Soda Lake WHMA
Reviewed Jul. 19, 2021

Nice, widely dispersed sites~8 miles north of Pinedale

We are full-timers and have a 36 ft Class A with a Cherokee Trailhawk tow and had scouted the area before arriving with the RV. The road to Soda Lake, Willow Lake Rd, is hard packed gravel and pretty smooth. The loose gravel and dirt road around Soda Lake is also in pretty good shape. There are many dispersed sites around the lake, but most were taken when we arrived. We found a decent site(42.962406,-109.850254) on the North side of the lake, but the“neighbors” to either side had loose dogs and our dog has had altercations with dogs off leash before. The site was surprisingly level too, almost didn’t need to level at all. Two days later, a nice large site opened up on the other side of the lake(42.965274,-109.840282), near the old boat launch, so we moved there. The nearest neighbors were considerably further away and no loose dogs that we could see. The area around the lake is completely void of trees, so all of the sites are full sun, but there was a good breeze/wind most days. Others have mentioned mosquitos and gnats as an issue, but we had few of either, though there were a few petty flies. There are a number of hiking trails in the surrounding area. We saw a fair bit of wildlife in the area as well; pronghorn, horses, hummingbirds, bald and golden eagles, osprey, hawks, sea gulls, grebes, beavers, a plethora of ground squirrels, and a lot of cows on the hike to Little Soda Lake. The mountains are beautiful and we had some of the most amazing sunsets. AT&T service was poor without a booster, with 0-2 Bars of 3G service, but nearly no data throughput. With our weboost, it got a little better with 3-4 bars of LTE and speeds up to about 0.5 MB/s. T-Mobile service was good with 4 bars of 4G/LTE, but I didn’t check the data rate. We were able to get DISH coverage on all three western satellites at our site. Also, there were no OTA channels to be had with our fixed omni antenna.

Month of VisitJuly
  • Review photo of Soda Lake WHMA by Ray & Terri F., July 19, 2021
  • Review photo of Soda Lake WHMA by Ray & Terri F., July 19, 2021
  • Review photo of Soda Lake WHMA by Ray & Terri F., July 19, 2021
  • Review photo of Soda Lake WHMA by Ray & Terri F., July 19, 2021
  • Review photo of Soda Lake WHMA by Ray & Terri F., July 19, 2021
  • Review photo of Soda Lake WHMA by Ray & Terri F., July 19, 2021
  • Review photo of Soda Lake WHMA by Ray & Terri F., July 19, 2021