Yankee Meadows

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.

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.

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)