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Millsite State Park

Millsite State Park
Millsite State Park is located in Utah
Millsite State Park
Millsite State Park
Location within Utah
Millsite State Park is located in the United States
Millsite State Park
Millsite State Park
Location within the United States
Map
Interactive map of Millsite State Park
LocationEmery County, Utah, United States
Coordinates39°5′30″N 111°11′32″W / 39.09167°N 111.19222°W / 39.09167; -111.19222
Area638 acres (258 ha)[1]
Elevation6,100 ft (1,900 m)[2]
OperatorUtah State Parks
Visitors23,261 (in 2025)[3]
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Utah State Parks

Millsite State Park is a state park on the south end of Millsite Reservoir at the mouth of Ferron Canyon in western Emery County, Utah, United States, just west of the town of Ferron.[4]

Description

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Millsite State Park offers access to off highway vehicle and mountain bike riding areas. The reservoir is open to swimming, boating, waterskiing, and fishing. Adjacent to the park is a public 18-hole golf course.

Millsite Reservoir is part of the Ferron Watershed Project, a multipurpose water containment completed in 1970 with the combined efforts of several agencies. Before the dam was built, there was an old dam at the site to service a flourmill, hence the reservoir name.[2]

Rock art

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Northwest of the park, there are sandstone walls where Native American rock art and pioneer graffiti can be found.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Millsite State Park". Utah.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2002. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Millsite State Park". Utah State Parks. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Park Visitation Data". Utah State Parks. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  4. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Millsite Reservoir
  5. ↑ Bannan, Jan Gumprecht (1995). Utah state parks: A complete recreational guide. Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 124–127. ISBN 9780898864212.


 This article incorporates public domain material from the website of the Utah Division of State Parks.

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