Piute State Park, State park and reservoir in Piute County, United States
Piute State Park is a primitive area around Piute Reservoir, impounded on the main fork of the Sevier River just north of Junction. The park has no facilities and offers camping, swimming, boating, and fishing for rainbow, cutthroat, and brown trout.
Robert D. Young, who also built the nearby Otter Creek dam, built Piute Reservoir on the main fork of the Sevier River in 1908. The reservoir and county take their name from the Paiute people, though the state legislature changed the spelling from Paiute to Piute.
The reservoir and Piute County are both named for the Paiute people who once dominated this area. The state legislature changed the spelling from Paiute to Piute, so the park's name preserves that altered form rather than the people's own name.
Piute State Park is a primitive area with no facilities, so visitors must bring their own water, food and supplies. Camping, swimming, boating and fishing for rainbow, cutthroat and brown trout are the main activities. The park lies just north of Junction, and the reservoir sits at about 1,821 metres in a north-south valley.
The reservoir and county are named for the Paiute people, but the state legislature changed the spelling from Paiute to Piute. Robert D. Young, who also built the nearby Otter Creek dam, built Piute Reservoir in 1908 on the main fork of the Sevier River.
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