Red Fleet State Park - Vernal, Utah - State Park, Camping, Lake, Boating, Fishing, Swimming, Dinosaur Tracks

Set among red slick-rock formations, Red Fleet State Park & Reservoir offers boating and year-round fishing. Facilities at the park include a small sandy beach, a boat-launching ramp, two modern rest rooms, twenty-nine campsites, thirty-two covered picnic tables, and fish cleaning and sewage disposal stations. Dinosaur tracks dating over 200 million years old can be seen in the area.

The Red Fleet State Park address is 8750 North Highway 191 in Vernal, Utah. To get to the park, got to Vernal. Main Street in Vernal is State Road 40. Take this road towards Vernal Avenue. (Which is State Road 191.) Turn left at Vernal Ave. The park is located ten miles north of Vernal, off State Road 191.

Red Fleet State Park is open year-round with no closures. Summer hours are from 6am to 10pm, and winter hours are from 8am to 5pm. The day-use permit covers use of the boat ramp. You can also buy an annual pass at the Red Fleet State Park Visitor Center. There is overnight camping and quiet hours in the park are from 10pm to 6am.

You'll find a range of flora and fauna in the park. Juniper, cactus, and sagebrush plants are common. Rabbits, deer, coyote, badgers, and bobcats are often seen. A flock of birds fill the skies, some of which include gold eagles, hawks, bluebirds, vultures, owls, and, on occasion, osprey.

Quick List of Information for Red Fleet State Park:

Elevation - 5,500 feet

Park Open - All Year

Reservations taken between May 1 and September 15

Stay Limit - 14 Days

Total Camping Units - 38 RV Trailer or Tent sites

Maximum RV Length - 35 ft.

Camping Fee - yes

Day-use Fee - yes

Picnicking

Drinking Water available

Modern (Flush) Rest Rooms

Waste Disposal

Boating

Fishing

Swimming

Hiking Trails

Dinosaur Track way & Nature Trail

Pets allowed

Red Fleet State Park centers on ancient dinosaur tracks that are close to Red Fleet Reservoir. Red Fleet is named for specific Navajo sandstone outcropping that resembles a fleet of ships from the view where the rocks stick up out of the water. The dinosaur tracks in the Navajo sandstone are about 200 million years old and you can hike to them in about thirty-minutes along a one and a half mile marked trail leading from the campground. The trail is three and a half miles from the park entrance.