Park City & Deer Valley

Rockport State Park will take more than budget cuts and flooding to keep visitors from filling the park during the rest of the summer. Rockport is located between the Peoa and Wanship on State Road 32 in close proximity to the Park City real estate, which offers a wide variety of recreational activities for all its visitors and tourists.

The Rockport State Park offers activities such as hiking, camping, boating plus geo-caching. The park also rents various toys and equipments to all water sports enthusiasts.

Camping has been the most famous activity in the park this summer. Since the July 4 "Independence Day" celebration, the park had been filled out by visitors nationwide including Park City real estate residents. Camping reservations that can be made in advance, which is becoming more popular with the recent addition of more campsites and other plans.

An additional feature of the park besides the activities above is the music festival at the "Old Church" that is located at the campground area. Visitors can dance with the live music offered there.

The annual Dam Jam is a bluegrass festival which is open to the whole public. Dam Jam is going to be held this year on August 12-14 in which local bands will serenade the crowd Friday and Saturday nights for $2 nighttime admittance per vehicle and $5 in Daytime admittance.

As the Weber River will be emptying into the reservoir, flooding will be a concern for the fully-booked park this weekend. Park manager Joe Donnell has been operating under a fixed budget. But despite having reductions in the maintenance and crews, visitors won't notice much of the difference on the park's appearance this year.

Donnell also said there may be a diminution in maintenance of campgrounds closing earlier, if we can't justify the electric bills. "The big kick right now is trying to make more money, increase revenue and decrease expenses. That's why, even with reduced funds, we've been adding campsites and increasing boat storage", he added.

"The money required to make up the entire budget is equal to what it would cost if every resident of Utah bought a Happy Meal," and saying that it's not much to support your local state parks, Donnell said.