17 state parks for stargazing in Utah
17 of Utah’s 50 state parks list stargazing. See these parks on a map
| Park | Entry | Camping | Lodging | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope Island State ParkThe largest island in the Great Salt Lake, reached by a two-lane causeway and home to free-ranging bison… | $15 / vehicle | Campsites · electric & water | Cabins | Book a campsite |
| Dead Horse Point State ParkA high desert point above a vast landscape of canyons, with sunrises and sunsets that set the canyon walls… | $20 / vehicle | Campsites · electric & water | Cabins | Book a campsite |
| East Canyon State ParkA reservoir among the mountains of northeastern Utah, good for boating, fishing and camping and thick with… | $20 / vehicle | Campsites · full hookups | Cabins | Book a campsite |
| Edge of the Cedars State Park MuseumThe largest collection of Ancestral Puebloan pottery on display in the Four Corners, beside a village its… | Day use only | |||
| Fremont Indian State Park and MuseumThe largest known Fremont Indian village, uncovered during the construction of Interstate 70 and now… | $10 / vehicle | Campsites · full hookups | Cabins | Book a campsite |
| Goblin Valley State ParkA valley of squat sandstone hoodoos — the goblins — so strange the landscape is routinely compared to Mars… | $20 / vehicle | Campsites | Cabins | Book a campsite |
| Goosenecks State ParkA small park on the rim of a canyon 1,000 feet above one of the most striking entrenched river meanders in… | $5 / vehicle | Campsites | ||
| Jordanelle State ParkA large reservoir in the Wasatch Back whose Hailstone Recreation Area carries an eight-lane boat ramp, a… | $5 / adult | Campsites · full hookups | Cabins | Book a campsite |
| Lost Creek State ParkDesignated a state park in 2021 and still largely undeveloped: a boat ramp, a primitive campground and vault… | $10 / vehicle | Campsites | ||
| Red Fleet State ParkA short hike leads to dinosaur tracks pressed into Nugget sandstone more than 200 million years ago. Boat and… | $15 / vehicle | Campsites · full hookups | Cabins | Book a campsite |
| Rockport State ParkFive developed and primitive campgrounds around a northern Utah reservoir, good for fishing, boating and… | $20 / vehicle | Campsites | Book a campsite | |
| Snow Canyon State Park7,400 acres of red Navajo sandstone, ancient lava flows and dunes north of St. George, best seen on foot, by… | $15 / vehicle | Campsites · electric & water | Book a campsite | |
| Steinaker State ParkCamping, boating, swimming and OHV riding around a reservoir fed by a canal from Ashley Creek — one of the… | $15 / vehicle | Campsites · full hookups | Cabins | Book a campsite |
| Territorial Statehouse State Park MuseumUtah's oldest surviving government building, and the south wing of a capitol Brigham Young began at Fillmore… | $3 / adult | Campsites | ||
| Utahraptor State ParkOne of the largest dinosaur bone beds in North America, 15 miles northwest of Moab: over 5,500 bones from… | $15 / vehicle | Campsites · electric & water | Book a campsite | |
| Wasatch Mountain State ParkNearly 23,000 acres of alpine terrain set aside in 1961, with four 18-hole golf courses and miles of trail… | $10 / vehicle | Campsites · full hookups | Cabins | Book a campsite |
| Willard Bay State ParkA freshwater reservoir on the Great Salt Lake flood plain, held back by the 20-mile Arthur V. Watkins Dam 12… | $25 / vehicle | Campsites · full hookups | Cabins | Book a campsite |
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