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Show j r Campsites starting to get booked calling 322-3770. Those living outside out-side the Salt Lake City area can reach the office at 1-800-322-3770. Campers may reserve individual campsites as early as 120 days in advance of their stay, while group campsites can be reserved one year in advance, McConvill said, as he explained some of the division's reservation re-servation policies. Reservations must be made at least three days in advance at most state parks. Reser ations at Goblin Valley and Dead Worse Point state parks must be m;de at least five days in advance. F yment for reservations reser-vations may be ; iade with Visa, MasterCard, cl ;ck or cash. However, if payn ;nt is made less than 14 days in dvance, a credit card must be used. To better accc amodate people wishing to camp Wasatch Mountain Moun-tain State Park, reservations are taken up to the last minute. However, due to the popularity of this park, campers are encouraged to make reservations as far in advance ad-vance as possible, he said. McConvill also stressed the importance im-portance of making reservations as early as possible for weekends and holidays, as parks often book up in advance for these times. Bear Lake, Wasatch Mountain, and Palisade state parks often book up on weekdays, and people wishing to camp at these parks are also encouraged en-couraged to make reservations. When taking reservations, division divi-sion personnel will continue to stress that only one vehicle and attached piece of recreational equipment are allowed per campsite. camp-site. People wishing to bring additional addi-tional vehicles to campsites must make prior arrangements with the park. It may be cold and snowy out- i side, but campers looking forward 1 to warmer weather are keeping the ' Utah Division of Parks and Recrea- ' tion's Reservation Office busy. r ! "Several of our parks in southern i Utah are already booked full for i Easter weekend," said reservation ) manager Mike McConvill. "We do I . have openings at some of our 1 southern parks, and we're helping I people find a park in the area of 1 southern Utah they'd like to visit." Reserving parks in advance of one's stay is one of the many advantages advan-tages to the division's reservation system, a system with which the ; division has been pleased. 1 "In 1991 we doubled the number , of reservations taken at our parks in , 1990," he said. Prior to 1991, a i private firm had handled the divi- sion's reservations. I People living in the Salt Lake ' City area can make reservations by |