Fishlake National Forest · Utah
Overview Mackinaw Campground is located next to Fish Lake and the Fishlake Scenic Byway in central Utah at an elevation of 9,000 feet. Visitors enjoy boating, fishing and exploring local trails. Recreation Fish Lake is Utah's largest natural mountain lake, covering 2,500 acres.
Sites at Mackinaw are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 67 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Tent only, Group |
| Location | Loa, Utah, UT |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Mackinaw around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Paiute Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Bowery Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Singletree | Cancellation alerts available |
| Doctor Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Kents Lake Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Maple Grove | Cancellation alerts available |
| Oak Creek Campground (Oak City, UT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Tushar Lakeside Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Little Cottonwood Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Frying Pan | Cancellation alerts available |
| LeBaron Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Adelaide Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Anderson Meadow Campground (Fishlake NF, UT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Tasha Equestrian | Cancellation alerts available |
| Mahogany Cove Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Oak Creek Rec Site (Boulder, UT) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Elkhorn Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Little Reservoir Campround | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sunglow Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lower Bowns | Cancellation alerts available |
| Rosebud Atv | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ponderosa Picnic Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Aquarius Ranger Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Big Flat Guard Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Gooseberry Admin Site Cabins | Cancellation alerts available |
| Mt Terrill Guard Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Twin Creeks Picnic | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Mackinaw; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.