Rockport Reservoir, also called Wanship Reservoir, is a

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

along the

Weber River The Weber River ( ) (Shoshone: Ho-o-pah) is a long river of northern Utah, United States. It begins in the northwest of the Uinta Mountains and empties into the Great Salt Lake. The Weber River was named for American fur trapper John Henr ...

within the Rockport State Park in southwestern Summit County,

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Description

Rockport Reservoir is located just south of the town of

Wanship Wanship ( ) is a census-designated place in Summit County, Utah, United States. The population was 423 at the 2020 census. History Wanship was founded in 1859 by Stephen Nixon and Henry Roper, who were joined by other settlers over the next tw ...

Utah State Route 32 State Route 32 (SR-32) is a state highway in Wasatch and Summit Counties in the U.S. state of Utah. Most of the highway is an old routing of U.S. Route 189 that became disconnected from the rest of US-189 during the construction of the Jorda ...

. It is an impoundment on the

, created by the Wanship Dam. The reservoir was named for the former town of Rockport, which it almost completely submerged in the 1950s.

Wanship Dam

Wanship Dam is a high

embankment dam An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface ...

. It has a crest length of . It was built as part of the Weber Basin project between 1954 and 1957.

Climate

State Park

Rockport State Park is a

state park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "Federated state, state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on accou ...

. The park is used for

fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment (Freshwater ecosystem, freshwater or Marine ecosystem, marine), but may also be caught from Fish stocking, stocked Body of water, ...

waterskiing Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on one or two skis. The sport requires sufficien ...

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

, and

boating Boating is the leisurely activity of travelling by boat, or the recreational use of a boat whether powerboats, sailboats, or man-powered vessels (such as rowing and paddle boats), focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, suc ...

on Rockport Reservoir. There are eight campgrounds, featuring a total of 36 RV sites and 86 tent sites. A

cross-country skiing trail A cross-country skiing trail or ''loipe''From or ''Langlaufloipe'', pl. –''n'', ''loipe'' is a loanword in English-language travel guides, referring to cross-country ski trails in Europe. It is a Germanization of the Norwegian language, Norwegia ...

is available during the winter.

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Utah Division of Water Quality The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is a state governmental organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. DEQ's mission is to safeguard the public health and quality of life of Utahns by protecting and enhancing the environm ...