Box Elder Campground

Overview

Box Elder Campground is situated next to the town of Mantua and Mantua Reservoir in a pretty mountain valley just 5 miles from Brigham City, Utah. Visitors enjoy boating, fishing and exploring area trails. 

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Recreation

Mantua Reservoir is just one mile away, offering fishing, boating, canoeing and swimming. Horseback riding and hiking on local trails are also popular activities.

Facilities

Box Elder contains four group sites and several single-family sites. Flush toilets and drinking water are provided. Roads and parking spurs are gravel. A first-come, first-served picnic area is located within the campground.

Natural Features

A dense forest of bottomland hardwoods covers the campground, offering plentiful shade in most sites. Box Elder Creek flows gently through the campground.

Nearby Attractions

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge contains nearly 80,000 acres of marsh, open water, uplands, and alkali mudflats. The marshes and open water are managed using a complex system of dikes and water control structures to provide a variety of water depths suitable for the needs of different waterbird species. The Refuge is an excellent place to observe wildlife along a 12-mile auto tour route, as well as enjoying hunting, fishing and wildlife photography. 

Contact Info

For facility specific information, please call (385) 273-1100.

Charges & Cancellations

Change and Cancellation Policies and Fees

  • Overnight and Day Use Facilities: To ensure fairness, reservation arrival or departure dates may not be changed beyond the booking window until 18 days after booking the reservation.

  • Camping / Day Use: A $10.00 service fee will apply if you change or cancel your reservation (including campsites, cabins, lookouts, group facilities, etc.). The $10.00 service fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

  • You can cancel or change reservations through Recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777.

Late Cancellations

  • Overnight and Day Use Facilities: Late cancellations are those cancelled between 12:01 a.m. (Eastern) on the day before arrival and check out time on the day after arrival.

  • Individual Campsites: If a customer cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival they will be charged a $10.00 service fee and will also forfeit the first night's use fee (not to exceed the total paid for the original reservation). Cancellations for a single night's reservation will forfeit the entire use fee but no cancellation fee will apply.

  • Cabins / Lookouts: Customers will be charged a $10.00 cancellation fee and forfeit the first night's use fee if a cabin or lookout reservation is cancelled within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date. Cancellations for a single night's use will not be assessed a service fee.

  • Group Facility: If a customer cancels a group overnight facility reservation within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date they will forfeit the entire use fee.

  • Group Day Use Area: If a customer cancels a group day use facility reservation within 14 days of the scheduled arrival date, they will forfeit the total day use fee with no service fee charge.

No-Shows

  • Camping / Day Use: A camping no-show customer is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date. Reserved campsites and group overnight facilities will be held until check-out time on the day following your scheduled arrival. Group day-use facilities will be held until check-in time on your scheduled arrival date.

  • If a customer does not arrive at the campground or group facility by check-out time the day after arrival or does not cancel the reservation by the times listed under "Late Cancellations" above, the customer may be assessed a $20.00 service fee and forfeit use fees.

Refunds

  • Customers must request refunds no later than 14 days after the scheduled departure date. Recreation.gov will not grant refund requests after 14 days of departure.

  • Reservation Fee: For some facilities, tours or permits an additional reservation fee is charged. For some overnight and day-use facilities, an additional non-refundable reservation fee may apply. The non-refundable reservation fee for tours and tickets is $1.00. The non-refundable reservation fee for permits varies by location.

  • Refunds for Bankcard Purchases: Refunds for bank card payments will be issued as a credit to the original bank card.

  • Refunds for Check or Cash Purchases: Refunds for Recreation.gov payments made by check or money order, and cash payments at selected campgrounds will be issued a check refund. A refund will be processed within 30 days of receipt and approval. Please Note: Refund requests made during or after departure can only be processed when approved by the facility management staff based upon local policy.

  • Refunds for Emergency Closures: In the event of an emergency closure, the Recreation.gov team will attempt to notify users and offer alternate dates (as appropriate). If this is not possible, reservations will be cancelled and all fees paid will be refunded. Reservation fees for free tickets are non-refundable in the event of an emergency closure.

Recreation.gov Billing Information

  • Reservation transaction will appear on customer's credit card statements as "Recreation.gov 877-444-6777."

Changes to Policies and Procedures

  • Recreation.gov reserves the right, when necessary, to modify reservation policies. These policies were last updated July 2018.

Camp site features

Across 29 camp sites:

  • Fire pit: all 29 sites
  • Picnic table: all 29 sites
  • Pets allowed: all 29 sites
  • ADA accessible: all 29 sites
  • Group sites: 4 of 29 sites
  • Longest RV: 40 ft
  • Largest party: 125 people
  • Equipment: RV, Tent, Trailer

Fees

Cash, Check, or Scan & Pay (with recreation.gov app) 25 single sites - $29.00, capacity - 8 people, 1 vehicle Group site A, B - $96.00, capacity - 50 people, 9 vehicles Group site C - $246.00, capacity - 125 people, 25 vehicles Group site D - $123.00, capacity - 64 people, 13 vehicles Day Use - $15.00 Extra Vehicle - $10.00 per vehicle, per day (paid on-site cash/check) Firewood - $9.00

Directions

From Highway 89/91, travel 4.5 miles east of Brigham City, Utah. Look for highway signing at the town of Mantua.

Stay Limit

Check in from 3 PM, check out by 12 PM.

Reviews

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Todd K
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Reviewed a month ago
The box elder campground is always a great place, with the exception being around spring when the mosquitos are out in force. I tend to make this a fall or before they close for the season place. Campground is always well taken care of. I did notice the bathroom building had the ceiling collapsed, hopefully that will be replaced. campground is more suited to tent camping but does have a few larger spots for trailers. This place has been one of my favorites for the last 15 years or so since getting a trailer. I wish the season was longer for it being open though.
Maggie C
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Reviewed a month ago
We spent one night in Box Elder, and it was fine for a night. The location was quite close to Mantua and other small cities, and we heard more city noises than I expected into the late evening, but things eventually quieted down. The biggest drawback was that the restroom in loop A was apparently severely damaged (by a falling tree?) some time ago, and has not been repaired. Port-a-potties were on hand and were somewhat clean, but even vault toilets as found in other forest service campgrounds would be preferable. Ideally, the restroom with flush toilets would be repaired.
Holly M
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Reviewed a month ago
Would love for the description for this campground to not include flush toilets anymore. It has clearly been a very long time since that building was up and running, and also doesn’t look like there is plans anytime soon to fix it. There are porta potties instead. The noise from the highway kept us up most of the night. Ended up leaving after the first night, even though we paid for 2.
Geoffrey W
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Reviewed a month ago
Not a bad site, there is some road noise but not bad. However they should have an alert that the (Seasonal) Flushing toilets are now portable toilets and the building has mostly collapsed.
Jeff M
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Reviewed 2 months ago
A couple of takeaways. First, the location is great, even though the camp is just a few miles off the interstate and toward a busy commuting route, it was still surprisingly quiet. Second, the cell service was good. However, on the lower loop the vault toilets had a police “do not cross” tape around them. It looks like it has been like that for a long time, maybe several years based on the deterioration of the building. In place of the vault were 4 porta-potties. They were in terrible shape. To be fair, they were cleaned once a week but we were there before the cleaning and they were horrible.
Marie F
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Reviewed 2 months ago
Beautiful and shady. We were in sites 18 and 19. Our spots didn't have very large tent spots that were a comfortable distance from the fire pits. Camp hosts were very friendly. Porta potties were a week old so they became quite unbearable the last day we were there. We drove to the other loop once and another time I was tempted to go in the woods. I hope they can rebuild the bathrooms soon.
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