Colton Guard Station in UT -- Campground & RV Camping

Colton Guard Station is a 1933 CCC complex at 8,500 feet in Colton Hollow, surrounded by shaded aspens and pines. The main cabin sleeps three, while an adjacent bunkhouse sleeps eight, with room for tents outside. Amenities include a wood stove, propane range, sink with summer running water, and a outdoor vault toilet, along with a campfire ring. Water and indoor plumbing are turned off outside of summer. The surrounding forest provides direct access to summer hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and OHV trails, as well as winter snowmobiling and skiing.

Getting there: Follow the mileage indications below and look for signs when traveling to Colton Guard Station. Leave with plenty of time to arrive at the guard station before dark. From Vernal, travel north on U.S. Highway 191/Vernal Avenue for approximately 20 miles. Turn left (west) on Forest Road 020. A paved parking lot with a restroom is located at the intersection. Continue northwest on the paved Forest Road 020 for approximately two miles. Turn left (southwest) at Forest Road 019 and continue for less than a mile, reaching an intersection (Forest roads 028 and 019). Turn left, continuing south on Forest Road 019. Continue approximately 1.75 miles, where the road turns sharply to the right (west). Follow the hairpin turn down into a ravine to Colton Guard Station.

• Well separated here, a single-site campground with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
• Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
• Colton Spring lies 0.1 mi off.
• Cabins and shelters rather than pads, with most of them shaded.
• Dyer Mountain stands 2,057 ft above the map pin, 5.7 miles northwest.

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