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Echo State Park
A 1930s irrigation reservoir on the Weber River beside Interstate 80, with camping, boating and ice fishing near historic Echo Canyon.
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Official visitor information ↗The Bureau of Reclamation built Echo Dam and Reservoir in the 1930s to supply farm irrigation. In the late 1960s, residents of nearby Coalville began running recreation concessions on the water, and it later became a state park.
The park sits just off Interstate 80 and offers a beach, boat launch and docks, rentals, hiking and biking, with fishing in summer and ice fishing in winter. Camping options include full and partial hookup sites, tent pads, primitive sites, hammock sites and a cottage.
Echo Canyon, just east, was a pioneer and California Trail route, and the Weber River below the dam is known for fishing.
Don't miss
- Echo ReservoirBoating, paddling and fishing on the Reclamation reservoir.
- Echo CanyonThe historic canyon route used by pioneers and California Trail travelers.
- Weber RiverA fishing river the park singles out near the dam.
- Ice fishingWinter fishing is listed among the park’s activities.
Good to know
- The park has posted harmful algal bloom warnings for the reservoir. Keep people and pets out of the water when an advisory is up.
- Open fires are limited during fire restrictions to approved rings or grills at developed sites with running water.
- The park is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. with 16-hour access year-round.