About Skull Creek
Number of accommodations: 11
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2026 Season availability
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- Shaded Site
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- Restrooms
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- Campfire Ring
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Reviews (46)
What Guests Are Saying
Skull Creek campground offers a pleasant and shaded environment, ideal for hot days, with clean campsites and well-maintained outhouses. Access to nearby hiking trails is convenient, and many guests appreciated the attentive campground staff. However, there are some concerns regarding water availability, signage, and cleanliness that potential visitors should consider.
What Guests Are Saying
Skull Creek campground offers a pleasant and shaded environment, ideal for hot days, with clean campsites and well-maintained outhouses. Access to nearby hiking trails is convenient, and many guests appreciated the attentive campground staff. However, there are some concerns regarding water availability, signage, and cleanliness that potential visitors should consider.
Review Summary
Chris L
June 21, 2021
Had reservations for Skull Creek # 7 arrived June17th there was a bulldozer in my spot doing a bathroom construction very bad camp host came around stated that there was a cancellation for # 10 we could move there so we did but Friday afternoon the people showed up and did not cancel their reservation so we had to pack up and go home after 1 night very unprofessional we will never be back
Chris L
June 21, 2021
Had reservations for Skull Creek # 7 arrived June17th there was a bulldozer in my spot doing a bathroom construction very bad camp host came around stated that there was a cancellation for # 10 we could move there so we did but Friday afternoon the people showed up and did not cancel their reservation so we had to pack up and go home after 1 night very unprofessional we will never be back
Margaret C
VerifiedAugust 31, 2020 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: SKULL CREEK
Such a nice quiet campground
Margaret C
VerifiedAugust 31, 2020 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: SKULL CREEK
Such a nice quiet campground
Kent K
VerifiedJanuary 14, 2020 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: SKULL CREEK
The Campground was the most poorly maintained campground my wife and I have ever stayed. We drove all the way to Skull Creek from Loveland Colorado. Had we had extra time, that night, to find a more suitable location, we would have left and not returned.
Campground had cattle roaming around with lots of cattle droppings. The road around the site was poor at best. Camp sites were in extremely poor condition and were dangerous due to insufficient maintenance.
The National Park recreation System should take this campground off the internet site and declare it a hazardous campground and NEVER charge a fee for the use of the grounds.
Kent K
VerifiedJanuary 14, 2020 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: SKULL CREEK
The Campground was the most poorly maintained campground my wife and I have ever stayed. We drove all the way to Skull Creek from Loveland Colorado. Had we had extra time, that night, to find a more suitable location, we would have left and not returned.
Campground had cattle roaming around with lots of cattle droppings. The road around the site was poor at best. Camp sites were in extremely poor condition and were dangerous due to insufficient maintenance.
The National Park recreation System should take this campground off the internet site and declare it a hazardous campground and NEVER charge a fee for the use of the grounds.
Location Skull Creek
Address:
Red Canyon Complex
Dutch John, UT, 84023
United States
Located off Highway 44, just west of the junction of Highways 44 and 191 in the Flaming Gorge area, about 35 miles north of Vernal, Utah.
Skull Creek is accessible via Highway 44, located just west of the junction with Highway 191.
Latitude & Longitude: 40.8628 / -109.527
Elevation: 2290 feet
Policies & Rules
Cancellation policy
- Reservation fees are non-refundable. For campsites, cabins, lookouts, yurts, group sites, and similar stays, we charge a reservation service fee of $8.
- Standard cancellations usually have a $10 cancellation fee. Customers can generally cancel before the check-in date online.
- Late cancellation rules differ by stay type.
- Individual campsites: cancelling after 12:00am local time the day before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- Cabins, lookouts, and yurts: cancelling less than 14 days before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- One-night reservations: a late cancellation usually forfeits the full amount paid, up to the total original reservation cost.
- Modifications are allowed before the cut-off window, but fees depend on the change. Changing to dates completely outside the original reservation dates may trigger a $10 change fee. Extending or shortening a stay that still includes original dates usually has no change fee, though refunds may depend on timing and facility rules. Switching to the same type of campsite for the same dates usually has no change fee, but price differences are charged or refunded.
- Early departures may or may not be refunded. At certain facilities, partial refunds may be possible if staff can mark the site available for other visitors. No refund is given for a night if the early departure is requested after that day's check-out time.
- Security deposits are separate. Security deposits may be refunded to the original payment method if the facility is left in acceptable condition, as determined by the property.
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
