Barker Recreation Area
Escalante, UT
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About this campground
Barker Recreation Area is on the Colorado Plateau near Escalante, Utah, with Upper and Lower Barker Reservoirs. Upper Barker Reservoir supports canoeing, kayaking, and fishing for rainbow and brook trout. Drinking water is available from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
- Access via Forest Road 149
- Last 3.4 miles are steep, single-lane switchbacks
- Great Western Trail is non-motorized
- Horses permitted at Porter group site
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- Fishingavailable
- Hikingavailable
- Mountain bikingavailable
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