Miners Canyon

We stayed one night. Road back to the water is not two bad, but do stay on top and don’t go down to the water. If you are in a bigger rig, you will not be able to turn around. There are signs that say no motorized vehicles down by the water.

This is BLM land to a certain point. You can stay for up to 14 days. It looks like some folks out here have been here well beyond 14 days. Toward the end of the road there is a green barb wired fence you can drive through (no gate). This is where you will need to turn around before you go down to the water. This is where we disconnected our toad. This is the area we set up camp for the night. Inside this fenced area is not actually BLM land. It is the States land. Not sure if we were allowed to stay in this area or not, but did not learn this until after we set up. A local rancher stopped by, he was a very nice guy, and told us this information. He said as long as we were not down by the water with our motorized vehicles we should be good. And no one ran us back to the BLM land. I much prefer to park where we did, inside the fences, then on the actual BLM land. Just couldn’t find a suitable spot on BLM due to those that have apparently stayed well beyond the 14 day limit and limited space for us.

We scouted but did not stay here. Seemed like a good spot if the weather is nice. If rain is in the forecast, beware. We scouted just after some rain, and it was a muddy mess. There were a couple spots that were probably still accessible, but most looked like you'd be stuck until it dried out.

The main road in is in good condition. There were a few areas for bigger rigs along it, and if you take the last dirt road to the right before the water, it looked like there were a bunch of spots big enough for more big rigs (too muddy when we scouted to go closer). If you're anything larger than a van, though, DO NOT follow the road down to the water. At the bottom, there are signs stating 'no motorized vehicles,' and even if you wanted to ignore the signs and continue, the two roads that loops back up away from the water are essentially impassable. There's some space for small vehicles to turn around, but a bigger rig would struggle. Stay up top.

On satellite view, there appeared to be spaces for big rigs if you turned right down the first dirt road you come to. It was a very, very rough road, though. We take our rig to a lot of rough places, but I don't think I would have tried this one even in dry conditions. Walk it before you attempt to drive it.

We stayed here for six nights awaiting an opportunity for repairs on our RV.

Great views, plenty of area to camp even for big rigs. Not much to do. The Utah Lake water and shoreline is disgusting. Muddy and the water is gross. But there are lots of fisherman here.

Tons of nats and other bugs. Lots of wildlife. Would be a great place for bird watching.

Good for short term but not a bucket list item.

My images are morning sunrise but don’t be fooled.

I camped here in May of 2019. Although it says “no big rigs” I fit on a site very well. There are only a few sites for big rigs though. Camped in a 38’ motorhome with a 20’ trailer in tow.
Nice views and close to SLC. It was pretty green due to high amount of rain they had this spring.
Good signal with Verizon. No tv signal if you are on an antenna though.

We stayed here for 5 nights and had no issues in our 40' 5th wheel. Lots of space and a small trail to play on in your 4wd. Simply can't beat the view. There is a bit of trash and spent ammunition but the banned target shooting there back in Dec 2018 so that is mostly left overs. Heard one small group having fun on Sat night but nothing disturbing.

I do like this spot. It's not as close to SLC as I'd like, but you have gorgeous lake and mountain views! FREE! So... pick your battles.

It can get bad with bugs. I stayed here in early April last year, even had a snow. But I do remember bugs being around at some point. I stayed there twice last year.

The trash is incredible and sad. I picked up multiple trash bags day after day. Some Canadians who stayed also picked up THREE large (kitchen sized) trash bags. The locals come down to fish and do whatever else they do here and they JUST don't care. I don't understand, never will.

Oh well. There's not a ton of area to park. There are also signs letting you know where you can't park. People seem to not pay much attention. I did witness some law enforcement get a guy to move who was clearly parked in the 'don't park' area AND it was clearly not even a spot where someone had camped before. I was really happy to see them get busted.

I did hear that Utah is trying to buy the surrounding land from the LDS that owns it so there can be more parking and recreational land there which is awesome. I hope they are successful.

I did not record how the internet was. However, I have to be able to use ATT or Verizon, so I must have had success.

Maybe the other reviewers reported on this better than I did.

It's an interesting spot. It's a place to park for free with pretty views, but it's a good hour from SLC. Sure there's plenty of amenities nearish in Saratoga Springs (Wal Mart and such). So there's that!