Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Castle Rock Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 38.57064, -112.34982
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Castle Rock Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 40478 (Castle Rock C G), 0 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as native material surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 40478 (Castle Rock C G), 0 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 40478 (Castle Rock C G): “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Castle Rock Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,967 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Castle Rock 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 Castle Rock Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater1 mi
- LLaundry2 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- +Urgent care13 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- DDump26 mi
- AAir-up26 mi
- ShShower26 mi
- PPropane55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, 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 — Castle Rock Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,967 ft
Ground slope
8.4% · noticeable
Nearest highway
under 0.1 mi · Interstate 70
State
UT
Coordinates
38.57064, -112.34982
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Castle Rock Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMill Creek · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townJoseph · ~8.0 mi
- Nearest rail linenone mapped within 10 mi
- Nearest highwayunder 0.1 mi · Interstate 70
- Drinking waterWater · ~1.0 mi
- FuelBig Rock Candy Mountain · ~5.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~26.1 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~5.9 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~13.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicIntermountain Healthcare · ~13.2 mi
- HardwareThe Home Depot · ~18.1 mi
EV charging — from Castle Rock Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.2 mi straight-line NE — Richfield, UT - West 1250 South - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 16 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 15 within 50 · 27 within 100 · 131 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS18.8 mi — Walmart 5168 (Richfield, UT), Richfield
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO18.8 mi — Walmart 5168 (Richfield, UT), Richfield
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.2 mi — Richfield Fairfield Inc · 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 327925 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Castle Rock Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomCastle Rock Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJoe Lott Trailhead · ~0.6 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMax Reid (Paiute) Trailhead · ~0.8 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSilver King Mine Interpretive · ~6.3 mi S · USFS
Coming out here — Castle Rock Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Mill Creek as a perennial stream, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 8.4% — noticeable. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) — abandoned, lifted and out-of-service track excluded, so a rail-trail does not count as one.
- Interstate 70 is mapped under 0.1 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Castle Rock Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Castle Rock Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Max Reid (Paiute) Trailhead~0.8 mi
- Castle Rock Campground~1.1 mi
- Shingle Creek Dispersed Camping~6.1 mi
- Bullion Falls Trail System~11.0 mi
The unit that manages Castle Rock Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Castle Rock Campground 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 Kimberly Mine at 9,110 ft, about 6 miles away. It sits about 3,143 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 — Castle Rock Campground
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.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Castle Rock 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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Castle Rock Campground
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Fire rules & restrictions →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →