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.
| Piute State Park | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
  Location of Piute State Park in Utah  Piute State Park (the United States) | |
| Location | Piute, Utah, United States |
| Coordinates | 38°19′5″N 112°11′52″W / 38.31806°N 112.19778°W |
| Area | 40 acres (16 ha)[1] |
| Elevation | 5,900 ft (1,800 m)[2] |
| Established | 1963[2] |
| Visitors | 535 (in 2022)[3] |
| Operator | Utah State Parks |
History
editRobert 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.[2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Utah.com. "Piute State Park". Utah.com LC. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Piute State Park: About the Park". Utah State Parks. Archived from the original on March 16, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "Park Visitation Data". Utah State Parks. July 6, 2023.
This article incorporates public domain material from the website of the Utah Division of State Parks.
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