LOWER BOWNS CAMPGROUND
The numbers that decide it
- Longest rig
- 99 ft
- Sites
- 5
- Electric hookups
- Not published
- Pull-through sites
- Yes
- Paved access
- No
- Accessible sites
- 5
- Driveway grade
- Not published
- Bear boxes
- Not published
- Campfires
- Yes
- Shade
- Yes
- Group sites
- 1
Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero. See it on Recreation.gov
LOWER BOWNS CAMPGROUND
Overview Lower Bowns Campground is east of Boulder Mountain on the shore of Lower Bowns Reservoir at an elevation of 7,000 feet. Facilities This campground has three accessible sites: one group site can accommodate 50 people and up to 4 vehicles, and two single sites can each accommodate up to 10 people. Vault toilets are provided, and roads and parking spurs throughout the site are gravel. Natural Features The campground is sparsely forested with pinyon pines and juniper trees which offer only limited shade. Boulder Mountain is to the west of the campground and Capitol Reef National Park’s Waterpocket Fold and the Henry Mountains are east. Recreation Popular activities in the area include hiking, biking, hunting, and riding the Rosebud all-terrain vehicle trail. Lower Bowns Reservoir offers boating, canoeing, and fishing for rainbow, brook, and cutthroat trout. View Lower Bowns Campground Map PDF
Before you go
Season
April – Until the snow closes the road.
Reservations
Reservations accepted
Fees
Please Note: All campgrounds on the Fishlake National Forest are managed by High Country Recreation under the terms and conditions of a concession permit that was issued to them by the Forest Service in 2020. Email: highcountryrec@gmail.com Phone: 435-979-6868
Hours
Quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Restrictions
Camping is limited to 16 consecutive days. Pets are required to be on a leash. Quiet hours are from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am Mountain Time. OHVs are allowed in the campground for ingress and egress only, they are not allow to be operated for any other reason within the boundary of the campground.
Scenic drives that pass close
Make it a night on a better road
Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.