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Jordanelle State park opened June 29, 1995. It offers an array of recreational
opportunities near the Wasatch Front. They include camping, picnicking, fishing,
boating, water sports, swimming hiking and mountain biking. Interpretive
programs and walks are held periodically. Jordanelle Reservoir is a future
water supply for Utah. In addition to industrial, municipal and irrigation
water, the reservoir provides critical wildlife habitat and recreation
opportunities. It is the largest human-made impoundment within the Bonneville
unit of the Central Utah Project--the largest water development project in Utah
history.
Special Features
The park consists of Hailstone Recreation Site and Rock Cliff Recreation
Site.
Hailstone Recreation Site
Hailstone Recreation Site is located between Park City and Heber City on US
40 (exit 8). Day-use facilities include visitor center, children's play area,
two boat ramps (one ramp for personal watercraft), three group-use pavilions, 41
day-use cabanas, two laundromats, beach house, marina store and restaurant, fish
cleaning station and outdoor amphitheater. The site has three separate camping
areas.
- Keetly Point Campground is a walk-in facility only. Modern rest
rooms and 41 tent sites in a scrub oak draw. Each site has a concrete pad,
an 8-foot aluminum table, stand-up grill and fire pit. Five sites are
accessible to disabled campers.
- McHenry Creek Campground has 42 tent/recreation vehicle sites
with no utilities. The campground is sheltered between a scrub oak stand and
a quiet perennial creek. Each site has a concrete pad, an 8-foot aluminum
table, stand-up grill, fire pit and tent pad. Parking is available for two
vehicles with detached trailer. A camp service center provides modern
restrooms, hot showers, laundry and a children's play area.
- RV Campground has 103 developed campsites overlooking the
reservoir. Access is by a paved, pull through drive or a single spur. The
developed campground is serviced by two modern rest rooms and one
camp-service center with children's play area.
Rock Cliff Recreation Site
Rock Cliff Recreation Site is located two miles west of Francis on SR-32.
Day-use facilities include Nature Center, three modern rest rooms, two group-use
pavilions, and three walk-in campgrounds. These pristine sites can be reached by
an elevated boardwalk or trail through aspen trees. All campgrounds are serviced
by two modern restrooms with hot showers.
Perimeter Trail
>Jordanelle Reservoir can be reached by the non-motorized Perimeter Trail
connecting Hailstone and Rock Cliff. The trail also allows hikers, mountain
bikers, horse-riders, and cross-country skiers to access Historic Union Pacific
Rail Trail State Park.
Jordanelle Reservoir provides excellent fishing for rainbow trout, cutthroat
trout and smallmouth bass. A population of brown trout produced in Provo River,
is expanding in the reservoir. This mix of species provides an excellent sport
fishery.
Fees are charged, and reservations for group-use and individual sites are
available.
- Camping - $15, $18
- Day-use - $9 ($7 at Rockcliff)
- Group day-use - $2 person/$50 min
- Group camping - $3 person/$75 min
For reservations, call (800) 322-3770.
Jordanelle State Park
Utah Division of Parks and Recreation
1594 W North Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116-3156
(435) 649-9540
(801) 538-7220
(801) 538-7239 Hearing impaired
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