About Paradise Guard Station
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Reviews (12)
What Guests Are Saying
Paradise Guard Station offers a beautiful and peaceful camping experience, with a stunning starry sky and a well-stocked cabin. Many visitors appreciate the clean accommodations and cozy atmosphere, although water availability and firewood supply can be limitations. Overall, it is a cherished location for repeat visitors who enjoy the remote surroundings and great fishing opportunities.
What Guests Are Saying
Paradise Guard Station offers a beautiful and peaceful camping experience, with a stunning starry sky and a well-stocked cabin. Many visitors appreciate the clean accommodations and cozy atmosphere, although water availability and firewood supply can be limitations. Overall, it is a cherished location for repeat visitors who enjoy the remote surroundings and great fishing opportunities.
Review Summary
Chelsea S
VerifiedOctober 5, 2025 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: PAGS
What a special place. Well stocked with firewood and other essentials. Really clean pit toilet. Sky full of stars!
Chris W
VerifiedAugust 12, 2025 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: PAGS
Great location and beautiful surroundings. Comfortable enough but not too much - you are supposed to be camping, right?! We've been coming here every summer for 7 years and don't plan to stop anytime soon.
Kyle R
VerifiedJuly 21, 2025 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: PAGS
Cody E
VerifiedOctober 7, 2024 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: PAGS
The perfect night out! This area truly is paradise. We love staying here and have an awesome time every time we do. It is so peaceful and the stars were insane!
Edward B
VerifiedOctober 2, 2024 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: PAGS
Beautiful location, extremely remote. Can't wait to go back.
Sheila J
VerifiedSeptember 3, 2024 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: PAGS
The accommodations were great. Clean and cozy. The beds were comfortable. Fortunately we brought 5 gallons of water since no water is available. It was a little rainy but the wood burning stove kept us warm. There wasn’t much wood in the cabin so we had to scout some out.
The fishing was great. We were glad we brought our camp chef stove.
John R
VerifiedAugust 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: PAGS
We enjoyed our stay at the cabin and did not find the roads too rough on the way in. We spent the day hiking around nearby Ice Cave Peak (off FR 298) and around the area of the reservoir. We were grateful for the wood stove when we had afternoon thunderstorms and chilly summer nights in the 40s.
Boyd C
VerifiedJune 18, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: PAGS
deer came into meadow, and very quiet.
Katerine J
VerifiedOctober 5, 2021 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: PAGS
IT WAS FAR UP! Hard on our car, but we had a great time! I’ll do it again.
Cody E
VerifiedJune 17, 2021 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: PAGS
Amazing! Very remote and beautiful! 30 miles from the closest "tiny" town and way up in the mountains. Drove without service pretty much the entire way up there, about 1.5 hours. To say you are on your own is an understatement. For my tastes, this place is truly Paradise. We saw a bunch of deer in the evening and a bunch more in the early morning. The stars were incredible and we even heard coyotes. The cabin itself is cozy and clean with plenty of firewood in the shed to the north. Very awesome! Definitely coming back to this one!
Location Paradise Guard Station
Address:
355 N Vernal Ave
Vernal, UT, 84078
United States
Follow the mileage indications below and look for signs on the ground when traveling to Paradise Guard Station. Leave with plenty of time to arrive at the guard station before dark.
From Vernal, travel west on Highway 121/Maeser-Lapoint Highway, toward Lapoint. After passing the landfill and descending the hill along the curved road, some houses come into view. While approaching Deep Creek Road, look for brown signs to Paradise Park Reservoir. Turn right (north) at Deep Creek Road (approximately 12.5 miles west of the Dry Fork Canyon Road junction with Highway 121). Continue north on Deep Creek Road for nearly 7 miles and watch for a fork in the road. Turn left (northwest) onto Paradise Park Road and continue approximately 8.5 miles, reaching the Ashley National Forest boundary. The paved road ends and turns to an unsurfaced road at the cattle guard. Paradise Park Road becomes Forest Road 104. Follow the road along the switchbacks and continue northwest for approximately 9.5 miles. The guard station will be visible on the left side, at the junction with Paradise Park Campground. Travel may require skiing or snowshoeing during winter months.
Latitude & Longitude: 40.6625 / -109.912
Elevation: 3013 feet
Policies & Rules
| Category | About |
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| General |
Call the District Office at (435) 789-1181 three business days prior to a reserved visit to confirm lock combination. District Office closed Saturday and Sunday. COMBINATION REQUIRED to enter guard station. (some combo locks used have an off-set number entry line. if code does not work first time try off-setting combination) |
| General |
Wheeled vehicle traffic is allowed access to Paradise Guard Station from approximately June 1 to October 31; snowmobile is the only viable access from approximately December 1 to March 31. |
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Off-road vehicles are allowed only on authorized roads, trails and routes as identified on the Ashley National Forest Vernal Ranger District Travel Map |
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Click here for more information on the Ashley National Forest, or call (435) 789-1181 |
