Butterfly Lake
Its 20 sites are reservable through Recreation.gov, camping costs From $23.23 per night (Recreation.gov listing); extra vehicle $10 per day, and it is open from June 12 to September 13. Butterfly Lake is a National Forest campground near Kamas, Utah.
Reservable: Recreation.gov
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Hookups
- None
- Max RV length
- 25 ft
- Shade
- Some shade
Butterfly Lake sits inside Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits 0.7 miles outside the boundary of High Uintas Wilderness; its permit and camping rules and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- Recreation.gov Book a site
- Fee
- From $23.23 per night (Recreation.gov listing); extra vehicle $10 per day
- Cancellations
- Cancelling within 24 hours of arrival forfeits the entire use fee (group sites: within 14 days). No refund for no-shows, early departures or cancellations after arrival.
Sources: apps.fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-28; recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Total sites
- 20
- Hookups
- None
- Max RV length
- 25 ft
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✓ Pets allowed
- ✕ Potable water
On site: Toilets, fire rings, and pets allowed. No potable water.
Sources: recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29; fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Campsites
20 sites; the longest takes a 25 ft vehicle. Every site below links to its own page on Recreation.gov, where it is booked. Official site list and booking on recreation.gov.
| Book | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 1 |
| 2 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 2 |
| 3 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 3 |
| 4 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 4 |
| 5 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 5 |
| 6 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 6 |
| 7 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 7 |
| 8 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 8 |
| 9 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 9 |
| 10 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 10 |
| 11 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 11 |
| 12 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 12 |
| 13 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 13 |
| 14 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 14 |
| 15 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 15 |
| 16 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 16 |
| 17 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 17 |
| 18 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 18 |
| 19 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 19 |
| 20 | BUTTR | Standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Not on record | Not on record | No | Not on record | Book site 20 |
Data source: Recreation.gov , accessed 2026-09-29. Site details are Recreation.gov's own per-site listing and can differ from the campground-wide facts above.
Rules
- Stay limit
- 7 days
- Quiet hours
- 10pm to 6am
- Generators
- Allowed outside quiet hours
- Pets
- Allowed
Source: recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Shade
- Some shade
- Elevation
- 10,300 ft
40.7206, -110.8670 in Duchesne. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Season and winter services
Butterfly Lake is open from June 12 to September 13 , at 10,300 ft.
Sources: recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29; fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Common questions
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Around Butterfly Lake
Butterfly Lake sits on Mirror Lake, 1.6 miles from the lake's mapped center point. Stocking record and species: Mirror Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Other lakes within 15 miles: Trial Lake fishing (5.3 miles) , Whitney Reservoir fishing (8.5 miles) , and Smith and Morehouse Reservoir fishing (13 miles) , each with its stocking record on fishypedia.com.
More campgrounds: camping near Kamas and campgrounds in Duchesne.
Sources
- apps.fs.usda.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-28
- apps.fs.usda.gov (fee), accessed 2026-09-28
- recreation.gov (reservationSystem, reservationSystemName, reservationUrl, fee, quietHours, generatorsAllowed, cancellationPolicy, petsAllowed, water, elevationFt, sites, shade, stayLimit, maxRvLengthFt, fireRings, campsites), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (season, hookups), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27