tamimitchell

Settlement Canyon is a really fun place where you can get into pines and aspens just a few minutes out of Tooele. There are a few hikes, and I highly recommend 'left hand fork', it's my favorite place in Tooele county. In the spring there's a little stream running down the main canyon, and Settlement Reservoir is a popular place to fish. There's also one or maybe two playgrounds.

You have to pay $3 just to enter with a vehicle, $15 to dry camp (a few random spots along the road) or $25 for power and water hookups. They close the entry gate from dusk to 8 a.m. Honestly it's a little overpriced and there's usually a lot of people on weekends, but it's clean and fun there isn't much local campground competition.

Cell service is low especially the farther back you go, but boosted up to a couple bars of LTE on Verizon and ATT.

We stayed here in Oct 2015 and Oct 2016. We really like this RV park even though we haven’t even used the pools yet. The staff are really nice and a hamburger at their little restaurant really hits the spot after a long day.

- Dog friendly
- Seems really family friendly
- 3 or 4 bars Verizon signal
- There is wifi but it’s pretty slow
- Price - we paid 25/night for water/power
- The park is really clean and well kept
- There are a lot of rv, tent, teepee and cabin sites, this park does seem to get really full in the summer but only a few people stay after school starts
- The site spacing is not terribly tight but fairly close
- It’s really quiet (in the fall) especially on the west row by the fence
- It looks like there’s lots of dirt roads to explore to the south, at the very least it’s a nice place to take a long walk
- We haven't used the pools but there are multiple hot tubs, regular pools, and water slides.

When I stayed here in mid June 2022, the surrounding forest lands were closed due to fire danger, but I was able to get a same day reservation at this RV park. The owner (I don't remember his name?) was very friendly and helpful. The park itself is just fine, nothing extraordinary, but well laid out and not a bad price for the location in town and power to run much needed AC at the time. Some of the smaller spots aren't super level, but manageable with blocks.

The area right around the park is not terribly walkable, mostly busy roads with few sidewalks. It's fine if you have a run-around vehicle, or there's a bus stop a block or so away you can take to downtown.

We stayed here at the end of Oct, 2016. We really enjoyed this RV park and will probably come here again to visit local family. It’s on the Provo River and has beautiful trees and a short walking trail surrounding the park.

- Dog friendly, has a nice long fenced dog area and bag stations by the trail
- Our Verizon signal was oddly low, 2 bars
- The wifi was good enough to hold an online voice meeting
- Price - we paid 38/night for full hookups
- The park was really clean and well kept
- There were a lot of sites, this park might get pretty full in the summer but was only about half full in Oct
- The site spacing was fairly tight, on the inner rows you get placed right next to one neighbor, but there’s a grassy strip and picnic table between you and your other neighbor.
- It was pretty quiet aside from the occasional plane/helicopter, there’s a nearby airport.
- Their website form asks for a credit card, but they don’t actually charge it online, they called us to actually make the reservation and we paid there in the office.

Pros:
- Beautiful big trees throughout the whole park, it was really pretty with leaves falling
- Really dog friendly with the fenced area and walking trail
- The park layout and surrounding trees makes it a pretty peaceful spot
- They have a nice little store for things you might need like shampoo/hats etc
- Really close to Provo/Orem area

Cons:
- Verizon signal was low
- Water pressure was a little low
- It’s a little expensive

When you've been boondocking in the desert long enough that even your soul feels sandblasted and you can't remember what it's like to see water, green plants, and flowers, this oasis will bring you back to life. It's probably pretty great even when you haven't spent the winter in the desert.

Pros:
* The resort is the entire reason to come, and if you can't tell, I think it's wonderful.
* The campground itself is really quite nice, surrounded by trees and very peaceful. Most sites have a lot of privacy (especially the ones for smaller RVs).
* The campground showers are clean and have plenty of hot water.
* It's incredibly peaceful - people in the pool area are asked to keep phones silenced and voices at whisper-level (and it was enforced kindly). The entire place has a peaceful & friendly vibe.
* So many options - each of the 9 different pools has a different temperature and vibe, so you can migrate between pools, the mud station, and 2 different saunas and never get bored. The pool temps range from 80 degrees to "fire cannot kill a dragon."
* Nice places to walk - there's a well shaded dirt road near the river, and a lot of (less shaded) trails around.
* Cool vintage airstream trailers that can be rented, a lot of rooms as well
* The yoga classes are great, and the morning classes are free (make sure you sign up for them).
* The grounds are lovely and well-thought. There are so many flowers, trees, nice places to sit and walk.

Meh:
* It's pricey, but worth it if you love hot springs. Pool days, gift shop, dump station, etc can all add up.
* I thought the restaurant was just ok.
* The campground wasn't full and I was able to extend my stay, but the spa treatments were all booked up.

Cons:
* Probably not a great place to throw a boisterous party
* Like others have said, I wouldn't bring a large RV here
* Between wifi, Verizon, and AT&T, internet access was ok during the week but not great on weekends. Starlink won't be great due to the tall trees & hills around the campground.

I stayed here in early June 2022.

I stayed in Crandall Cove, which is one of the cheaper dry camping campgrounds. It's very close to the water, and I watched a few paddle boarders take off right from the end of the campground. There was a neat little trail you can take around the lake that had great views and ends up near the dock & convenience store. Apparently the little store even brings in BBQ on the weekends! I really enjoyed my stay here on my way up to Wyoming. My only complaint was that my spot was very unlevel.

Each site had a picnic table, grill, and there were vault toilets.

The cell signal was workable, a few bars of 4g on Verizon and ATT with a booster.

We stayed here in mid Oct, 2016. This is a nice RV park on Hyrum State Park Reservoir.

- Dog friendly
- 4 bars Verizon
- No wifi
- The park was really clean and well kept
- The site spacing was somewhat tight, but there’s a grassy strip between you and your other neighbor.
- It was pretty quiet, only a little traffic by the dock with people dropping off/picking up their boats

Pros:
- Nice grassy park with a lot of trees
- Good fishing in the reservoir

Cons:
- The reservoir shoreline has some trashy areas, and some rocky areas that are a little rough to walk on

There's probably a good 10-12 spots in this area (there are a few branches on the dirt road to check out), and most are right on the river in the cottonwoods. The Green River was really full when I was there so there were a lot of marshy areas. It seems like a really popular area for fishing but the spots are nice and far apart. I was there on the weekend before the 4th and there were a few groups out camping and fishing but still some empty spots. The one downside was that the mosquitos were horrible! But there were lots of cute rabbits.

I was able to work remotely on Verizon cell signal with a booster and ATT wasn't too bad with it either.

Free overnight parking on a level lot that's mostly gravel, but paved near the visitor's center.

Tons of room, easy enough to pull into you could do it at night (I recommend pulling into the paved entrance by the visitor's center building if you do come in at night). It seems fine to overnight even if you come in after the center closes.
I was happily surprised to find the nice wide walkway to town (walk toward the train tracks around the sports/amphitheater field) with trees and historical displays, it's rare to get a nice place to walk at a free overnight spot. Pets and bikes are allowed, and 'the corner' isn't very far.
The nearby train tracks weren't loud, but the trains did make random clunking/low vibrational sounds. This didn't bother me, but might bother sensitive sleepers.

This area has a fair bit of boondocking, but not all of the sites are ideal.

If you have anything larger than a truck or van, I highly suggest scouting for a spot before driving in very far. There's room to park & scout on Rampart Range road where it turns to from pavement to dirt after you come up the hill, but even the paved section of this road is steep and tight.

Rampart Range road/FS 300 has quite a few spots to the north and south of where it turns to dirt, but most are very close to the road, and would probably be best for short stays since you don't have to go as far on the washboard road. As of Aug 2022, the road south of Springdale campground is really pitted and rough but gets better once you get out of the private property section and back into forest service.

FS 315 and 320 each have a handful of nice spots. They both run along ridge lines with views of Pike's Peak and Woodland Park. Some campsites are great for solar & Starlink, others have more shade. Most are pretty small - I hesitate to put a max length on the area, I personally wouldn't bring in anything much longer than 25' or so, but I did see a couple of 30'+ rigs. The roads branching off of Rampart Range are pretty tight and have a lot of blind corners and hills, but people drive really fast all over this area, so be cautious. Some of these roads start nice enough but get steep & rough later. Cell service is hit & miss, depends on the site. Keep weather and water drainage in mind too, heavy rain seems pretty common. The roads do seem to dry out fast, but some of these campsites will hold water or be on roads that are hard to get out of when muddy.

The walkability is surprisingly not that great here - walking on the roads feels a little sketch with people driving as fast as they do, and since the ridges are pretty steep, walking off-road is tricky. There are nice hiking/bike trails in the valleys between the ridges, though (the trailforks app is pretty handy here).