Gatman Lake, Uinta Mountains, Duchesne County, Utah

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     Having a perfect time at Gatman Lake is painless. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Gatman Lake has to offer, you can camp at Highline Trail Head Campground, and since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always go to nearby Morat Lakes. This lake is so wonderful. Paddling on Rock Creek is so much fun. Lakes? Sure, LeConte Lake is in the vicinity. During the long summer days, highs frequently are in the 80's at Gatman Lake. For the  
   period of the moonlight hours it's frequently in the 40's. All through the winter highs are in the 30's, and after the sun is down through the winter temperatures at Gatman Lake dip into the 0's.
Good hiking is available along the Highline Trail, and the summit of Mount Agassiz can be made out from Gatman Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Around Gatman Lake you don’t get a lot of rain; during September this area sees the most rain while January is the month
 
               with the least amount of precipitation.
So much fun stuff to do here in the Uinta Mountains, too magnificent to be true. Float down the rapids of Duchesne River in a kayak; there's brilliant hiking along the East Fork Pinto Lake Trail. Gatman Lake is a beautiful lake in the Uinta Mountains. If you need a spot to stay Best Western Dunmar Inn is a wonderful choice, and the Skinner Cutoff Trail offers hiking at its best.
Man, is there plenty of enjoyable things to do in the Uinta Mountains. Naturalist Basin is a tremendous location to check out. There's so much to do here at Gatman Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Butterfly Campground is a fine location for that.

 
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Current weather conditions at Gatman Lake, Uinta Mountains, Duchesne County, Utah
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Local climate location: EVANSTON 29 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 40.69611
Longitude: -110.8039

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These outdoors activities are available near Gatman Lake.
 Hotels Near Gatman Lake:
Best Western Dunmar Inn, Evanston, 32 miles away
Americas Best Value Inn and Suites-Evanston, Evanston, 32 miles away
Comfort Inn Evanston, Evanston, 32 miles away
Super 8 Evanston, Evanston, 32 miles away
Days Inn Evanston W, Evanston, 32 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Gatman Lake:
Highline Trail Head Campground, Summit County, 4 miles away
Butterfly Campground, Duchesne County, 5 miles away
Bald Mountain Campground, Duchesne County, 7 miles away
Splash Dam Campground, Duchesne County, 7 miles away
 Whitewater Near Gatman Lake:
Rock Creek, Duchesne CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class II-V - 5 miles long (Upper Stillwater Dam to Route 134)
Duchesne River, Uintah CountyCounty, 17 miles away
      Class I-III - 32.5 miles long (Hades Campground to Rock Creek)
Blacks Fork - West Fork, Summit CountyCounty, 19 miles away
      Class I-III - 3.5 miles long (Bridge to confluence with East Fork)
 National Parks Near Gatman Lake:
Timpanogos Cave National Monument, American Fork - UT, 55 miles away
Fossil Butte National Monument, Kemmerer - WY, 60 miles away
 Trails Near Gatman Lake:
Highline Trail, Duchesne County, 1 miles away
East Fork Pinto Lake Trail, Duchesne County, 1 miles away
Skinner Cutoff Trail, Duchesne County, 2 miles away
 Lakes Near Gatman Lake:
Morat Lakes, Duchesne CountyCounty, 1 miles away
LeConte Lake, Duchesne CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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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...

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....

LaMarla Lake
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
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...

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....

Lake Marion
10 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
12 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....

Timpanogos Cave National Monument
54 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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