Jug Hollow Dispersed Camping

Just as Beautiful and bountiful as Promised! Plenty of free camping space with gorgeous mountain and water views. No problem finding a spot on a Saturday in mid/late Summer 2023. However the Road to get here is not for the RV’ing faint of heart. The access road is called Jug Hollow Beach; it is a 5 mi dirt road that starts high, valleys, then goes back up again. We arrived with scattered T-Storms in 3/4 ton 4x4 with 32’ Fifth Wheel. The Valley almost ate us being this wet sand mud mixture. Had it not been for the 4x4 we would not have made it. When leaving: we inspected the valley for the best dry conditions (1-2pm) prior to leaving and deflated our Trucks tires to increase grip on the sandy mud road. All this helped us confidently make the journey back out. It is a rough journey but the pay off is worth it if you have the guts! Just pay attention to your forecast!

This was an amazing spot. 5 miles down the unpaved road, but it was fairly well maintained. Here during the second week of June and there are very few campers. Parked right on the shore. No one within sight or sound distance. Had to try a couple of areas to find a place that we could get level, but it wasn’t all that tough. Plenty of room, no designated dispersed camping. Everything was clean. No trash! Yay. Definitely a five star spot.

Great place to stay. We had a great location at 40°59'25.1"N 109°31'45.0"W. We were 35' from the water, caught fish every day we fished. The bay is amazing. Boats came by occasionally, much more on the weekend than during the week. There can be some high winds in the later afternoons, but for the most part, excepting a few hours in the afternoon, it was calm and sunny during the day.

Everyone that had direct Verizon, or ATT service did ok. If you lease services from those carriers through other companies, you may get pushed down the line. A member of our party had Family Mobile and had no service all weekend, and then Monday, picked up two-4 bars of LTE service. Visible had no service the entire week, even though they are a subsidiary of Verizon now. The locals in Dutch John all use ATT.

There was some ability to kayak or paddleboard across the bay to the north, and jump off rocks, and swim. Forest Road 319 was great, although I would avoid it in a rainstorm, until it dried. Other were concerned about washboarding, but it was minimal in my opinion. I also recommend getting out and checking the ground, as the reservoir's water level recedes, you may want to get very close to the water, but we helped two vehicles get out who got too close.

Its now one of our favorite places to boondock in Utah!

This area is beautiful. We have water views out of every window. We did some fishing (and catching!) and can watch the fish because the water is so clear. Every sunset has been beautiful. Then, there's the million stars and milky way to stare at when it gets dark. I saw a huge shooting star, but I can't promise you the same.

The area is clean, no trash, just some fire pits set up.

I do have multiple cell services and all were great. We're full-time RVers and I work. This was a HARD place to work. It's just so nice to be outside and seeing the water from my window is hypnotizong. We were here at the beginning of October.

I'm so thankful that we were able to spend time here. It's a beautiful, peaceful place.

This was just what we needed! Right on the water, secluded, fresh air, time to unplug and use our new kayaks! The drive in was very easy, road wasn’t bad at all. Navigated here perfectly with google maps, cell service was excellent, no bugs, lots of spiders down by the shore but nothing too bothersome. Plenty of space for multiple and any size rigs. We had a blast, we could have stayed longer, but we will be back!

Imagine how frustrated I was after 5.5 hours of driving only for my phone to tell me “you’ve arrived, you’ll have to walk to your destination” with me being on the OTHER SIDE of the reservoir! I then used google maps to drive an hour and half around to the other side. But it was worth it! Got there right before sunset and it was beautiful! Nice breeze, gorgeous views, no complaints. The days were HOT so the water is your best friend. I must have spent half the day in the water to keep cool. Bugs were mild. Cell service was on and off (version). The road was merely annoying, but completely doable for a 2WD sedan. The end was pretty popular, but I was lucky to find a spot close to it. People were respectful and didn’t create excess noise. Found lots of broken glass and cigarette butts at my site, but that was likely just one inconsiderate camper before me.

We luckily got a site at the very end of the peninsula. The camper next to us was empty the whole time. So, it was very quiet. By Thursday the place started filling up and was a bit noisier. The road is bumpy but doable in our 30’ fifth wheel. The closest gas station is Dutch john. Gas is cheaper at the Flaming Gorge resort. They also sold us hamburger patties from the restaurant for $1.50 each!