Our campsite at Huntington Lake State Park

Huntington Lake State Park

Huntington, Utah isn’t nearly as remote as Bluff Utah, but it isn’t on the way main road, so it is unknown. For us, Huntington was a detour that put us in a great location to visit a few off-the-radar locations. We stayed at Huntington Lake State Park and we were one of the few RVs because it is so early in the season.  Things are warming up fast, but snow at any time is still a possibility.

I don’t want to exaggerate that this was a big detour for us. If you were going to the Salt Lake area in a car, you would take the freeway, not the highways — through the small towns. It would be faster on the freeway, but we don’t go fast anyway and the small towns give us opportunities that wouldn’t happen on the freeways. So instead of the freeway, we traveled in a more direct direction through Wellington Utah on our way to the Salt Lake area. Huntington is about 20 miles southeast of Wellington, so to stay here, it was a 40+ mile detour – but we got to stay at the lake, in a nearly deserted campground. I say it was a good trade.

View Little Grand Canyon, Huntington, Utah
View Little Grand Canyon, Huntington, Utah

Huntington Lake State Park is very pretty, and the wind here is desired. Yes, I said desired. Huntington Lake has a bug problem and when walking around the lake, clouds of bugs swarm around us. This may only be a problem in the middle of April. It only takes a little wind, and usually, we have a little wind because we are right on the water and all the bugs are gone. Then it is much better.

Wedge Overlook

Again, the location is a jumping-off point for a couple of sweet, way-off-the-radar places. The picture is from the Wedge Overlook at a place called “the little grand canyon” it is located southwest of, but not in the Cedar Mountain Recreation Area.  The canyon is on the San Rafael River.

View Little Grand Canyon, Huntington, Utah
View Little Grand Canyon, Huntington, Utah

There are free campsites along the north edge of the little grand canyon. It would be a great place to put some miles on mountain bikes. The road is good and doesn’t require a four-wheel drive. Our RV would fit in any of the campsites just fine. Access isn’t that easy, as the canyon is dead center as far away from the highway as you could get. It requires faith that there will be empty campsites and a long drive.  There are no groceries or water anywhere close.

Tree Little Grand Canyon, Huntington, Utah
Tree Little Grand Canyon, Huntington, Utah

Buckhorn Wash

Not far from the little grand canyon is Buckhorn Wash. Just like at the Grand Canyon, and Bryce Canyon the little grand canyon is a view spot, from the top.  Not far from the little grand canyon, you can drive through a canyon to a place called buckhorn wash. There are some camping spots in the canyon but the attraction is about 2000 years old, give or take, and is rock art.

Buckhorn wash pictographs
Buckhorn wash pictographs

Unlike petroglyphs which are “chiseled” into the rock, rock art is painted on the rocks using a different color of crushed rocks and dyes made from plants.

Buckhorn wash pictographs
Buckhorn wash pictographs

Huntington Lake State Park, the little grand canyon is the real reason we chose this route. Buckhorn wash was an unexpected treat.

Here is a link to the google map for the area.

Link to our 2018 Route.

Link to our route New Mexico to Salt Lake City

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9 thoughts on “Huntington Lake State Park”

  1. Dennis and Karen

    It is fun to find those hidden places! Thanks for letting us know where you are. We love traveling along with you via your messages!

  2. to Dennis and Karen: Huntington Lake Utah State Park. Off the beaten path. Halfway, in a straight line between Green River and Provo. Desolate brown sandy and then we hit a little oasis.

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