Shale Lake, Uinta Mountains, Duchesne County, Utah

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     Shale Lake is always a pleasure to visit. This lake is so wonderful. Do check out Kermsuh Lake near Shale Lake, it's a picturesque lake, and on a magnificent day you can take a hike along the Skinner Cutoff Trail. There's no way somebody can get bored here in the Uinta Mountains. There are some glorious whitewater spots on Duchesne River, and if the weather is perfect, you can go for a hike along the Highline Trail.
The warmest time of the year at Shale
 
   Lake arrives with high temperatures in the 80's, and during the night it cools down to the 40's. Through the winter this place gets highs in the 30's; overnight lows during the winter for Shale Lake tend to be in the 10's. If you want a magnificent time in the great outdoors, just come on down to Shale Lake. A good site to camp here at Shale Lake is Butterfly Campground, and the East Fork Pinto Lake Trail is a great hiking trail close by. Camping at Highline  
               Trail Head Campground is always a nice experience; you'll stumble on a scenic lake called McPheters Lake.
Yep, outdoors exciting things truly is bountiful here in the Uinta Mountains. Dry warm beds await you at Best Western Dunmar Inn, and the vista of picturesque Mount Agassiz is great. This lake is so wonderful. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Rock Creek, and a magnificent place like Middle Basin here at Shale Lake is too brilliant to miss. Shale Lake is a beautiful lake in the Uinta Mountains.
Around Shale Lake you don’t get a lot of rain; throughout the month of February you get the most snow around here while June is usually the driest month.

 
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Current weather conditions at Shale Lake, Uinta Mountains, Duchesne County, Utah
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Local climate location: KAMAS 28 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 40.70889
Longitude: -110.8353

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These outdoors activities are available near Shale Lake.
 Hotels Near Shale Lake:
Best Western Dunmar Inn, Evanston, 31 miles away
Comfort Inn Evanston, Evanston, 31 miles away
Super 8 Evanston, Evanston, 31 miles away
Days Inn, Evanston, 31 miles away
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites EVANSTON, Evanston, 31 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Shale Lake:
Highline Trail Head Campground, Summit County, 2 miles away
Butterfly Campground, Duchesne County, 2 miles away
Bald Mountain Campground, Duchesne County, 5 miles away
Beaver View Campground, Summit County, 6 miles away
 Whitewater Near Shale Lake:
Rock Creek, Duchesne CountyCounty, 15 miles away
      Class II-V - 5 miles long (Upper Stillwater Dam to Route 134)
Duchesne River, Uintah CountyCounty, 19 miles away
      Class I-III - 32.5 miles long (Hades Campground to Rock Creek)
 National Parks Near Shale Lake:
Timpanogos Cave National Monument, American Fork - UT, 53 miles away
Fossil Butte National Monument, Kemmerer - WY, 60 miles away
 Trails Near Shale Lake:
Highline Trail, Duchesne County, 2 miles away
Skinner Cutoff Trail, Duchesne County, 2 miles away
East Fork Pinto Lake Trail, Duchesne County, 3 miles away
 Lakes Near Shale Lake:
McPheters Lake, Summit CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Kermsuh Lake, Summit CountyCounty, 2 miles away

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