Jordanelle State Park
Jordanelle State park opened June 29, 1995. It offers an array of recreational opportunities near the Wasatch Front. They include camping, picnicking, fishing, boating, water sports, swimming hiking and mountain biking. Interpretive programs and walks are held periodically.
Jordanelle Reservoir is a future water supply for Utah. In addition to industrial, municipal and irrigation water, the reservoir provides critical wildlife habitat and recreation opportunities. It is the largest human-made impoundment within the Bonneville unit of the Central Utah Project--the largest water development project in Utah history.
Special Features
The park consists of Hailstone Recreation Site and Rock Cliff Recreation Site.
Hailstone Recreation Site
Hailstone Recreation Site is located between Park City and Heber City on US 40 (exit 8). Day-use facilities include visitor center, children's play area, two boat ramps (one ramp for personal watercraft), three group-use pavilions, 41 day-use cabanas, two laundromats, beach house, marina store and restaurant, fish cleaning station and outdoor amphitheater. The site has three separate camping areas.
- Keetly Point Campground is a walk-in facility only. Modern rest rooms and 41 tent sites in a scrub oak draw. Each site has a concrete pad, an 8-foot aluminum table, stand-up grill and fire pit. Five sites are accessible to disabled campers.
- McHenry Creek Campground has 42 tent/recreation vehicle sites with no utilities. The campground is sheltered between a scrub oak stand and a quiet perennial creek. Each site has a concrete pad, an 8-foot aluminum table, stand-up grill, fire pit and tent pad. Parking is available for two vehicles with detached trailer. A camp service center provides modern restrooms, hot showers, laundry and a children's play area.
- RV Campground has 103 developed campsites overlooking the reservoir. Access is by a paved, pull through drive or a single spur. The developed campground is serviced by two modern rest rooms and one camp-service center with children's play area.
Rock Cliff Recreation Site
Rock Cliff Recreation Site is located two miles west of Francis on SR-32. Day-use facilities include Nature Center, three modern rest rooms, two group-use pavilions, and three walk-in campgrounds. These pristine sites can be reached by an elevated boardwalk or trail through aspen trees. All campgrounds are serviced by two modern restrooms with hot showers.
Perimeter Trail
Jordanelle Reservoir can be reached by the non-motorized Perimeter Trail connecting Hailstone and Rock Cliff. The trail also allows hikers, mountain bikers, horse-riders, and cross-country skiers to access Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park.
Jordanelle Reservoir provides excellent fishing for rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and smallmouth bass. A population of brown trout produced in Provo River, is expanding in the reservoir. This mix of species provides an excellent sport fishery.
Fees are charged, and reservations for group-use and individual sites are available.
- Camping - $15, $18
- day-use - $10 at Hailstone; $7 at Rock Cliff (includes boat launch facilities)
- Camping - $16-25
For information contact:
Jordanelle State Park
SR 319 #515 Box 4
Heber City, UT
84032-0001
Hailstone: (435) 649-9540
Rock Cliff: (435) 782-3030
Boat and Watercraft Rentals:
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