BLM · Salt Lake City, UT

Birch Creek Campground

Located at 6755 ft. the campground has 4 walk-in campsites that are 50 yards from the parking lot. RV camping is permitted in the parking lot. The campground is conveniently placed between two reservoirs, each stocked annually with game fish, making it an ideal fishing destination.

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Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Birch Creek Campground20°30°40°50°60°70°January: 0.41 inches of precipitationFebruary: 0.53 inches of precipitationMarch: 0.45 inches of precipitationApril: 0.99 inches of precipitationMay: 1.75 inches of precipitationJune: 1.06 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.55 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.83 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.01 inches of precipitationOctober: 0.99 inches of precipitationNovember: 0.56 inches of precipitationDecember: 0.38 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 21.7°F averageFebruary: 23.1°F averageMarch: 31.4°F averageApril: 39.1°F averageMay: 48.7°F averageJune: 58.1°F averageJuly: 67.5°F averageAugust: 65.6°F averageSeptember: 56.3°F averageOctober: 43.9°F averageNovember: 31.1°F averageDecember: 21.8°F average0 in0.5 in1 in1.5 in2 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Evanston Burns Fld, 8 miles from the campground at 7,163 feet, station USW00004111 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 10 inches a year.

Getting there

From Woodruff go 9 miles west on UT 39. At the small BLM sign, take dirt road northwest 1 mile to the campground.

Nearest townSalt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates41.3030° N, 111.1846° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Carter Creek Rx

    34 mi from the campground · 150 acres

  • Prescribed
    North Fork Mill Rx

    35 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Meeks Reservoir Rx

    38 mi from the campground

  • Prescribed
    Parleys State Piles Rx

    45 mi from the campground

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Dump stationDump station ↗13.3 mi
Outdoor gearEscapod ↗29.7 mi
RV sales & serviceState Trailer RV and Outdoor Supply ↗41.3 mi

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No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

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Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest begins about 4.5 miles away, and it is the closest of these.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Birch Creek Campground?

No. Birch Creek Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: How first-come camping works

Is there cell service at Birch Creek Campground?

FCC coverage maps show AT&T 4G LTE at the campground point. Terrain changes that from one site to the next.

Source: FCC Broadband Map

What is the nearest town to Birch Creek Campground?

Salt Lake City, Utah.

Source: Getting there

What if Birch Creek Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Monte Cristo (19.5 mi), Willows Campground (23.4 mi), and Upper Meadows Campground (23.4 mi).

Source: Campgrounds nearby