Can you reserve a site at 9 Mile Canyon?

No. 9 Mile Canyon is not reservable through Recreation.gov, so sites are first-come, first-served or booked elsewhere.

9 Mile Canyon, Utah — sites, fees and cancellation alerts

Often described as 'the world's longest art gallery' the 46 mile long Nine Mile Canyon provides visitors with myriad recreational opportunities, ranging from hiking, biking, and exploring the many side canyons (please respect private property), to picnicking, to viewing rock art, historic inscriptions, and remnants of the prehistoric and historic, and current uses of the canyon by its inhabitants.

The canyon offers scenic views of the flat canyon bottom, used by past and present residents for cattle grazing and agriculture, to large craggy canyon walls and outcrops topped by pinyon, juniper, and sagebrush.

Visitors to the canyon often approach from the town of Wellington, south of Price, Utah. A loop trip is possible by taking the road though Gate Canyon to the town of Myton, west of Vernal, Utah.

Facilities include several identified rock art panels; a picnic area, restrooms and historic homestead at Cottonwood Glen; trailheads to rock art panels, hiking, parking lot and bathrooms at Daddy Canyon; and trailheads to rock art sites and a Fremont Village past Frank's Canyon in Cottonwood canyon.

Getting there

From Wellinton, UT head northeast along Soldier Creek Road.

39.55555, -110.66780 · 39°33'20.0"N 110°40'4.1"W

Directions (Google Maps) · Directions (Apple Maps)

Typical weather

Typically 91°F in Jul, down to 36°F in Jan.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
High °F	36	44	56	65	75	85	91	88	80	65	49	37
Low °F	8	14	23	29	37	44	52	50	41	30	17	10
Precip in	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.0	1.2	1.1	0.5	0.6

1991–2020 averages from the nearest NOAA station, 1.2 mi away — not measured at the facility itself, and elevation can make a real difference over that distance.

Map

Fees and stay limits

no fee

From Recreation.gov, which is not always current. The operator's own page is the authority on what you will be charged.

Common questions about 9 Mile Canyon

Can you reserve a site at 9 Mile Canyon?: No. 9 Mile Canyon is not reservable through Recreation.gov, so sites are first-come, first-served or booked elsewhere.

Camping near 9 Mile Canyon

Price Canyon Recreation Area 21.2 mi · Campground · we watch it
Avintaquin Campground 23.4 mi · Campground · we watch it
River Bend Campground 26.1 mi · Campground · we watch it
Lower Little Bear Campground 26.2 mi · Campground · we watch it
Big Rock Group 26.2 mi · Campground · we watch it
Old Folks Flat 26.2 mi · Campground · we watch it
Little Bear Group 26.4 mi · Campground · we watch it
Little Rock Campground 26.4 mi · Campground · we watch it
Forks of Huntington 26.5 mi · Campground · we watch it
Nine Mile Canyon Back Country Byway less than 0.1 mi · Facility
Gordon Creek Trailhead 15.9 mi · Facility
Huntington Canyon Recreation Area 26.2 mi · Facility

Contact

Phone 435-636-3600
Info Recreation.gov

Recreation.gov last updated this record on 2026-04-29.

9 Mile Canyon