Docs Lake, Uinta Mountains, Duchesne County, Utah

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     This is a popular site for folks from Evanston, and going for a hike along the Slope Trail will let you absorb the natural beauty of this region. But wait, there's more enjoyable stuff to do in the Uinta Mountains. A brilliant location for whitewater paddling in close proximity to Docs Lake is Duchesne River. Docs Lake is one of the lakes here in the Uinta Mountains.
This lake is so wonderful. Fish Creek is a stream that you may bump into while here, and if
 
   you've had enough of Docs Lake, Fern Lake is nearby. Having a wonderful time in the Uinta Mountains is uncomplicated. If you came for an overnight stay South Fork Campground is a glorious site to camp, and Docs Lake is not the only spot nearby, Red Cliff Lake is a nearby lake. Life's too short to enjoy all the enjoyable stuff near Docs Lake. You can run the rapids of Rock Creek close to Docs Lake, and do take a hike on the East Fork Pinto Lake Trail.
Splash
 
               Dam Campground is a perfect local campground; hiking along the Skinner Cutoff Trail is great fun. Throughout the long summer days at Docs Lake temperatures are typically in the 80's. For the period of the dark hours of summer temperatures fall down into the 40's. Daytime highs all through the wintertime are in the 30's; overnight lows through the wintertime for Docs Lake tend to be in the 0's. It is very waterless here at Docs Lake typically; through September this area sees the most rain, and March is when it's the driest.

 
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Current weather conditions at Docs Lake, Uinta Mountains, Duchesne County, Utah
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Local climate location: HANNA 27 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 40.59639
Longitude: -110.7461

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These outdoors activities are available near Docs Lake.
 Hotels Near Docs Lake:
Americas Best Value Inn and Suites-Evanston, Evanston, 38 miles away
Best Western Dunmar Inn, Evanston, 38 miles away
Comfort Inn Evanston, Evanston, 38 miles away
Super 8 Evanston, Evanston, 38 miles away
Days Inn Evanston W, Evanston, 38 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Docs Lake:
South Fork Campground, Duchesne County, 4 miles away
Splash Dam Campground, Duchesne County, 7 miles away
Yellow Pine Campground, Duchesne County, 8 miles away
Aspen Campground, Duchesne County, 9 miles away
 Whitewater Near Docs Lake:
Rock Creek, Duchesne CountyCounty, 6 miles away
      Class II-V - 5 miles long (Upper Stillwater Dam to Route 134)
Duchesne River, Uintah CountyCounty, 11 miles away
      Class I-III - 32.5 miles long (Hades Campground to Rock Creek)
 National Parks Near Docs Lake:
Timpanogos Cave National Monument, American Fork - UT, 58 miles away
Fossil Butte National Monument, Kemmerer - WY, 64 miles away
 Trails Near Docs Lake:
East Fork Pinto Lake Trail, Duchesne County, 6 miles away
Skinner Cutoff Trail, Duchesne County, 6 miles away
Slope Trail, Duchesne County, 6 miles away
 Lakes Near Docs Lake:
Red Cliff Lake, Duchesne CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Fern Lake, Duchesne CountyCounty, 2 miles away

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