Castle Creek Reservoir
- May–Oct
- best months
Is Castle Creek Reservoir open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 3 alerts for Dixie National Forest.
Duck Creek OHV Trail Closure
Agency alert covering Dixie National Forest · Order 0407-26-11 · USFS · Dixie National Forest
Pine Valley Ranger District Area and Trail and Road Closure
Agency alert covering Dixie National Forest · Order 0407-26-01 · USFS · Dixie National Forest
Cedar City Temporary Road Closure Webster Flat Road (Order 0407-25-02)
Agency alert covering Dixie National Forest · Order 0407-25-02 · USFS · Dixie National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Dixie National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Castle Creek Reservoir is a 21-acre reservoir near Alton, Utah, at about 7,384 feet.
Local outfitters
- Henrie's Hitch-N-Post22 mi away
- Thunderbird Resort22 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- IKES VALLEY OVERLOOKHiking2.7 mi
- STOUT RIDGEHiking2.9 mi
- HARRIS RIM LOOPHiking3.1 mi
- Cedar City Ranger DistrictLake fishing6.7 mi
- Cedar Canyon CampgroundCamping7 mi
- Lava Flat Designated Dispersed Camping AreaCamping7 mi
Duck CreekCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain8.9 mi
Mammoth CreekCanoeingPhoto: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)9.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Panguitch LakeSurf fishing · ~25 min drive
- Cedar City Ranger DistrictLake fishing · ~12 min drive
- Navajo LakeLake fishing · ~24 min drive
- Panguitch LakeLake fishing · ~26 min drive
- Navajo LakeLake fishing · ~28 min drive
- Powell Ranger DistrictLake fishing · ~29 min drive
- Horse LakeLake fishing · ~34 min drive
- Aspen LakeLake fishing · ~36 min drive
- Nipple LakeLake fishing · ~50 min drive
- Johnson LakesLake fishing · ~52 min drive
Also worth it near here
Aspen Mirror LakeHiking · ~14 min drivePhoto: Outdoor Rush — CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Duck CreekCamping · ~15 min drive
- Mammoth CreekCanoeing · ~17 min drivePhoto: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Duck Creek Snowmobile TrailMountain biking · ~19 min drivePhoto: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Castle Creek Reservoir
Best months: May–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
41° / 18°
6 wet
Feb
43° / 19°
6 wet
Mar
52° / 24°
6 wet
Apr
60° / 29°
5 wet
May
69° / 35°
4 wet
Jun
80° / 43°
3 wet
Jul
85° / 51°
6 wet
Aug
83° / 50°
8 wet
Sep
76° / 43°
6 wet
Oct
64° / 33°
5 wet
Nov
51° / 24°
4 wet
Dec
41° / 18°
6 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Alton, UT, 5.8 mi away at 7,098 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
