Photo: Pine forest near Duck Creek via Wikimedia Commons — see the file page for the author and licence.
8,600 ftELEVATION
June-SeptSEASON
ReservableBOOKING
Conditions Right Now
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Nights run cold up here - pack warm layers even in July.
Why Camp Here
This is the big one on Cedar Mountain, close to a hundred sites, so it absorbs the crowd the small lake camps up the road cannot. It sits directly off Scenic Byway 14 about 28 miles east of Cedar City, which means pavement the whole way in. There are both flush and vault toilets, some sites take reservations while others are held first come, and quiet hours run from 10 at night to 6 in the morning.
Tip: Ice cave and Aspen Mirror Lake are short kid-size walks.
Around Camp
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Out the tent door: Navajo Lake (Fishing, 4 mi) · Spectra Point / Ramparts (Hike, 10 mi) · Panguitch Lake (Fishing, 13 mi) · Sevier River (Upper) (Fishing, 19 mi)
Quick Answers
- Do I need a reservation at Duck Creek Campground?
- Reservable via recreation.gov.
- What elevation is Duck Creek Campground?
- 8600 feet. Season: June-Sept. Nights run cold up here - pack warm layers even in July.
- Why camp at Duck Creek Campground?
- Duck Creek is the practical basecamp for the Markagunt Plateau. It is large enough that a summer weekend does not automatically shut you out, it has flush toilets as well as vaults, and it puts Navajo Lake, Panguitch Lake, and the Cedar Breaks rim all within a short drive.