Piute State Park Explained

Piute State Park
Iucn Category:V
Map:USA Utah#USA
Relief:1
Location:Piute, Utah, United States
Coordinates:38.3181°N -112.1978°W
Area Acre:40
Area Ref:[1]
Elevation:5900feet[2]
Established:1963
Visitation Num:535
Visitation Year:2022
Visitation Ref:[3]
Operator:Utah State Parks

Piute State Park is a Utah state park. It is located just north of Junction. This park is a primitive area; there are no facilities. Piute offers camping, swimming, boating, and fishing for rainbow, cutthroat, and brown trout.

History

Robert D. Young, who also built the nearby Otter Creek dam, built Piute Reservoir on the main fork of the Sevier River in 1908. Both the reservoir and county are named for the Native Americans who dominated this area at one time. The state legislature changed the original spelling, from Paiute (the Native American people), to Piute.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Utah.com . Piute State Park . Utah.com LC . 2011-02-09.
  2. Web site: Piute State Park: About the Park . Utah State Parks . 2011-02-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110316160000/http://www.stateparks.utah.gov/parks/piute/about . 2011-03-16 .
  3. Web site: July 6, 2023 . Park Visitation Data . Utah State Parks.