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HIDEOUT CANYON BOAT-IN CAMPGROUND
HIDEOUT CANYON BOAT-IN CAMPGROUNDHIDEOUT CANYON BOAT-IN CAMPGROUND
USFSAshley National Forest · Utah

Hideout Canyon Boat-IN Campground

Overview Hideout Canyon Boat-In Campground is located on beautiful Flaming Gorge Reservoir, 2 miles from the nearest road.
Sites1815 reservable
Elev.6,030ft
Comf.May-Oct6 months
Max rigtents
Electricnonesites
From Salt Lake City4h38real road time
The honest read
Synthesized from
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27

At 6,030 ft, Hideout Canyon Boat-IN Campground has a 6-month comfortable window (May-Oct). Winter nights average around 14°F, so the shoulder seasons turn cold fast. 18 sites total: 15 reservable and 3 first-come, first-served. Within about 4 miles: 1 peak.

The campground at a glance

01 · CHARACTER
QuietCoolRoomyShadeRV-fitReserv.

Reads strongest on shade and reservability. Softest on roomy sites.

Six axes, each scored relative to every other federal campground in the region: quiet (miles to a major road), cool (elevation), roomy (average site spacing), shade, RV-fit (longest rig), and how reservable it is. All six come from data, nothing hand-tuned.

When to go

02 · CLIMATE
JFMAMJJASOND
avg highavg lowfrost-freedriest · Jul
May-Oct
Comfortable window: nights stay above 35°F, days below 90°F.
95%
Of summer weekend-days are dry.
May 17
Last spring frost; first fall frost Oct 6.
59°F
Average July low. Bring a fleece.

Getting there

03 · ACCESS
01
Salt Lake City
190 mi
4h38
02
Moab
284 mi
6h42
03
St. George
466 mi
9h17
By drive time
Salt Lake City · 4h38Moab · 6h42St. George · 9h17Camp

Routed road time (OSRM). Nearest major highway 1.7 mi away.

Picking your site

04 · 18 SITES
Color byShow only

18 mapped sites · dot color = seclusion · click a dot for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap.

0
Pull-thru
0
Walk-in
0
50-amp
0
Accessible
0
Prime
18
Sites
★ The standout
Site 014
HIDE · shaded.
To neighbor
82 ft
0
Type
Standard

What's within four miles

05 · TRAILS · PEAKS · WATER

Trails & Peaks

Trail segments
10
Peaks
1
Viewpoints
4

Water & Access

To nearest major road
1.7 mi
Method

We synthesize public data layers: RIDB and Recreation.gov facility and site records, Open-Meteo climate normals, OpenStreetMap roads, trails, and water, OSRM drive times, and USGS elevation. We take no bookings, no ads, and no paid placements. Independence is the entire point.

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