Cottonwood Campground - SLRD in UT -- Campground & RV Camping

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Cottonwood Campground - SLRD in UT

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9.0 mi from Grantsville

Maps 6,073 ft

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$22 per night

385-273-1100

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Road Access

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, graded dirt, pitching to 8%.
No drinking waterVault toilets

Campground details

5 sitesNo water hookupsFires allowed

Setting

Limited privacy

Cottonwood Campground is a primitive facility located at 6,080 feet elevation in South Willow Canyon, southwest of Grantsville, Utah, within the Stansbury Range. Forested with oak, maple, and juniper, the grounds sit along Willow Creek, which offers trout fishing. Facilities consist of 1 single site, 1 double site, and vault restrooms; there is no drinking water system on-site. Across the road, the Stansbury Front Trail and Medina Flat Trail provide direct access into the Deseret Peak Wilderness.

Getting there: This campground is located 0.7 miles up South Willow Canyon from the Forest boundary. This is a gravel road.

  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 5-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
  • Deseret Peak stands 4,945 ft above the map pin, 4.6 miles southwest.
  • Mining Fork of South Willow Creek runs 0.4 mi off.

Rules

  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 39–57°F, 2.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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Starlink Radar

Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy

Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 82 of 100.

Tree cover24%30m sat. est.