Miners Canyon Dispersed Camping

We stayed for a week while waiting for our tow car to get repaired. One of few free places in the area that is open in the winter. Plenty of spots to choose from. Just look for an empty fire ring and claim the spot as your home. A Mavericks (free water and dump) is about 10 minutes north of this spot & several propane options as well about 15 minutes north. The lake with snow is GORGEOUS — both the sunsets and sunrises (posted on our Insta @minihousebigliving). It did get a little muddy, but we were never worried about getting stuck.

We are in a 23 ft Class C.

Verizon had 2 bars and went in and out. AT&T was 1 bar and pretty terrible. We were able to do most of our work calls with our Verizon hotspots & mimo antenna. Weboost didn’t help at all.

I'm not sure why anyone would stay here more than one night, unless you were working in Saratoga Springs, or another local town. Its just open field with very little to no ground cover. Certainly, I would not want to try this area when its wet as I believe the mud would be tough, although the road in has plenty of rock. I would just be leery about pulling off onto the dirt/mud if it was very wet.

Good cell coverage with Verizon. No amenities and our spot was not very level. Easy to find. We saw a couple of rigs that looked like they maybe longer term residents with wind generators and large propane tanks.

But, for one night just passing through, its a decent stopover away from I-15 and the road south back to the freeway is very scenic.

We boondock more than half the year so have stayed in so many different spots. This was by far the DUSTIEST place we’ve ever stayed- to the point it was almost unbearable. Apparently there was a fire at some point this fall, which burned up pretty much any existing greenery. It is pretty much a giant dust pit at this point.

There are some nice views and the location is convenient. So it has that going for it. Also I’ll mention if you didn’t have kids (or pets) the dust might not be as big of a deal. But it was kind of a nightmare for us.

There are multiple spots for big rigs before you get to the parking lot (can’t miss it). Smaller vehicles can continue on from there.

I also want to mention there is SO much broken glass here. The ground literally glistened in the sun. So sad!

Overall, we aren’t very picky, but we would not stay here again due to the crazy amount of dust and glass.

Good access; decent cell overall, but we had some issues near the end of our stay (Verizon). We think it was due to overloaded cell towers.

Needed a place to stay for awhile while we waited for a package to come to the local ups during our travels . We didn’t love this place because of all of the dirt, glass and trash. We had terrible Verizon service, maybe just our phones, but it would go from 1/2 bars to nothing. Difficult to stream movies for the kids and do online work at times. Oh and we got our first ever mouse in the camper here ! BUT, we felt very safe and that’s what was important to us. Beautiful views of mountains and fun watching paragliders. A popular spot for atv/ dirt bike and over night camping and a few campers definitely live here full time but were very nice ! A white truck drives around daily that I assume is some kind of officer checking things out. Saratoga springs has everything you may need and the Mavericks has free dump and water ! Easy to get into for any size rig I would think .

This location recently burned and there is now no grass, just dirt and dust! The mountains and lake are beautiful in the background, but we couldn’t even go outside without immediately feeling like we were covered in dirt.

The road going in is in good shape for gravel. All sites are dirt pull offs, and the ground shimmers at night thanks to all of the broken glass scattered throughout. Most are far enough apart to not be bothered by your neighbor, although some did run generators through the night.

Just up the road a few miles is a Maverick with free dump and water next to the truck lanes. Very convenient.

Cell signal was solid for Verizon and ATT at about 10u/5d for both. Had no trouble working from here.

Not all mosquitos are mosquitos!! That's what I learned at Miners Canyon Dispersed Camping!

When I first arrived I thought for sure that I was seeing swarms upon swarms of mosquitos everywhere so I wasn't even going to go outside! However, upon closer inspection of the bugs on my windows I noticed that they were ever so slightly different than mosquitos. Their bodies were a little wider and transparent and they weren't quite as sinister looking. Turns out they were midges and they were a hundred times more tolerable than mosquitos. For one, they don't bite and for two, when they get inside they're easy to find and kill. They were still somewhat annoying because of the sheer number of them, but they shouldn't deter you from experiencing this campground (at this time of year, anyways.)

The view of the mountains and Utah Lake wasn't so great for my stay due to constant forest fire smoke, but the huge flocks of pelicans flying over the lake were really cool. Very large rabbits, owls and tarantulas were also around.

The main problem with this campground is that much of it is inaccessible to big rigs due to rutty roads and sharp rocks and steep slopes. There are several good spots for big rigs down near the lake but just before the gravel parking lot. And, as many other reviews have stated, THERE IS NO TURN-AROUND BEYOND THE PARKING LOT!