MACKINAW CAMPGROUND
The managing agency’s description mentions a closure. Read it below and confirm before you drive out.
The numbers that decide it
- Longest rig
- 125 ft
- Sites
- 67
- Electric hookups
- Not published
- Pull-through sites
- Yes
- Paved access
- Yes
- Accessible sites
- 2
- Driveway grade
- Not published
- Bear boxes
- Not published
- Campfires
- Yes
- Shade
- Yes
- Group sites
- 9
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
MACKINAW CAMPGROUND
Overview Mackinaw Campground is scheduled for restoration and reconstruction during the season of 2025 and will be closed. Mackinaw Campground is next to Fish Lake and the Fishlake Scenic Byway Highway 25 in central Utah at 9,000 feet elevation. Facilities The campground has four group sites that accommodate up to 20 people each. Picnic tables and fire rings with grills are provided. Several single-family sites are also available. Most sites have lake views. Flush toilets, showers and drinking water are provided. Roads and parking spurs are paved. Natural Features The campground sits on a sagebrush-covered hillside above the valley and offers views of Fish Lake. Aspen trees provide partial shade throughout the campground. Recreation Fish Lake is Utah’s largest natural mountain lake covering 2,500 acres. It is famous for its 20-40 pound Mackinaw lake trout. Anglers also enjoy fishing for rainbow trout and splake. Boating, canoeing, swimming and scuba diving are popular activities. The five-mile Pelican Canyon Trail begins at nearby Bowery Creek Campground and leads through meadows and dense forests of spruce, pine and aspen as it climbs to the 11,633-foot Fish Lake Hightop. The popular Lakeshore National Recreation Trail lines the eastern side of the lake. Hikers are rewarded with stunning lake views after climbing 900 feet elevation.
Before you go
Season
May – September
Reservations
First-come, first-served
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
No OHV riding in campground Camping is limited to 16 consecutive days. Pets are required to be on a leash.
Scenic drives that pass close
Make it a night on a better road
Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.