About this campground
Barker Recreation Area in Hatch, UT is located high on the Colorado Plateau at an elevation of 9,300 feet. Visitors enjoy canoeing, fishing and exploring local trails.
This recreation area contains 13 single-family sites, three group campsites and a day-use area. Horses are permitted in the Porter group site. Drinking water is provided from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Amenities include accessible vault toilets and bear-proof food storage lockers. Fishing docks are located at Upper and Lower Barker Reservoirs. Roads and parking spurs are gravel.
A dense canopy of aspen and spruce trees forests Barker Recreation Area. Summer wildflowers are plentiful and a variety of wildlife frequents the area, including black bear, blue grouse, golden eagle, ducks and wild turkey.
Upper Barker Reservoir provides canoeing, kayaking and fishing for rainbow and brook trout. Numerous hiking, biking and horse trails can be accessed from both the Upper and Lower Barker Reservoir trailheads. Trails, including the non-motorized Great Western Trail, lead to nine backcountry fishing lakes and beautiful mountain views. The area also has excellent stream fishing and spectacular fall colors.
Amenities
Sites
- Back-In
Setting
- Mountains
- Forest
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- .RECREATION
- Bathrooms
- Biking
- Boat Ramp
- Campfire
- Dogs
- Family Friendly
- Firepits
- Fishing
- Forest Service
- Group
- Hiking
- National Forest
- National Park
- Park
- Pets
- Primitive
- Public Park
- Remote
- Rural
- RV
- Scenic
- Shade
- Tents
- Tourist
- Trails
- Trees
- US Forest Service
- Walking Trail
- Wildlife
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Location
- Address
- Barker Campground Rd, Hatch, UT 84735
- GPS
- 37.9204° N, 111.8167° W
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