Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Bronco Trailhead Dispersed
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 33.93420, -111.82150
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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 Bronco Trailhead Dispersed
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,725 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Bronco Trailhead DispersedNIFC · 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 Bronco Trailhead Dispersed · Tonto National Forest · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- +Urgent care9 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- DDump14 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- AAir-up21 mi
- OOutfitter21 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- PPropane24 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — Bronco Trailhead Dispersed
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
3,725 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
33.93420, -111.82150
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Bronco Trailhead Dispersed · Tonto National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCC Tank (water) · nearby
- Nearest townRoad Junction Windmill · ~9.3 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~9.2 mi
- FuelShell · ~9.4 mi
- Propane / LPGSuper Pumper · ~16.1 mi
- Dump station~13.6 mi
- GroceriesDesert Donkey · ~9.5 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~11.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicHonorHealth Primary Care - Dynamite Blvd · ~16.1 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~16.1 mi
EV charging — from Bronco Trailhead Dispersed · Tonto National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.5 mi straight-line W — New River, AZ - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 10 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 reach17 within 25 mi · 90 within 50 · 134 within 100 · 182 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS18.6 mi — CircleK - Anthem, AZ, Phoenix
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO19.6 mi — Walmart 5329 (Anthem, AZ), Anthem
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.7 mi — Town of Cave Creek Administration · Blink Network · J1772 · 3 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 151953 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Bronco Trailhead Dispersed · Tonto National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBronco Th · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSears-Kay · ~3.4 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSeven Springs · ~3.4 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCcc Campground · ~3.6 mi NW · USFS
Open Bronco Trailhead Dispersed elsewhere
Other camps near Bronco Trailhead Dispersed
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Tonto National Forest~3.6 mi
- Juniper Dispersed~3.6 mi
- Cave Creek Group~3.8 mi · fee
- Juniper~4.6 mi
The unit that manages Bronco Trailhead Dispersed
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Bronco Trailhead Dispersed are set by Tonto National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Bronco Trailhead Dispersed
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
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 Bronco Trailhead Dispersed
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 — Bronco Trailhead Dispersed
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