Lava Flat Designated Dispersed Camping Area
- May–Oct
- best months
Caution at last check
Agency alerts are in effect for this area; weather is good · USFS, OpenWeather · checked 22 h ago
Is Lava Flat Designated Dispersed Camping Area 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.
- At 8,341 ftHigh camp: expect cold nights, even in summer
- Cedar City Ranger DistrictDixie National Forest
Lava Flat Designated Dispersed Camping Area is a Forest Service camping site in the Cedar City Ranger District of Dixie National Forest in southern Utah. It sits within designated dispersed camping, which means it is a place to camp rather than a developed campground with services like restrooms and water. No fees are required to use the site, which makes it an easy stop for an overnight stay in the district. It is managed by the Forest Service, and the Cedar City Ranger District is the land unit that oversees it. For comfortable weather, late spring and early fall are the best bets. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Alton, Utah, show May highs around 69°F and September highs around 76°F, with July the warmest month at about 85°F. That station sits roughly 1,200 feet lower than the camping area, so temperatures at the site run cooler. Cedar Canyon Campground is just 0.1 mile away, and Duck Creek Campground is about 2.7 miles off. Hikers can reach Duck Creek Ridge at 1.3 miles and the Uinta Loop at 1.6 miles.
Local outfitters
- Whispering Pines Covered Wagons Glamping9 mi away
- Red Canyon Village21 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Cedar Canyon CampgroundCamping0.1 mi
- DUCK CREEK RIDGEHiking1.3 mi
- UINTA LOOPHiking1.6 mi
Duck CreekCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain2.7 mi- Cedar City Ranger DistrictLake fishing3.1 mi
Mammoth CreekCanoeingPhoto: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)6.3 mi- The Dark TowerRock climbing9.3 mi
- The Running Scared WallRock climbing9.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Duck CreekCamping · ~5 min drive
- Duck Creek CampgroundCamping · ~6 min drive
- Mammoth Designated Dispersed Camping AreaCamping · ~12 min drive
- Mammoth Creek Designated DispersedCamping · ~12 min drive
- Site 9Camping · ~12 min drive
- Site 20Camping · ~12 min drive
- Site 8Camping · ~12 min drive
- Site 19Camping · ~12 min drive
- Site 7Camping · ~12 min drive
- Site 17Camping · ~12 min drive
Also worth it near here
Aspen Mirror LakeHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: Outdoor Rush — CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Cedar City Ranger DistrictLake fishing · ~5 min drive
Duck Creek Snowmobile TrailMountain biking · ~7 min drivePhoto: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Mammoth CreekCanoeing · ~11 min drivePhoto: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Lava Flat Designated Dispersed Camping Area
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, 11.4 mi away at 7,098 ft. The station sits about 1,200 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
