From Deseret News archives:
Campgrounds will fill up this Labor Day weekend
Park staff encourage people planning to go camping, boating, biking or riding off-highway vehicles to be prepared.
The following parks have campsites available, and reservations may be made up to two days before your arrival: he following parks still have sites available for the weekend: Antelope Island, Fremont, Green River, Huntington, Rock Cliff at Jordanelle, Kodachrome, Quail Creek, Red Fleet, Scofield, Snow Canyon, Starvation, Steinaker, Utah Lake, and Willard Bay.
For reservations or additional information, call 322-3770 from within the Salt Lake calling area and 1-800-322-3770 from outside the area.
There are other campgrounds under the control of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, including a new BLM campground at Yuba. Availability can be determined by contacting the different agencies.
Weekend activities at Utah's state parks include:
Sept. 1-3 Antelope Island State Park at Fielding Garr Ranch. Make pioneer handkerchief dolls, pick up a needle and quilt, and dip candles. Bring an empty soup can and make a pioneer lantern. Play farm
Sept. 1 Jordanelle State Park. Children age 6 to 10 are invited to the Nature Center at 11 a.m. to learn how animals prepare for winter. 435-782-3030
Sept. 1-4 Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum and Wild Rivers Expeditions. A four-day, 26-mile journey through the upper canyon of the San Juan River is scheduled with archaeologist Rebecca Stoneman. The $820 tuition includes meals and transportation to and from the river. Call 435-678-2238 or visit www.riversandruins.com.
Sept. 1 Antelope Island State Park will host an easy stroll through the wetlands at Fielding Garr Ranch. Meet at ranch house at 2 p.m. Call 801-721-9569.
Sept. 1 Wasatch Mountain State Park will have a program called "Making Sense of our Senses" for children age 6 through 12 to become junior rangers. The program begins at 1 p.m. at the educational yurt. Call 435-654-1791.
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