The water Clinton
The one body of water in a flat, landlocked city, at the northwest corner of town
The Clinton pond, a stocked fishing pond with a flat loop around it
Clinton has no lake, no river, and no canyon. What it has is one pond at the northwest corner of town, a community fishing water the state stocks, ringed by an easy walking loop of about half a mile. Here is what the place is, how to fish it, what the park does and does not have, and the one season the city keeps an eye on the water.
By Scott Buehler, Moving Utah
Updated October 2026
The short answer
The Clinton pond is the city's only body of open water, and the city built it on purpose. It is a community fishing pond that the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources stocks, set in a park called Pond Park at the northwest corner of town, with a flat loop of about 0.55 of a mile around the water and waterfowl watching along the bank. There is no playground, no pavilion, and no restroom here; it is a walk and a fishing spot, and it is free. Bring a Utah fishing license if you plan to fish, check the current guidebook at wildlife.utah.gov for species and limits, and know that late summer is the season the city watches the water most closely.
The park
A stocked fishing pond and a flat loop you can walk in under an hour
Start with the plain version. The Clinton pond is a small community fishing pond in a city park called Pond Park, at the far northwest corner of town near the West Point and Weber County lines. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources stocks it and lists it among Davis County's community fisheries, so it is a real place to drop a line, not just a pretty piece of water. A flat path circles it, and plenty of people walk it as much as they fish it.
The park is spare on purpose. The two things it is set up for are fishing and waterfowl watching, and that is about it. There is no playground here, no pavilion to rent, and no restroom, so it is not the spot you pick for a birthday party. For those, Clinton has other parks, and the rail trail and canal page lays out the city's seven walking loops and where each one runs. What the pond offers is quieter: an easy walk around open water and a place to fish close to home.
The loop is the part most people use. It runs about 2,900 feet, which runs about 0.55 of a mile, all of it flat, and it takes roughly forty five minutes at an unhurried pace. That makes it the second longest of the seven walking loops in Clinton's parks, behind the one at the Civic Center. If you live in the northwest quadrant, this is the water within walking distance, and there is not another one for miles.
For anglers, the short version is that yes, you can fish it, and yes, it is stocked. What I will not do is print a species list or a daily limit, and that is on purpose rather than a gap. Community water species, catch limits, and license rules are the state's to set, and they change from year to year. The current Utah Fishing Guidebook and the stocking report at wildlife.utah.gov are where those stay accurate, and a list copied off an aggregator can be a season or two out of date.
The details
Before you go
- This is a fishing pond and a walking loop, not a playground park. There is no playground, pavilion, or restroom on site.
- For species, daily limits, licenses, and age rules, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is the authority, and the guidebook updates every year. Do not trust a species list you find on a listing site.
- The city posts no hours and no dog rule for this spot. If either matters for your trip, the recreation department settles it in one call, on 801-614-0780.
- In late summer, if there are dead birds on the bank, keep away and report them. The city already watches for it and checks the pond daily in that season.
Why it is here
No lake and no river, so the city built the one pond it has
It is worth knowing that this pond is not a natural feature somebody stocked. Clinton has no lake, no river, and no wetland inside its limits, and the whole city holds only about a fifth of an acre of open water, essentially just this basin. The city built it at the low northwest corner as a detention pond that catches storm runoff, and then it went a step further and keeps it full on purpose.
The way it stays full is the surprising part. The city runs roughly a mile of pipe that gathers land drainage along with artesian well water and ground water from the far side of SR-108, over on the east half of town, and carries it downhill to the pond. Clinton falls about 180 feet from the cemetery corner in the southeast to the west end of town, the low print of an old lakebed, so the water runs the way the ground does, and the basin sits right at the bottom of that slope where a detention pond belongs. The summit that became Clinton walks through the same slope from the town's founding side.
That is a lot of deliberate effort for a small pond, and it is the reason Clinton turns up at all when the county's water edges get counted. Every other walkable pond and reservoir in Davis County, one at a time with what each is like, sits on the lakeside parks page, and this one belongs on that list too.
One pond, a mile of pipe, an aeration system, and a yearly treatment, to keep a fifth of an acre of water in a city that has no other.
The water
Aerated, treated, and sampled, with one season the city watches closely
A managed pond in a warm valley takes work, and Clinton does the work. The city aerates the water and treats it at least once a year for algae, and it works with the Davis County Health Department, which samples the pond. In some summers the pond has been posted for E. coli, with a notice to residents about getting in the water. Whether it is posted at any given moment is the county's to say, and the health department is the body to ask.
The other seasonal item is the ducks. Late summer is when avian botulism can move through waterfowl in Utah, usually somewhere between July and September, and one August the ducks at this pond were affected while the water itself tested clean of harmful algae. It is a recurring natural pattern rather than a single event, and the city manages it the way the state recommends, by having crews walk the pond every working day in that season to clear dead birds. If you come across any, keep back and let the city know.
Nothing here says the water is safe to get into, and nothing says it is not. The Davis County Health Department is the body that samples the Clinton pond and can tell you its current status, and in some summers it has been posted for E. coli. Late summer is also the season for avian botulism in Utah waterfowl, so if you see dead birds on the bank, keep away and report them. For anything about fishing rules, species, or limits, the current Utah Fishing Guidebook at wildlife.utah.gov is the authority, and the Clinton City Recreation Department settles questions about hours or dogs on 801-614-0780.
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The pond, answered
The pond sits at the northwest corner of Clinton, in Pond Park at 2850 West 2415 North. Some map apps list it a block over at 3000 West, but it is the same water on the same street. It is flat, open ground about a mile and three quarters from City Hall, roughly six minutes by car, with no freeway to reach it. The Clinton City Recreation Department answers questions about the park at 801-614-0780.
Yes. The Clinton pond is one of the community fishing ponds in Davis County that the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources manages and stocks, so you can fish it with a valid Utah license. The species in it, the daily limit, and the license and age rules all come from the state, and they change from year to year, so check the current Utah Fishing Guidebook at wildlife.utah.gov before you cast.
Yes. The Division of Wildlife Resources lists it as a Utah community fishery and stocks it, which is the whole reason there is fishing here at all. What is in the water on any given trip, and when the next stocking lands, are the division's to publish, so the guidebook and the stocking report at wildlife.utah.gov are where those stay current rather than on any city page.
Yes, and it is an easy one. A flat loop of about 2,900 feet, which runs about 0.55 of a mile, runs the whole way around the water. That makes it the second longest of the seven walking loops in Clinton's parks, after the one at the Civic Center. It takes about forty five minutes at an unhurried pace, and like everything else in this city, it is level ground.
No. The park is set up for fishing and waterfowl watching, and it does not have a playground, a pavilion, or a restroom. If you want a playground or a shelter for a gathering, Clinton's other parks carry those, and the rail trail and canal page on this site lays out the city's seven walking loops and where each one is.
There are no posted hours for the pond, and Clinton does not set opening or closing times for its parks or any seasonal closure, so the loop is there year round. If you are planning around a specific time, an event, or a group, the Clinton City Recreation Department is the place to confirm it, on 801-614-0780.
There is no posted dog rule for this park, and it is not on the city's short list of walkways where dogs are allowed, which names the Clinton City Creek walkway, the Powerline Park walkway, and the Rail Trail. Because the rule for this spot is not spelled out, a quick call to the recreation department on 801-614-0780 is the way to be sure before you bring one.
That is a question for the Davis County Health Department, which samples the pond and is the body that can tell you its current status. The city aerates and treats the water and works with the county on the sampling, and in some summers the pond has been posted for E. coli with a notice about getting in. Late summer is also when avian botulism can affect waterfowl in Utah, so if you see dead birds on the bank, keep away and report them; city crews check the pond daily in that season.
Because it built one. Clinton has no lake, river, or wetland inside its limits, so the one body of water here is a constructed detention basin at the low northwest corner of town. The city fills it through roughly a mile of pipe that carries land drainage along with artesian and ground water from the far side of SR-108, then aerates and treats it. It is about a fifth of an acre, and it is essentially all the open water in the city.
One pond, a flat loop, and a Davis County agent who knows this corner of town
The pond is an honest read on the whole city. No lake or canyon was handed to Clinton, so it built the one piece of water it has and looks after it. If a Clinton address is on your list, walk the loop once in spring and once in late summer and you will understand the place. Tell me what you are weighing, and I will connect you with a partner agent I trust in Davis County who works this corner, and stay on the financing side myself.
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