page_title: Gunlock State Park
hierarchical_section_title: Gunlock State Park
caption_attribution_description: picnic table gunlock state park utah
context_page_description: Gunlock State Park is a state park of Utah, USA, adjoining a 266-acre reservoir. The park is located approximately 15 miles northwest of St George. The reservoir dam was constructed in 1970 for irrigation water and flood control.
  Gunlock State Park is a primitive area; there are no facilities. The park offers camping, swimming, boating, and fishing. The park and reservoir are named after the nearby community of Gunlock. The town was named after William "Gunlock Will" Hamblin, its first settler. Hamblin was a Mormon pioneer born in Ohio who settled in the area in 1857. Gunlock Will was a good hunter and sharpshooter, and was skillful in repairing gunlocks, which are the firing mechanisms for muzzleloaders.
  The county road to the park is the Old Spanish Trail used by horsemen and raiders from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Los Angeles, California from the 1820s until 1849, when the gold fields of California became the destination and a shorter route was taken.
context_section_description: Gunlock State Park is a state park of Utah, USA, adjoining a 266-acre (108 ha) reservoir.  The park is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of St George. The reservoir dam was constructed in 1970 for irrigation water and flood control.
  Gunlock State Park is a primitive area; there are no facilities.  The park offers camping, swimming, boating, and fishing.  The park and reservoir are named after the nearby community of Gunlock.  The town was named after William "Gunlock Will" Hamblin, its first settler.  Hamblin was a Mormon pioneer born in Ohio who settled in the area in 1857. Gunlock Will was a good hunter and sharpshooter, and was skillful in repairing gunlocks, which are the firing mechanisms for muzzleloaders.
  The county road to the park is the Old Spanish Trail used by horsemen and raiders from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Los Angeles, California from the 1820s until 1849, when the gold fields of California became the destination and a shorter route was taken.
caption: Picnic table at Gunlock State Park, June 2009
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