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Why Go
Most Uinta Basin water sits high and cold in the mountains, so Starvation reads differently at 5,712 feet as a broad low reservoir rather than an alpine lake. The Bureau of Reclamation filled it in 1970 as part of the Central Utah Project and it opened to the public two years later. The shoreline breaks into coves and remote beaches that are far easier to reach by boat than on foot, so a craft of any kind changes the trip. The annual walleye tournament here regularly turns up fish over ten pounds.
Do this: Wakeboarding, fishing (walleye!), camping, OHV
Family note: Sandy swim beaches
Fees and hours: stateparks.utah.gov
Yes, You Can Fish Here
This park has fishing. Bring the loadout:
Closest waters: Starvation Reservoir (Fishing, 1 mi) · Strawberry River (Fishing, 24 mi) · Duchesne River (Fishing, 25 mi) · Moon Lake (Fishing, 27 mi)
Build Your Day
Add to the trip: Moon Lake Campground (Camping, 27 mi) · Strawberry Bay Campground (Camping, 36 mi) · Amethyst Lake (Hike, 40 mi) · Fehr Lake Trail (Hike, 42 mi)
Quick Answers
- What is there to do at Fred Hayes SP at Starvation?
- Wakeboarding, fishing (walleye!), camping, OHV
- Is Fred Hayes SP at Starvation good for kids?
- Sandy swim beaches
- Why visit Fred Hayes SP at Starvation?
- It is one of the few Utah reservoirs where you can wakeboard all afternoon and still catch walleye, on water the public has had access to since 1972. The name traces to homesteaders along the Strawberry River who called their hard-wintered settlement Starvation. Bring a boat if you can.