State Park Status

[Onemadfisherman]

It's a slow day and I had nothing better to do, so I compiled the State Parks into two (2) groups for everybody's use.  The data comes from the stateparks.utah.gov website and was last updated by the state on 04/17/2020 at 1:53 P.M..  I'll try to keep it current, but make no promises as to it's accuracy at any given time you look at it. But it should give you an idea about what is, or is not, open to you based on which county you actually live in.

I talked with a Davis County friend yesterday who said his Davis County neighbor fished Rockport State Park yesterday because he 'heard' the Governor announced the day before that all State Parks are now open. There is a lot of 'I heard from a buddy' or 'someone told me' this or that is true. All un-substantiated from an official source, but believed none the less. (Hey, its on the Internet so it MUST be true - right?)  Even this post isn't an official post. The official source this came from is still located at the link I've posted before and from which this data was copied from:

UTAH STATE PARKS COVID-19 UPDATES

Here are the State Parks with restricted entry:

1. Anasazi State Park Museum – Open to Garfield County Residents Only
   
2. Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park – Open to Kane County Residents Only
   
3. Dead Horse Point State Park – Open to Grand & San Juan County Residents Only
   
4. Deer Creek State Park – Open to Wasatch County Residents Only
   
5. Echo State Park – Open to Summit County Residents Only
   
6. Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum – Open to San Juan County Residents Only
   
7. Escalante Petrified Forest State Park – Open to Garfield County Residents Only
   
8. Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation – Open to Duchesne County Residents Only
   
9. Goblin Valley State Park – Open to Emery County Residents Only
   
10. Goosenecks State Park – Open to San Juan County Residents Only
    
11. Green River State Park and Golf Course – Open to Emery County Residents Only
    
12. Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail State Park – Open to Summit County Residents Only
    
13. Huntington State Park – Open to Emery County Residents Only
    
14. Jordanelle State Park – Open to Wasatch County Residents Only
    
15. Kodachrome Basin State Park – Open to Garfield & Kane County Residents Only
    
16. Millsite State Park – Open to Emery County Residents Only
    
17. Red Fleet State Park – Open to Uintah County Residents Only
    
18. Rockport State Park – Open to Summit County Residents Only
    
19. Scofield State Park – Open to Carbon & Utah County Residents Only
    
20. Steinaker State Park – Open to Uintah County Residents Only
    
21. Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum – Open to Uintah County Residents Only
    
22. Wasatch Mountain State Park – Open to Wasatch County Residents Only
    

Here are the State Parks without restrictions.

1. Antelope Island State Park - Open to all
   
2. Bear Lake State Park - Open to all
   
3. Camp Floyd State Park Museum - Open to all
   
4. East Canyon State Park - Open to all
   
5. Flight Park State Recreation Area - Open to all
   
6. Fremont Indian State Park and Museum - Open to all
   
7. Frontier Homestead State Park Museum - Open to all
   
8. Great Salt Lake State Park - Open to all
   
9. Gunlock State Park - Open to all
   
10. Hyrum Lake State Park - Open to all
    
11. Jordan River OHV State Park - Open to all
    
12. Otter Creek State Park - Open to all
    
13. Palie State Park - Open to all
    
14. Piute State Park - Open to all
    
15. Quail Creek State Park - Open to all
    
16. Sand Hollow State Park - Open to all
    
17. Snow Canyon State Park - Open to all
    
18. Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum - Open to all
    
19. Utah Lake State Park - Open to all
    
20. Willard Bay State Park - Open to all
    
21. Yuba State Park – Open to all
    

Question of the day: Can anybody tell me why Strawberry & Pineview are NOT on either list?

  Damn, I can't even go down and try to access shore fishing on the north end of Powell. Althought the news reported that San Juan county lifted it's restrictions on non county residents recreatig they neglected to include the tidbit that they are still excluding residents of Salt Lake, Summit, and Davis counties as they have shelter in place orders currently! Seems like all the gov did was try to get a little PR win by saying the state parks were open but not really when you read the fine print!

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Some of you guys crack me up. I have a state fishing licence. If I'm fishing on a lake in Utah then I'm good. I will take my chances with the law. You all put up with Barney Fife at Mantua, right? I' ll take my chance of the same at any water I choose to fish in this state and have no qualms.