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Bear Canyon
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 39.78600, -111.72916
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Bear Canyon
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,609 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Bear CanyonNIFC · 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 Bear Canyon · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- HHardware7 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- WWater8 mi
- DDump8 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- +Urgent care12 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- AAir-up18 mi
- PPropane23 mi
- OOutfitter30 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Bear Canyon
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,609 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
39.78600, -111.72916
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Bear Canyon · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townMona · ~6.2 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~7.8 mi
- FuelShell · ~6.2 mi
- Propane / LPGHoliday Oil · ~22.6 mi
- Dump station~8.4 mi
- GroceriesGood 2 Go · ~6.2 mi
- PharmacySantaquin Pharmacy · ~13.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~12.1 mi
- HardwareGordon's Ace Hardware · ~7.0 mi
EV charging — from Bear Canyon · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.5 mi straight-line SW — Nephi, UT - 12502 S Main St - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach7 within 25 mi · 38 within 50 · 133 within 100 · 173 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS12.1 mi — Murdock Ford, Santaquin
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO29.6 mi — PROVOAIRPORT DCFAST CHARGE 1, Provo
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.9 mi — MTECH PAYSON STATION 2 · 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 102460 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Bear Canyon · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomBear Canyon · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCottonwood · ~0.5 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPonderosa · ~1.5 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTinney Flat · ~8.0 mi N · USFS
Open Bear Canyon elsewhere
Other camps near Bear Canyon
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cottonwood~0.5 mi · fee
- Ponderosa~1.5 mi · fee
- Tinney Flat~8.0 mi · fee
- Blackhawk~9.3 mi · fee
The unit that manages Bear Canyon
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Bear Canyon 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 Santaquin Meadows at 7,830 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 1,221 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 — Bear Canyon
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 2026-08-22: Bear Canyon is a GROUP-ONLY campground -- recreation.gov describes "three large group sites", A for up to 60 people, B for 40 and C for 20 -- so there is no single-site rate. The current 2026-04-17 to 2026-10-17 peak season rate table carries one figure, $127.43 per night. Caveat: the top of the same listing advertises a starting price of $91.78, which the rate table does not contain; with three differently-sized sites the cheaper number may belong to one of them, so budget $127.43. Two practical notes from the same listing: there is no water at all (fill up at Ponderosa Campground) and it is pack-in-pack-out. The forest page publishes no amount. Sources: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232226 and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/uinta-wasatch-cache/recreation/bear-canyon-campground (last updated June 3, 2026).
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 Bear Canyon
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 — Bear Canyon
What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Camping with a dog →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →