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| | Merkley Reservoir, Uinta Mountains, Uintah County, Utah |
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Merkley Reservoir is located in the Uinta Mountains. If you adore the outdoors you'll adore it here in the Uinta Mountains. That right there is plenty already, but it continues; Merkley Reservoir has it all. In case you don’t have a problem getting wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on Uinta River, and Merkley Reservoir is not the only location nearby, Lower Grouse Reservoir is a nearby lake. This lake is so wonderful. Camping at Whiterocks Campground
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| | is always a pleasant experience, and dry warm beds await you at Best Western Inn. You'll really wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the fun stuff in the Uinta Mountains. Camping is available at Berg's Coffee Shop and Video; if you need a place to stay Super 8 Vernal UT is a delightful choice. On a splendid day at Merkley Reservoir you can take a hike along the Dry Fork Trail; if you've had enough of Merkley Reservoir, Burton Reservoir is close by. | |
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Merkley Reservoir gets very little rainfall; the month of May is the wettest with most of the rain, and the driest month is February. Summertime highs at Merkley Reservoir generally tend to be in the 80's. For the period of the dark
hours of summer temperatures sink down into the 50's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 30's, and overnight lows during the winter for Merkley Reservoir tend to be in the 0's. It's always good to pop by Merkley Drop, and if you're visiting from Vernal, you won't be the only one.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 40.47222 Longitude: -109.8769
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Uinta River, Duchesne CountyCounty, 17 miles away Class I-III - 8.5 miles long (Uinta Valley Campground to Power Plant) |
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Little Elk Lake
 | 12 miles away That's a pretty tough road to get there. I'd say about 4 miles in, but lots of big rocks. Great views though. We took ATV's up and it was a fairly unremarkable ride. We did see a couple of 4WD Trucks headed up too. Good scenery up top. I'd like to camp there and hang out. We didn't fish. It doesn't look really good for that.... |
Chepeta Lake
 | 19 miles away Chepeta is a very hit or miss lake. Fishing can be absolutely dead one day and sweet the next. The water was crazy low two summers ago and there may not even be a lot of fish left unless they've planted it since. Worth the trip though -- if one lake is cold another will be hot.... |
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