Piute State Park

This remote and largely undeveloped park is centered around the large Piute Reservoir. It's on the Sevier Plateau and pretty in a rather spare way. Amenities include a paved boat ramp, a couple of outhouses, and some docks. No drinking water is provided, and the camping area is rough and ready; it's used mainly by anglers who come for rainbow, cutthroat, and brown trout and smallmouth bass. The Piute ATV Trail, a 275-mile-long loop, passes nearby and draws lots of families out for four-wheeling exploration. It's considered to be one of the West's best ATV trails.

This remote and largely undeveloped park is centered around the large Piute Reservoir. It's on the Sevier Plateau and pretty in a rather spare way. Amenities include a paved boat ramp, a couple of outhouses, and some docks. No drinking water is provided, and the camping area is rough and ready; it's used mainly by anglers who come for rainbow, cutthroat, and brown trout and smallmouth bass. The Piute ATV Trail, a 275-mile-long loop, passes nearby and draws lots of families out for four-wheeling exploration. It's considered to be one of the West's best ATV trails.

About the Expert

Judy Jewell and W.C. McRae are frequent collaborators: together they have written Moon Handbooks to Montana, Utah, and Zion-Bryce and updated the Moon Handbooks to Oregon and Coastal Oregon. Judy wrote the Compass American Guide to Oregon.