic grassy area to camp

The area is beautiful with lots of cattle around. We pulled into this spot at around 5pm. We saw two spots in total right next to each other but there may be more a bit up the road. There’s a lot of trash and shot up cans at both sites but it didn’t ruin the surrounding beauty.

There was NO one there except one guy that road by on his UTV and then eventually packed up and left right before sun down. 

It was nice to have no one around us… until we were scoping out the area behind us and walked across the dried up stream to see a tree with a bunch of random things tied and hanging from it. I’m sure it was just someone messing around but it was WEIRD (see video). 

We decided to leave because we couldn’t rest easy after seeing that. I’m sure we would’ve been fine but with it being just two of us, we didn’t want to risk potentially running into someone weird - especially knowing that there was someone that took the time to individually tie up each thing to a tree, create a pathway, and cover half of it with branches so it’s more hidden. 


Kinda creepy

I found a spot on Eight Mile road, just off i-15, near the east side of the national forest. I drove up the dirt road for a while until I found a nice flat spot for the night. 

  

I could hear some road noise, but had 3+ bars of T-mobile 5g service. Not another person in sight except for maybe 2 cars that drove by during the night. Plenty of cows and cow patties around though!

  

Bonus: Eight mile road was a shortcut to westbound highway 50 and a nice way to start the drive in the morning.

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