Heart Lake, Uinta Mountains, Duchesne County, Utah

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     So many exciting things to do here at Heart Lake, too great to be true. Brinton Meadow is a nice place to check out, and don't leave Heart Lake without first going for a hike along the Skinner Cutoff Trail. Through the warm months, highs usually are in the 80's at Heart Lake. When the night sets in temperatures sink down into the 40's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 30's with winter lows in the 10's overnight here at Heart Lake. Since  
   you're here at Heart Lake why not go to Hades Pass, and you can stay the night at Splash Dam Campground.
The Uinta Mountains scenery is always beautiful. There's great hiking along the East Fork Pinto Lake Trail; Best Western Dunmar Inn is a great spot to get some rest. Not much precipitation falls here at Heart Lake; February is when you get the most snow here, and June is when it's the driest.
This lake is so wonderful. Since you might be in a lake
 
               visiting mood you can always go to nearby Betsy Lake. And if that's not sufficient there's loads more amusing things to do in the Uinta Mountains. Get your heart beating on the great whitewater of Rock Creek, and you get a glorious vista of East Grandaddy Mountain from here. Just can't get enough of the Uinta Mountains. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Heart Lake; Slope Trail is a good local trail, and needless to say, this is a brilliant vicinity for people who like lakes, Grandaddy Lake is a lake in the vicinity.
This lake is so wonderful. A brilliant site for whitewater paddling right next door to Heart Lake is Duchesne River. There's so much to do here at Heart Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Castle Cliffs Campground is a good spot for that.

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


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 40.59389
Longitude: -110.8103

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These outdoors activities are available near Heart Lake.
 Hotels Near Heart Lake:
Best Western Dunmar Inn, Evanston, 37 miles away
Comfort Inn Evanston, Evanston, 37 miles away
Americas Best Value Inn and Suites-Evanston, Evanston, 37 miles away
Super 8 Evanston, Evanston, 37 miles away
Days Inn Evanston W, Evanston, 37 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Heart Lake:
Splash Dam Campground, Duchesne County, 3 miles away
Castle Cliffs Campground, Duchesne County, 5 miles away
Hades Campground, Duchesne County, 5 miles away
Aspen Campground, Duchesne County, 6 miles away
 Whitewater Near Heart Lake:
Rock Creek, Duchesne CountyCounty, 11 miles away
      Class II-V - 5 miles long (Upper Stillwater Dam to Route 134)
Duchesne River, Uintah CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class I-III - 32.5 miles long (Hades Campground to Rock Creek)
 National Parks Near Heart Lake:
Timpanogos Cave National Monument, American Fork - UT, 53 miles away
Fossil Butte National Monument, Kemmerer - WY, 65 miles away
 Trails Near Heart Lake:
Skinner Cutoff Trail, Duchesne County, 4 miles away
East Fork Pinto Lake Trail, Duchesne County, 4 miles away
Slope Trail, Duchesne County, 4 miles away
 Lakes Near Heart Lake:
Grandaddy Lake, Duchesne CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Betsy Lake, Duchesne CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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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...

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....

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....

Rock Creek
10 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....

Lake Marion
11 miles away
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Continent Lake
11 miles away
I went there about 15 yrs ago fishing was pretty good....

Scow Lake
12 miles away
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?...

Timpanogos Cave National Monument
53 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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