Ledgemere Picnic Area in UT -- Campground & RV Camping in Utah
Ledgemere Picnic Area in UT
U.S. Forest Service allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Ledgemere Day Use Picnic Area sits along Big Cottonwood Creek in Big Cottonwood Canyon, just miles from Salt Lake City. The paved facility features 14 picnic sites equipped with tables, campfire rings, and grills. Amenities include flush toilets and non-potable water. Visitors use the site for creek trout fishing and to access nearby canyon trailheads for hiking and mountain biking.
Road difficulty 1 of 5 -- an easy drive in. Recorded as fully maintained, paved, pitching to 6%. Flat ground is scarce -- under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
Storm Mountain stands 4,197 ft above the site, 1.4 miles southeast. Big Cottonwood Creek runs 0.1 mi off. Exposed here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off. Night skies measure Bortle 5 -- a rural sky with a glow on the horizon. The nearest town, Cottonwood Heights, is 2.8 mi off.
September normals 52–78°F, 1.5″ 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