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Millsite State Park

Coordinates: 39°5′30″N 111°11′32″W / 39.09167°N 111.19222°W / 39.09167; -111.19222
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Millsite State Park
Map showing the location of Millsite State Park
Map showing the location of Millsite State Park
Location of Millsite State Park in Utah
Map showing the location of Millsite State Park
Map showing the location of Millsite State Park
Millsite State Park (the United States)
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]
Visitors18,558 (in 2022)[3]
OperatorUtah 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. ^ Utah.com. "Millsite State Park". Utah.com LC. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Millsite State Park: About the Park". Utah State Parks. Archived from the original on March 16, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  3. ^ "Park Visitation Data". Utah State Parks. July 6, 2023.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Millsite State Park
  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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