Rockport Reservoir

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Rockport Reservoir
Rockport Lake
Location	Summit County, Utah, USA
Coordinates	40°47′24″N 111°24′15″W / 40.79000°N 111.40417°W / 40.79000; -111.40417Coordinates: 40°47′24″N 111°24′15″W / 40.79000°N 111.40417°W / 40.79000; -111.40417
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Weber River
Primary outflows	Weber River
Basin countries	United States

Surface elevation	5,955 feet (1,815 m)^[1]

Rockport Reservoir, also called Wanship Reservoir, is a reservoir in Summit County, Utah, United States.

Reservoir

Rockport Reservoir is located just south of the town of Wanship on Utah State Route 32. It is an impoundment on the Weber River, created by Wanship Dam.

The reservoir was named for the former town of Rockport, which it completely submerged in the 1950s.

Wanship Dam

Wanship dam and spillway

Wanship Dam is a 175 feet (53 m) high embankment dam. It has a crest length of 2,015 feet (614 m). It was built as part of the Weber Basin project between 1954 and 1957.^[2]

State Park

Rockport State Park is a 550-acre (2.2 km²) state park. The park is used for fishing, waterskiing, swimming, and boating on Rockport Reservoir. There are eight campgrounds, featuring a total of 36 RV sites, and 86 tent sites. A cross-country skiing trail is available during the winter.^[3]

References

↑ United States Geological Survey
↑ Bureau of Reclamation (2011-05-18). "Wanship Dam". U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
↑ Official Utah State Parks website

External links

Official Rockport State Park website
Report on Rockport Reservoir PDF (292 KiB) by the Utah Division of Water Quality
WesternBass.com

Protected areas of Utah

Federal

National Parks	Arches Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Zion

NPS National Monuments	Cedar Breaks Dinosaur Hovenweep Natural Bridges Rainbow Bridge Timpanogos Cave

National Historic Site	Golden Spike

National Recreation Area	Glen Canyon

National Historic Trail	Mormon Pioneer

National Forests	Ashley Caribou-Targhee Dixie Fishlake Manti-La Sal Sawtooth Uinta-Wasatch-Cache

Forest Service areas	Desert Biosphere Reserve Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area

National Wildlife Refuges	Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Fish Springs Ouray

National Conservation Areas	Beaver Dam Wash Red Cliffs

BLM National Monument	Grand Staircase-Escalante

U.S. Wilderness Areas	Ashdown Gorge Beartrap Canyon Beaver Dam Mountains Black Ridge Canyons Blackridge Box-Death Hollow Canaan Mountain Cedar Mountain Cottonwood Canyon Cottonwood Forest Cougar Canyon Dark Canyon Deep Creek Deep Creek North Deseret Peak Doc's Pass Goose Creek High Uintas LaVerkin Creek Lone Peak Mount Naomi Mount Nebo Mount Olympus Mount Timpanogos Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Pine Valley Mountain Red Butte Red Mountains Slaughter Creek Taylor Creek Twin Peaks Wellsville Mountain Zion

State

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State Parks Central Region	Fremont Indian Goblin Valley Green River Huntington Millsite Palisade Scofield Territorial Statehouse Yuba

State Parks Southern Region	Anasazi Coral Pink Sand Dunes Dead Horse Point Edge of the Cedars Escalante Petrified Forest Frontier Homestead Goosenecks Gunlock Kodachrome Basin Otter Creek Piute Quail Creek Sand Hollow Snow Canyon

Utah State Parks and Recreation

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