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Adelaide Recreation Site
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 38.75308, -112.36390
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Adelaide Recreation Site
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,588 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Adelaide Recreation SiteNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Adelaide Recreation Site · Fishlake National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- DDump14 mi
- WWater14 mi
- ShShower14 mi
- AAir-up14 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- EVEV fast charger14 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- PPropane43 mi
- OOutfitter59 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Adelaide Recreation Site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,588 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
38.75308, -112.36390
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Adelaide Recreation Site · Fishlake National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCorn Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townKanosh Indian Village · ~5.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSevier Valley Oil · ~15.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~13.5 mi
- GroceriesFillmore Market · ~14.5 mi
- PharmacyLin's Fresh Market · ~15.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicFillmore Community Hospital · ~14.0 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~15.0 mi
EV charging — from Adelaide Recreation Site · Fishlake National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger14.1 mi straight-line E — Richfield, UT - West 1250 South - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 16 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 15 within 50 · 27 within 100 · 148 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS14.9 mi — STATE OF UTAH RICHFIELD NO 1, Richfield
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO14.9 mi — STATE OF UTAH RICHFIELD NO 1, Richfield
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.0 mi — SCO FILLMORE1 · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 327925 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Adelaide Recreation Site · Fishlake National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomAdelaide Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJoe Lott Trailhead · ~12.2 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMax Reid (Paiute) Trailhead · ~12.5 mi S · USFS
- Flush restroomCastle Rock Campground · ~12.6 mi S · USFS
Open Adelaide Recreation Site elsewhere
Other camps near Adelaide Recreation Site
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Max Reid (Paiute) Trailhead~12.3 mi
- Castle Rock Campground~12.6 mi · fee
- Shingle Creek Dispersed Camping~13.5 mi
- Castle Rock Campground~13.7 mi
The unit that manages Adelaide Recreation Site
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Adelaide Recreation Site are set by Fishlake National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Rockwood GS at 8,600 ft, about 6 miles away. It sits about 3,012 ft higher than this camp, so treat it as a guide rather than a reading for this spot. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.
How we know this — Adelaide Recreation Site
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Adelaide Recreation Site
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Adelaide Recreation Site
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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