Piute State Park

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
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Location of Piute State Park in Utah
Piute State Park (the United States)
LocationPiute, Utah, United States
Coordinates38°19′5″N 112°11′52″W
Area40 acres (16 ha)[1]
Elevation5,900 ft (1,800 m)[2]
Established1963[2]
Visitors17531 (in 2011)[3]
OperatorUtah State Parks

History

Robert 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

References
  1. Utah.com. "Piute State Park". Utah.com LC. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  2. "Piute State Park: About the Park". Utah State Parks. Archived from the original on 2011-03-16. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  3. "Utah State Park 2011 Visitation" (PDF). Utah State Parks Planning. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

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