Lily Lake (FR 80120) in UT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Lily Lake (FR 80120) in UT

Road corridorUinta-Wasatch-Cache NF, Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District

26 mi from Evanston

24 mi off I-80 (straight line)

Maps 8,417 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.3–1 run through a ski area (Lily Lake Winter Non-Motorized Area); its operator's rules may apply there, so check posted signs. Miles 0–6 run through a ski area (Lily Lake Winter Recreation Area); its operator's rules may apply there, so check posted signs.

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 5/1–12/15Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 5.5 of this road’s 6.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 5.5 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Lily Lake Recreation Area Trailhead.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 9 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A gate 0.7 miles along the road.
  • A water crossing 2.1 miles along the road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.8 miles off.
  • Bear River runs 0.1 mi off.
  • Deadman Mountain stands 2,332 ft above the map pin, 3.9 miles east.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 26–53°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.