About this campground
Frying Pan Campground is located on the Fishlake Scenic Byway in central Utah, just 3 miles north of Fish Lake, at an elevation of 9,000 feet. Visitors enjoy boating, fishing and exploring local trails.
The campground contains one group site that can accommodate up to 100 people, with picnic tables, a campfire ring and large parking area. Several single-family sites are available as well. Flush toilets and drinking water are provided. Roads and parking spurs are paved. Three resorts are located in the Fish Lake Basin, offering camping and fishing supplies, RV parks with hookups, cabin and boat rentals, marinas, gas, restaurants, groceries, laundry facilities and showers. The resorts are open from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
The campground sits on a sagebrush-covered hillside above the valley floor and offers views of the north end of Fish Lake Basin. Aspen trees forest the site, providing limited shade.
Fish Lake is Utah's largest natural mountain lake and covers 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 scenic Lakeshore National Recreation Trail extends around the eastern side of the lake. Hikers are rewarded with stunning lake views after climbing 900 feet in elevation.
What campers say
Frying Pan Campground is a small, quiet site on Fish Lake with roughly ten campsites (a few reservable, others first-come) and a roomy group area suitable for tents and RVs. Sites offer shade in places from quakies and aspens, cool temperatures at about 8,800 ft, and good lake views. There are no electrical or sewer hookups; water spigots are available about every third site and vault restrooms are generally well maintained (occasional odor reported). Visitors should expect cows and manure in parts of the loop and seasonal mosquitoes. Some guests noted cash-only extra-car fees that differed from online rates.
Our summary of 21 traveler reviews.
Amenities
Sites
- Back-In
Setting
- Mountains
- Forest
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- .GOV
- .RECREATION
- Bathrooms
- Biking
- Campfire
- Dogs
- Family Friendly
- Firepits
- Forest Service
- Hiking
- Motorcycle
- Mountain Biking
- National Forest
- Park
- Pets
- Primitive
- Public Park
- Pull-In
- Remote
- Rural
- RV
- Scenic
- Shade
- Tents
- Tourist
- Trails
- Trees
- US Forest Service
- Walking Trail
- Water
- Wildlife
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Location
- Address
- FR027, Frying pan, UT 84701
- GPS
- 38.6089° N, 111.6789° W
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