Joes Valley Reservoir — Attraction in Castle Dale

We stayed here for a Wed-Thu in early June 2024. Rolled in with no reservation, just about every site was available. Although most were also reserved for the Fri-Sun weekend. The weather was glorious, the lake was filled to capacity and there was still snow in them thar hills. There was a bald eagle nest near us (site 33). This was absolutely a campground worthy of a return trip. I don't think any sites had electric, definitely not water/sewer, but there are water faucets all thru the campground to fill pails. The sites are nicely spaced and all had 1-2 tables. I will say that some campers that rolled in for the weekend had little regard for the rules, running their jennys...

We tried to get up to Joes Lake from the Ephraim side and after 9 miles of gravel and 12 more to go, the road got pretty rough. We decided to turn around since we were in a sedan and the only vehicles we saw going up there were Atvs and four wheelers. The drive was...

Was a few months ago i was there.

But not a single other person around that i could see. Just me and my dog. But eventually people started showing up in...