Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Bull Pen Dispersed Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 34.54245, -111.69882
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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 Bull Pen Dispersed Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,766 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Bull Pen Dispersed CampgroundNIFC · 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 Bull Pen Dispersed Campground · Coconino National Forest · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- MMechanic5 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- RxPharmacy9 mi
- AAir-up10 mi
- WWater10 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- ShShower21 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- DDump23 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — Bull Pen Dispersed Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
3,766 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
34.54245, -111.69882
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Bull Pen Dispersed Campground · Coconino National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCedar Bench Tank Number Two (water) · nearby
- Nearest townLake Montezuma · ~7.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~9.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~23.3 mi
- GroceriesBashas' · ~9.6 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~9.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicCamp Geronimo health lodge · ~20.8 mi
EV charging — from Bull Pen Dispersed Campground · Coconino National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.5 mi straight-line N — Sedona, AZ - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 14 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 reach5 within 25 mi · 21 within 50 · 126 within 100 · 148 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS16.5 mi — Sedona, AZ, Sedona
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO45.6 mi — Walmart 4252 (Flagstaff, AZ), Flagstaff
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.0 mi — MOSCATO STATION2, Camp Verde, AZ · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — The Ridge on Sedona Golf Resort, Sedona, 16.4 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for customer use only; see front desk for access · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 122329 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Bull Pen Dispersed Campground · Coconino National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBull Pen · ~0.6 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletClear Creek · ~4.2 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletClear Creek · ~4.3 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletClear Creek · ~4.3 mi SW · USFS
Open Bull Pen Dispersed Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Bull Pen Dispersed Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Clear Creek National Forest Campground~4.3 mi
- Lawrence Crossing Dispersed Camping Area~7.9 mi
- Fossil Creek~11.0 mi
- Childs Dispersed Camping Area~13.4 mi
The unit that manages Bull Pen Dispersed Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Bull Pen Dispersed Campground are set by Coconino National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Bull Pen Dispersed Campground
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
no road or trail found nearby — check manually
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 Bull Pen Dispersed 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 — Bull Pen Dispersed Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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