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You'll also find numerous reservoirs throughout northern Utah, many of which are large enough for boating. A few of the larger ones are listed below. (By the way, the Great Salt Lake offers surprisingly limited options.) |
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Pineview Reservoir is situated at the top of Ogden Canyon in a mountain setting 10 miles east of Ogden. |
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East Canyon Reservoir (680 acres)
is 25 miles northeast of Salt
Lake City in the lightly
timbered foothills of the Wasatch Mountains.
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Jordanelle Reservoir is 40 miles
east of Salt
Lake City in an open valley
east of the Wasatch Mountains.
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Deer Creek Reservoir sits at the
top of Provo Canyon 20 miles northeast of Provo.
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 CENTRAL UTAH
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 Fish
Lake is a large natural
lake 8,800 feet up in the heavily forested Fishlake Mountains.
The water is cold so this is mostly a fishing lake, but you can
motor around in small craft.
Green
River -- Visitors use
this mid-sized town on the Green River as a launching place to
cruise the Green River south into Canyonlands National Park. In
the park the river merges with the Colorado River, which can be
followed upstream to Moab. (See Whitewater
Rafting for information
on opportunities on the Green River and other rivers in Utah.)
The Wasatch
Plateau is an expansive
area of forested peaks and rolling hills, alpine meadows and mountain
lakes. It contains 2,800 acre Scofield Reservoir and 1,200 acre
Joes Valley Reservoir which have boating and water skiing opportunities.
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 SOUTHEASTERN UTAH
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 Southeast Utah is desert country, so your boating opportunities here are limited.
Moab
-- The Colorado River flows easily beneath tall red canyon walls
past Moab and into Canyonlands National Park where it meets the
Green River. Outfitters in Moab rent boats and wave runners and
lead guided jet boat tours above the confluence. (See Whitewater
Rafting for information
on opportunities on the Colorado River and other rivers in Utah.)
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 SOUTHWESTERN UTAH
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 Lake
Powell is a spectacular
lake created by the damming of the Colorado River. Its almost
2,000 miles of pretty, tall red rock shoreline exceeds the shoreline
of the United Sates' entire west coast. It offers excellent opportunities
for house boating, motor boating, water skiing and fishing. Most
visitors spend days on the lake and nights camping out under the
stars.
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Select Boating / Fishing Publications
for a list of relevant publications.
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