Barker Recreation Area in UT -- Campground & RV Camping in Utah
Barker Recreation Area in UT
U.S. Forest Service allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Barker Recreation Area sits at 9,300 feet on the Colorado Plateau under a canopy of aspen and spruce. The facility offers 13 single-family campsites, three group sites, and a day-use area, equipped with accessible vault toilets, seasonal drinking water, and bear-proof food storage lockers. Upper and Lower Barker Reservoirs feature fishing docks for rainbow and brook trout, alongside non-motorized boating access. Trailheads on site connect to the Great Western Trail and surrounding backcountry routes for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding.
Road difficulty 3 of 5 -- a rough drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, gravel, pitching to 10%, 30% of it on a shelf.
Exposed here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 17-site campground. Escalante Mountains stands 1,326 ft above the site, 2.4 miles west. Lower Barker Reservoir lies 0.6 mi off. The nearest town, Panguitch, is 34 mi off.
September normals 40–65°F, 2.1″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Set by U.S. Forest Service. Stage 1 and 2 orders change within days -- check the current order before you build a fire.
fs.usda.gov