About Lower Bowns
Number of accommodations: 3
Nearby Activities & Attractions
Boating
Fishing
Hiking
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2026 Season availability
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Water Access
- Lake Access
- Boat Ramp
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Reviews (42)
What Guests Are Saying
Lower Bowns is a great, remote, and quiet campsite with clean facilities, including a pit toilet, fire pits, and picnic tables. It offers a nice fishing hole and spacious lots for camping. However, access involves a steep, rutted road, and many campers may prefer dispersed camping nearby due to potential interruptions from ATV users.
What Guests Are Saying
Lower Bowns is a great, remote, and quiet campsite with clean facilities, including a pit toilet, fire pits, and picnic tables. It offers a nice fishing hole and spacious lots for camping. However, access involves a steep, rutted road, and many campers may prefer dispersed camping nearby due to potential interruptions from ATV users.
Review Summary
Bryce M
VerifiedJune 19, 2021 • Stayed at: GP, Loop: LOWER BOWNS
No shade at the group site, very few if any places to put a tent, might as well have gone 10 yards across the group campground fence with all the primitive campers - would have still had access to the bathroom and not been on a gravel road. Wish they had a small pavilion or some means to escape the sun. It might be just ok if you have up to 3 RVs to sleep in, but not for tents. The paid campground itself stays pretty empty with everyone going to the nicer, dispersed camping areas in the pines and down closer to the reservoir. You have to go up to the highway to fill and haul your water. We've primitive camped at Lower Bowns several times, but took a large youth group this year and decided we needed the bathroom. Probably wouldn't do the campground again. We thought we could be a little secluded from the other campers, but the group firepit is right on the fence line where everybody else camps anyway so there's no real privacy.
Bryce M
VerifiedJune 19, 2021 • Stayed at: GP, Loop: LOWER BOWNS
No shade at the group site, very few if any places to put a tent, might as well have gone 10 yards across the group campground fence with all the primitive campers - would have still had access to the bathroom and not been on a gravel road. Wish they had a small pavilion or some means to escape the sun. It might be just ok if you have up to 3 RVs to sleep in, but not for tents. The paid campground itself stays pretty empty with everyone going to the nicer, dispersed camping areas in the pines and down closer to the reservoir. You have to go up to the highway to fill and haul your water. We've primitive camped at Lower Bowns several times, but took a large youth group this year and decided we needed the bathroom. Probably wouldn't do the campground again. We thought we could be a little secluded from the other campers, but the group firepit is right on the fence line where everybody else camps anyway so there's no real privacy.
Jennifer B
VerifiedJune 14, 2021 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: LOWER BOWNS
Loved the quiet campgrounds, the beautiful lake and the hike up to watch the sunset!
Jennifer B
VerifiedJune 14, 2021 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: LOWER BOWNS
Loved the quiet campgrounds, the beautiful lake and the hike up to watch the sunset!
Jay B
VerifiedJune 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: LOWER BOWNS
Campsite was very clean. Table and firepit was on a cement pad. Close walk to the lake, which was low. I did attempt a drive to the south side of the lake and got stuck in the sand. Good folks stopped and helped push us out. Good star-gazing site. The negatives ... rather aggressive ants. We stomped a lot of them. Also, stop and fill up on water shortly after leaving the main road. There's no water at the campground as far as we could tell and it's a bit of a drive there from the main road. No internet as I recall.
Sierra D
VerifiedJune 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: LOWER BOWNS
Great remote spot! Beautiful reservoir close to the sites. Dirt road is a bit challenging for small cars.
Jay B
VerifiedJune 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: LOWER BOWNS
Campsite was very clean. Table and firepit was on a cement pad. Close walk to the lake, which was low. I did attempt a drive to the south side of the lake and got stuck in the sand. Good folks stopped and helped push us out. Good star-gazing site. The negatives ... rather aggressive ants. We stomped a lot of them. Also, stop and fill up on water shortly after leaving the main road. There's no water at the campground as far as we could tell and it's a bit of a drive there from the main road. No internet as I recall.
Sierra D
VerifiedJune 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: LOWER BOWNS
Great remote spot! Beautiful reservoir close to the sites. Dirt road is a bit challenging for small cars.
Jan S
VerifiedMay 26, 2020 • Stayed at: GP, Loop: LOWER BOWNS
The campground was great. Large area and everyone was so nice. It was Memorial Weekend so a lot of people were disperse camping but everyone was great. No loud parties, etc. great weekend and great views.
Jan S
VerifiedMay 26, 2020 • Stayed at: GP, Loop: LOWER BOWNS
The campground was great. Large area and everyone was so nice. It was Memorial Weekend so a lot of people were disperse camping but everyone was great. No loud parties, etc. great weekend and great views.
Location Lower Bowns
Address:
138 South Main St.
Loa, UT, 84747
United States
From Torrey, Utah, take Highway 24 approximately one mile east to the junction with Highway 12. Turn right and travel 16 miles to Forest Road 186. Take FR 186 5 miles to the campground.
Latitude & Longitude: 38.1064 / -111.277
Elevation: 2268 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
