Monk's Hollow Utah ATV Trail

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Monk's Hollow Trailhead Parking Lot

 Vault Toilets are available at the trailhead.

Monk's Hollow Group Picnic Sign

Vista of Red and White Hills

The red and white hills near the trail head remind me of the brilliant colored hills in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.

Sumac or Skunkbush also known as squawbush Rhus trilobata

Monk's Hollow, Utah Vistas

September 27 was the perfect time to see the fall colors of the maples in Monk's Hollow Area.

Breathtaking Panorama of Monk's Hollow Vista

Bigtooth Maple Trees Acer grandidentatum

ATV Trail Through Maples

Monk's Hollow Trail Panorama

Meadow and Brilliant Fall Colors of the Maple Trees

Leaf-strewn Trail 125 Through Monk's Hollow

More about Visit to Monk's Hollow Utah ATV Trail

Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) of Monk's Hollow ATV Trail from the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forests.

MVUM Monk's Hollow ATV Trail

The dotted lines indicate motorcycle only trails. The broken lines (- - -) represent trails open to vehicles 50 inches or less in width. After going over the small ATV gate, there is a gravel road. We followed the road a short distance but came to the motorcycle trail. We turned around, and by the ATV gate, we turned up Trail 126. We began on trail 126 for ATVs. Trails 125 and 318 are labeled as moderately difficult. We started to go on Trail 318 heading to Teat Mountain, but it began with steep rocky rutted switchbacks and we turned around and continued on Trail 125.

Sept. 27, 2011 Visit to Monk's Hollow ATV Trail

This ATV trail is between Price and Salt Lake City. If coming from Salt Lake Valley, exit I-15 at exit 258 to US-6 toward Price/Manti. Go about 11.5 miles, then turn left onto Diamond Fork Rd. Diamond Campground is about 6 miles up this canyon. Go past Diamond Fork Campground about 1.5 miles, then turn right at sign that reads Diamond Fork Campground Group Site. There is a large parking lot here (A). The trail leads south to Highway 6. The altitude at the trail head is approximately 5332 feet. The trail is steep and rocky and rutted quite badly in some places. The trail ascends to about 7050 feet. We decided to turn around after we went about 8.8 miles (B). The trail ahead looked too steep and rocky to navigate very well. I think we were about 1 mile from Highway 6 when we turned around.


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Lake Canyon Recreation Area Utah

2 Deer in Lake Canyon Campground

Deer were plentiful in and around the campground.

Huntington Reservoir from Skyline Drive

Huntington Mammoth sign

Huntington Reservoir

Mount Pleasant from Skyline Drive

Rolfson Reservoir

Rolfson Reservoir

Cleveland Reservoir (not pictured) is to the east of Huntington Reservoir.

Skyline Drive Ridge

Skyline Drive Wildflowers

Trail 12 Near Huntington Reservoir

Typical ATV Trail in Lake Canyon Campground

Lake Canyon Recreation Area, Utah, More Flora

More Flowers near Lake Canyon

Rhexia Leaf Paintbrush Castilleja rhexiifolia

Rocky Mountain Penstemon Penstemon strictus

Showy Daisy Erigeron speciosus

Shrubby Cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa

Wallflower Erysimum asperum

Western Coneflower Rudbeckia occidentalis

Lake Canyon Recreation Area, Utah

Lake Canyon Flora

Alpine Buttercup Ranunculus adoneus

Cow Parsnip Heracleum lanatum

False Hellebore Veratrum californicum

Lion's Beard Clematus hirsutissima

Nootka Rose Rosa nutkana

Orange Sneezeweed Hymenoxys hoopesii

Penstemon

Pretty Jacob's Ladder Polemonium pulcherrimum

August 10, 2011 Visit to Lake Canyon Campground, Utah

Lake Canyon Campground is located up Fairview Canyon. This was formerly called Miller Flat Campground and is in Manti-LaSal National Forest. To get there, turn east at 400 North in Fairview, Utah. This turns into UT-31 E/Canyon Rd. Follow UT-31 about 17 miles. Huntington Reservoir will be on your right. About 1/2 mile past Huntington Reservoir will be Miller Flat Road on your right. Turn here. There are about 46 campsites in this area; 11, 17, 24 and 41 are reservation sites, as well as the group sites Miller Flat, Lake Canyon, and Rolfson Group sites A, B, and C. The other 42 individual sites are first come first served. Long trailers can be parked at many of these sites. The cost is $5.00 per vehicle. This area is very ATV friendly.

Lake Canyon Multiple-Use Trail System Map

This map shows there are 9.5 miles of ATV trails rated as "easy," meaning the grades are not too steep and the tread surface is relatively smooth. There are 3 learners' loops. When we were there, we tried out the Lake Canyon Learners' Loop and the Rolfson Learner's loop. However, the Rolfson Loop had deep water, probably up to a foot or more deep, in the ruts of the loops. This was definitely not for learners. We got stuck in one of the loops and had to pull the ATV out backwards. Even though it was one-way through the loops, we were forced to go back out the way we'd gone in. Use CAUTION in the loops.

Another dangerous part of the trail was on Trail No. 12 just southeast of Huntington Reservoir. There were deep ruts filled with water here too. 

Lake Canyon Campground Site 9

Lake Canyon Campground

Stream in Lake Canyon Campground

Pond in Lake Canyon Campground

Trail 090 Following North Oak Brush Creek

Typical trail near Vernon Reservoir

Old Mining Equipment on Trail 090 Near Vernon Reservoir

Panorama above old mine on Trail 090 West of Vernon Reservoir

Panorama above old mine near North Oak Brush Creek on Trail 090

Rocky outcropping looking east toward Wasatch Mountains on Trail 090

Even More Flora Near Vernon Reservoir

Larkspur Delphinium
nuttallianum

Longstalk Spring Parsley Cymopterus longipes

Nuttall's Violet Viola nuttallii

Pale Agoseris Agoseris glauca

Phlox