Baker Lake, Uinta Mountains, Summit County, Utah

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     Any time is a pleasant time at Baker Lake if you adore the outdoors. Hiking along the Highline Trail is great fun; Baker Lake is right by the Bear River Smiths Fork Trail. Baker Lake is a beautiful lake in the Uinta Mountains. At Baker Lake you always meet someone from Evanston, and get wet paddling on Blacks Fork - East Fork.
Baker Lake is regularly a reasonably dried up place; September is the month that gets the most rain while January is the month
 
   with the least amount of precipitation. Going for a hike along the East Fork Pinto Lake Trail will let you absorb the natural beauty of this region, and Scow Lake is a nearby lake that you could stop at. For the period of the days of summer highs here at Baker Lake get into the 80's with nighttime lows in the 40's. The winter brings highs down to the 30's, and after the sun is down during the wintertime temperatures at Baker Lake descend into the 0's.
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               lake is so wonderful. While you're here at Baker Lake, you could also stop at charming Lake Lorena; why not camp at Bear River Campground since you're here at Baker Lake. If you like the outdoors you'll like it here in the Uinta Mountains. Camping is available at Hayden Fork Campground, and paddling on Blacks Fork - West Fork is so much fun. This location, the Uinta Mountains, has so much outdoors exciting stuff.

 
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28 miles away
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Comfort Inn Evanston, Evanston
28 miles away
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Current weather conditions at Baker Lake, Uinta Mountains, Summit County, Utah
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Local climate location: EVANSTON 22 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 40.81694
Longitude: -110.7575

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These outdoors activities are available near Baker Lake.
 Hotels Near Baker Lake:
Americas Best Value Inn and Suites-Evanston, Evanston, 28 miles away
Comfort Inn Evanston, Evanston, 28 miles away
Best Western Dunmar Inn, Evanston, 28 miles away
Super 8 Evanston, Evanston, 28 miles away
Days Inn Evanston W, Evanston, 28 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Baker Lake:
Hayden Fork Campground, Summit County, 7 miles away
Bear River Campground, Summit County, 7 miles away
East Fork Campground, Summit County, 7 miles away
Beaver View Campground, Summit County, 7 miles away
 Whitewater Near Baker Lake:
Blacks Fork - West Fork, Summit CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class I-III - 3.5 miles long (Bridge to confluence with East Fork)
Blacks Fork - East Fork, Summit CountyCounty, 15 miles away
      Class I-II - 6 miles long (Guard station off US 150 to Hewinta Guard Station)
Rock Creek, Duchesne CountyCounty, 16 miles away
      Class II-V - 5 miles long (Upper Stillwater Dam to Route 134)
 National Parks Near Baker Lake:
Fossil Butte National Monument, Kemmerer - WY, 53 miles away
Timpanogos Cave National Monument, American Fork - UT, 60 miles away
 Trails Near Baker Lake:
Bear River Smiths Fork Trail, Summit County, 3 miles away
Highline Trail, Duchesne County, 8 miles away
East Fork Pinto Lake Trail, Duchesne County, 8 miles away
 Lakes Near Baker Lake:
Lake Lorena, Summit CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Scow Lake, Summit CountyCounty, 2 miles away

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Scow Lake
Is the lake named after my great great uncle Pete Scow who logged in the unitah mtns in the late 1800 and early 1900's. He was a tie hack. Do you know the history of the name Scow lake?...

Continent Lake
I went there about 15 yrs ago fishing was pretty good....

Thompson Lake
I disagree with below.

1. Thompson Lake isn't even close to the most remote lake in the Uinta Mountains. For example, lakes like East Slide Lake and Wild Goose Lake are far more remote.

2. The boulderhopping really isn't that bad. It's well worth the trip.

3. There are some nice campsites just east of the lake.

Thompson Lake is off trail, but it's one of the more popular off-trail lakes (but far less popular than trailed lakes!) and well worth the trip....
This is the most remote lake in all of the Uinta mountains. It's a hellish 1-2hr boulder-hopping steep hike to get to the lake with NO trails or places to camp. Reserved for only extreme mountaineers....

Highline Trail
The U.S. Forrest Service last attention to this trail was in 1994/1995 and the trail markings in many places is all but non-existent.  Portions of the trail---particularly in the meadows areas have been overgrown and rock cairn markers, where they do exist, are often overgrown and difficult to find.  Do not attempt this trail without detailed terrain maps and GPS equipment and the ability to use both.   It would also be a good idea to carry a satellite phone (rentals are available) as there is no cell phone signal anywhere along the route from the Mirror Lake trailhead on the West all the way to the Chepeta lake trailhead  on the East...

LaMarla Lake
10 miles away
Lamarla Lake received it's name from my mother, Margaret Gurr Hamblin, her sister LaVon Gurr Hansen and LaVar Davies,(nephew of my dad Lyman Duane Hamblin Jr.) They were camping and fishing in the Uinta Mountains. While hiking they came upon the beautiful little lake. They decided to give it a name. They took LA from LaVar, MAR from Margaret, and LA from LaVon, forming the name LAMARLA. They posted the name by the lake. I grew up hearing this story. My mother Margaret passed away over twenty years ago. LaVon is still alive and lives with her husband, Omar in Springville, UT. LaVar is also living and resides in St. George UT. Both are in their eighties. As a child my favorite horse was named Lamarla....

Grandaddy Lake
11 miles away
The trail head leading to grandaddy lake that is around two to four miles. Info on weather conditions at grandaddy lake and info on how bad the mosquitos are right now...no fish...

Lake Marion
15 miles away
Lake Marion is a very small lake or pond located North of Trial Lake and South West of Star Lake. My friend Victor Montoya and I visited Lake Marion and caught wild Brook Trout and Golden Trout fly fishing. I was surprised that this lake which is very very small had trout over 12 inches....

Rock Creek
15 miles away
(...) The section is comprised of 3 class 3+/IV- drops with swift braided channels in between. It seldom flows since most water is diverted over to the Wasatch front from the Upper Stillwater Dam (it has to spill to be runnable.) Climatologically speaking, March is actually the month of our highest precipitation (which falls as snow, building the pack which then melts in May/June.) Most people find this section of river not nearly as rewarding as other runs in the state....

Red Castle Lake
19 miles away
Nice lake, tough hike, and windy. Fished in late July, fishing was fair, but the size of the fish were between 14-19 inches. Wind was really blowing the day I fished here....

Timpanogos Cave National Monument
59 miles away
The entrance fees to the canyon is now $6.00 for 3 days, $12.00 for 7 days, annual pass is $45.00 and includes American Fork Canyon, Alpine Scenic Loop and Mirror Lake Hwy. ...

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