Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Albion Basin
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.57794, -111.61337
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Albion Basin · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 80028 (Albion Basin), 0 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 4 – moderate degree of user comfort.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 80028 (Albion Basin), 0 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles Jul 1 – Nov 1. That season ends after Nov 1.
MVUM record for FR 80028 (Albion Basin): “07/01-11/01” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-27; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Albion Basin
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,406 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Albion BasinNIFC · 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 Albion Basin · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- @Mail1 mi
- +Urgent care2 mi
- GGrocery2 mi
- OOutfitter3 mi
- DDump7 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- ShShower9 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- PPropane12 mi
- AAir-up14 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Albion Basin
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
9,406 ft
Ground slope
7.8% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~9.4 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~9.3 mi · US Hwy 40
State
UT
Coordinates
40.57794, -111.61337
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Albion Basin · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLittle Cottonwood Creek · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townAlta · ~0.5 mi
- Nearest rail line~9.4 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~9.3 mi · US Hwy 40
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.1 mi
- FuelTop Stop · ~7.9 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~11.5 mi
- Dump station~7.0 mi
- GroceriesBrighton Store · ~2.4 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~11.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicCold Creek Lodge · ~2.2 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~9.9 mi
EV charging — from Albion Basin · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.0 mi straight-line NE — Park City, UT (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach86 within 25 mi · 115 within 50 · 146 within 100 · 172 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO13.0 mi — 7-Eleven - Canyon Rim, Salt Lake City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)1.2 mi — Albion Day Lodge, Alta, UT (at a recreation facility) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-12-12 · hours: 24 hours daily; no overnight parking
- 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 452387 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Albion Basin · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletAlbion Basin · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomSilver Lake Rec Complex · ~2.3 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRedman · ~3.0 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTanners Flat · ~4.6 mi W · USFS
Coming out here — Albion Basin · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Little Cottonwood Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 7.8% — gentle. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~9.4 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. The atlas also records tourist, museum or scenic passenger service on it. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- US Hwy 40 is mapped ~9.3 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Albion Basin elsewhere
Other camps near Albion Basin
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Mineral Basin Dispersed Area~2.6 mi · fee
- Redman~3.0 mi · fee
- Spruces Campground~4.5 mi · fee
- Tanners Flat~4.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Albion Basin
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Albion Basin are set by Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Atwater at 8,750 ft, about 2 miles away. It sits about 656 ft lower 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 — Albion Basin
Stay limit
7 nights (7-day stay limit)
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
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.
How it was placed
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-24: $29.00 per night for a single standard non-electric site, for the current 2026-07-11 to 2026-09-13 peak season; the $58.00 and $87.00 rows in the same table are the double and triple sites (recreation.gov keys them by max occupancy, 48 and 72 people). The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache page publishes no amount -- its whole fee block reads "For current pricing and availability visit Recreation.gov" -- so the number comes from the recreation.gov rate table. Sources: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232010 and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/uinta-wasatch-cache/recreation/albion-basin-campground (last updated August 20, 2026).
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Albion Basin
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Albion Basin
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →What “dispersed” means here →Off-grid communication →All field notes →