Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Buckboard Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 37.88051, -109.44904
Ask an AI about this campsiteOpens Grok already loaded with this site. It reads the same records this page is built from, and links whatever it tells you.
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 Buckboard Campground
Loading the latest forecast…
Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,751 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Buckboard CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Buckboard Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- EVEV fast charger6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- RxPharmacy6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- LLaundry18 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- WWater20 mi
- DDump45 mi
- OOutfitter48 mi
- AAir-up48 mi
- ShShower50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Buckboard Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,751 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
37.88051, -109.44904
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Buckboard Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureNorth Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townMonticello · ~5.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~18.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesBlue Mountain Foods · ~5.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicSan Juan Hospital · ~5.4 mi
- HardwareMonticello Merc · ~5.8 mi
EV charging — from Buckboard Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger5.7 mi straight-line E — Monticello, UT (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 8 within 50 · 51 within 100 · 88 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)17.7 mi — Blanding, UT - Tesla Supercharger, Blanding
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO5.8 mi — STATE OF UTAH WELCOME WEST 2, Monticello
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)46.4 mi — SKY KIVA VILLAGE, Cortez, CO · 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 446803 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Buckboard Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBuckboard Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDalton Springs Campground · ~1.0 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMonticello Lake · ~1.4 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHarts Draw · ~2.1 mi NW · USFS
Open Buckboard Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Buckboard Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dalton Springs Campground~1.0 mi
- Free camping~5.0 mi
- Nizhoni Campground~8.4 mi · fee
- Devils Canyon Campground~10.1 mi · fee
The unit that manages Buckboard Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Buckboard Campground are set by Manti-La Sal National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Buckboard Flat at 8,920 ft, less than a mile away. That is about the height of this camp, so it is a fair proxy. 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 — Buckboard Campground
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
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 Buckboard Campground
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 — Buckboard Campground
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Picking a spot →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 →