Jack Creek Camp
An early Desolation Canyon camp at the Jack Creek drainage — first side-canyon access on the float.
Jack Creek Camp occupies a sandy bench on the Green River at mile 25.3 of Desolation Canyon, near the mouth of Jack Creek on river left. At this point the canyon walls are rising — Desolation Canyon proper has begun in earnest, the Book Cliffs forming the eastern horizon and the Green River cutting its characteristic series of broad bends through the Roan Cliffs stratigraphy. Jack Creek is a small drainage entering from the left, and the hike up its lower reaches offers the first significant side-canyon excursion of the float. The camp itself is typical Desolation character: a sandy bench above flood stage, cottonwood shade at the drainage mouth, good river landing, and the wide-open silence that defines this canyon. Most groups on the full Desolation float (Sand Wash to Swasey Beach, approximately 84 miles) reach this camp on night one or night two depending on water and pace.