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Brown's Hole Trailhead
OHV / 4×4 · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 38.80322, -111.64538
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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 Brown's Hole Trailhead
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,850 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Brown's Hole TrailheadNIFC · 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 Brown's Hole Trailhead · Fishlake National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- MMechanic15 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- DDump20 mi
- WWater32 mi
- AAir-up33 mi
- ShShower37 mi
- OOutfitter38 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 32-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Brown's Hole Trailhead
Access
OHV / 4×4
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,850 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
38.80322, -111.64538
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Brown's Hole Trailhead · Fishlake National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureAbes Reservoir (water) · nearby
- Nearest townSalina · ~15.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~14.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~19.5 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~14.6 mi
- PharmacySalina Pharmacy · ~15.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicSalina Family Medicine · ~15.6 mi
- HardwareJJWD Hardware · ~15.5 mi
EV charging — from Brown's Hole Trailhead · Fishlake National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger12.7 mi straight-line E — RMP Ivie Creek (Salina, UT) · Electrify America · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach8 within 25 mi · 12 within 50 · 41 within 100 · 147 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)23.7 mi — Richfield, UT - Tesla Supercharger, Richfield
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO14.3 mi — Love's 581 (Salina, UT), Salina
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)22.9 mi — 5 Main St, Emery, UT · CHARGELAB · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 387120 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Brown's Hole Trailhead · Fishlake National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBrown'S Hole Trailhead · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTwin Ponds Cua Dispersed · ~1.1 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSheep Creek Trailhead · ~1.3 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCold Springs Cua Dispersed · ~1.4 mi S · USFS
Open Brown's Hole Trailhead elsewhere
Other camps near Brown's Hole Trailhead
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Twin Ponds CUA Dispersed~1.1 mi
- Niotche Creek Trailhead~1.4 mi
- Cold Springs CUA Dispersed~1.4 mi
- Lower Farnsworth CUA Dispersed~2.0 mi
The unit that manages Brown's Hole Trailhead
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Brown's Hole Trailhead 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 Gooseberry RS at 7,930 ft, about 2 miles away. It sits about 920 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 — Brown's Hole Trailhead
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.
How it was placed
likely OHV (only a rough 4wd track in) — confirm
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 Brown's Hole Trailhead
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 — Brown's Hole Trailhead
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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