Huntsville Cemetery

 Huntsville Cemetery is at the end of Cemetery Point in, well, Huntsville. It is a pretty old cemetery at the tip of a peninsula protruding into Pineview Reservoir. We kind of did it on a whim today, and only did a drive through today. So, I want to come back and explore it again sometime, but hey, it was pretty neat. Plus, if you have followed me for a minute, you know I love me a good cemetery.

Quick Details:

Length: We did about 4/10th of a mile in the car. But there are shorter and longer options.
Trail Type: Loop, meander and/or zig zag options.
Difficulty: DR1 Get out and look, or DR2 if you decide to explore on foot.
Elevation Gain: NA
Restroom: There is one outside of the grounds, but I am not sure if it is open right now.
Dogs? Not sure, but probably not.
Other Info:

To Get Here:

From SR167 hang right, go around the lake, follow signs for Cemetery Point.

The Trail:

The sign.

Heading in (PSP).

We decided to start on the north road.

There are a lot, and I mean  A LOT more crosses than I am used to seeing in Utah cemeteries (PSP). 

It is a neat cemetery though(PSP). I wish we were not running out of daylight and could explore it properly.

Lots of crosses (PSP).

Continuing along (PSP).

Lots of crosses (PSP).

Under a big tree (PSP).

Heading down the other side (PSP). Again, the amount of crosses is blowing my mind. Most Utah cemeteries do not have them.

Continuing along (PSP).

Older section (PSP).

Karen Marie died 1907 (PSP).

Continuing along (PSP).

Particularly neat marker (PSP).

More markers (PSP).

Continuing along (PSP).

1896! (PSP).

Still a lot of crosses (PSP). Huntsville must not have been a particularly LD$ settlement.

Almost to the end (PSP).

Well dang, that was neat, I think we need to come back and explore it a bit more some time! It is definitely different than most Utah cemeteries. We did it in the car today, so maybe not the best way to do it. Meh, 7 out of 10 squirrels.

As for difficulty, again, we did a drive trough, so DR1 today.

I am not 100% sure on the rule for dogs, but I assume if they stay in the car with you it's fine.

Cemetery Point Beach

Cemetery Point is a peninsula between the middle and south arms of Pineview Reservoir. It features a beach and as you might imagine, a cemetery. This post is going to focus on the beach. Pineview is currently being drained for maintenance and I keep hearing about neat things they are finding at the bottom of it so I thought we would come up and see it for ourselves.

Quick Details:

Length: Meh, whatever you decide to do. We did about a half mile out and back.
Trail Type: Out and back, meander.
Difficulty: We just walked the road, so DR2. DR3 if you explore beyond that.
Elevation Gain: Not sure
Restroom: Yes, but they may be currently closed, we didn’t check.
Dogs? Yes, leashed.
Other Info: The beach access was closed, but we did see a sign saying it is a fee area. So, maybe when the reservoir is refilled it will be a fee area again.

To Get Here:

From SR167 hang right, go around the lake, follow signs for Cemetery Point.

The Trail:

The south arm is even more sad. Plus you can see they closed the beach. I am not sure if it is due to the reservoir being drained, or if it’s just the end of the season. But, either way, I guess we don’t need to worry about displaying our forest service pass.

It appears there is something of interest down there, but it also looks like people are struggling through the mud to get to it o.0

It took me a second to realize that is a dock.

So crazy seeing the reservoir this low.

Pretty clouds.

Nearly empty reservoir. Lets see… I would think this is the South Fork Ogden River flowing across it.

Plants.

The odd object that people seem quite interested in.

The cemetery of Cemetery Point. we will come back to that.

Colorful hill.

We reached the middle parking lot.

Patch of flowers.

The reservoir.

Again.

Big picnic area.

More patches of flowers.

Closer.

The cemetery again.

Docks.

Drained reservoir.

Cemetery.

Docks and clouds. I didn’t give us enough time to explore today. I Love this time of year, but also hate it because I run out of light sooner than I expect. You’d think I would learn…

The unidentified object again. I am thinking it might be the remains of an old boat.

Well, that was a short adventure, I didn’t find what I was hoping to, but it was neat to see the giant reservoir drained. Maybe we should have kept going, but, we were losing light, and wanted to get back down to the valley before it was super dark. But, this was neat! 8 squirrels.

As for difficulty, it was a pretty flat road, so DR2.

Dogs are allowed, leashed. Please clean up after your furry friends.