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Why Go
At 7,600 feet, Scofield is high enough that summer here feels like a different state from the Castle Country desert below. The park runs two campgrounds: Madsen Bay, with 48 sites, a boat launch and secure dry storage, and Mountain View, with sites 50 through 78, a group pavilion and its own ramp. Both have showers and dump stations. Winter is not an off-season here; the ice fishing is a destination in its own right.
Do this: Trout fishing, boating, one of Utah's best ice-fishing spots
Family note: Summer tiger-trout action
Fees and hours: stateparks.utah.gov
Yes, You Can Fish Here
This park has fishing. Bring the loadout:
Closest waters: Scofield Reservoir (Fishing, 1 mi) · Lower Fish Creek (Fishing, 4 mi) · Electric Lake (Fishing, 13 mi) · Huntington Reservoir (Mammoth) (Fishing, 21 mi)
Build Your Day
Add to the trip: Forks of Huntington Campground (Camping, 21 mi) · Strawberry Bay Campground (Camping, 27 mi) · Payson Lakes Campground (Camping, 29 mi) · Whiting Campground (Camping, 33 mi)
Quick Answers
- What is there to do at Scofield State Park?
- Trout fishing, boating, one of Utah's best ice-fishing spots
- Is Scofield State Park good for kids?
- Summer tiger-trout action
- Why visit Scofield State Park?
- Scofield sits at 7,600 feet in the Manti-La Sal country and has been a state park since 1965, which makes it the cool option when the rest of central Utah is baking. The reservoir fishes for rainbow and cutthroat trout in summer and turns into one of the state's steadier ice-fishing waters once it locks up.