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Coconino County
Drive-up · public land · Coconino County, AZ · 34.87546, -111.70103
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Wow! Traveling far along the ridge off of Schnebly Hill Road, there is this spacious primitive camping area on the edge of the cliff overlooking Sedona. This is an exquisite location. It demands high-clearance four-wheel drive, so traffic is minimal. A couple of trees offer some shade. Amazing view, and this is far enough off of the beaten path that you'll see minimal tourist traffic. Excellent off-road destination. There is a fire ring here. Highly recommended. Good cell service.
A night on record
Dave slept here, but his diary does not date the night: this entry carries only a timestamp it shares with 50 other entries in eight states, all written within the same three seconds — a file being saved, not a night. So it says nothing about season.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Coconino County
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,212 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Coconino CountyNIFC · 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 Coconino County · Coconino National Forest · AZ
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery3 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- WWater5 mi
- ShShower5 mi
- +Urgent care5 mi
- EVEV fast charger5 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- LLaundry5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- AAir-up18 mi
- DDump20 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Coconino County
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
6,212 ft
Ground slope
7.6% · gentle
Nearest highway
~3.5 mi · Interstate 17
County
Coconino County, AZ
Coordinates
34.87546, -111.70103
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Coconino County · Coconino National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSchnebly Tank · ~0.3 mi · USGS: intermittent lake or pond
- Nearest townSedona · ~5.3 mi
- Nearest rail linenone mapped within 10 mi
- Nearest highway~3.5 mi · Interstate 17
- Drinking waterWater · ~4.8 mi
- Fuel76 · ~3.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~19.8 mi
- GroceriesC-Market · ~3.4 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~5.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicSedona Holistic Medicine · ~4.8 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~5.0 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
Had a signal
Getting there
High clearance / 4×4
Fire ring
Yes
Toilet on site
No
Tent friendly
Yes
Verdict
Highly recommended
EV charging — from Coconino County · Coconino National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger4.8 mi straight-line W — APS - Sedona (Sedona, AZ) · 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 reach9 within 25 mi · 23 within 50 · 77 within 100 · 148 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)7.8 mi — Sedona, AZ - Tesla Supercharger, Sedona
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO22.9 mi — Walmart 4252 (Flagstaff, AZ), Flagstaff
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.8 mi — LOS ABRIGADOS LAR LM 1, Sedona, 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 — Arabella Hotel Sedona, Sedona, 3.7 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guests only; see front desk to unlock · 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 238497 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Coconino County · Coconino National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGrasshopper Point · ~1.9 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMidgley Bridge · ~2.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHuckaby · ~2.8 mi W · USFS
- Flush restroomOak Creek Visitor Center · ~2.8 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Coconino County · Coconino National Forest · AZ
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Schnebly Tank as an intermittent lake or pond, ~0.3 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as intermittent — expect it dry for part of the year. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 7.6% — gentle. 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 17 is mapped ~3.5 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.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- 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 Coconino County elsewhere
Other camps near Coconino County
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Coconino County~0.9 mi
- Schnebly Hill Road Dispersed~3.3 mi
- Chavez Crossing Group Campground~4.9 mi · fee
- Manzanita~4.9 mi · fee
The unit that manages Coconino County
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Coconino County are set by Coconino National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Coconino County
Source
Dave's own travels
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
FIELD VERIFIED by Dave Lalande -- he has stood on this site. Coordinates are his own GPX track point, not a geocode. County and state confirmed against the FCC Census Block API (Coconino County, AZ). Everything under 'From the field' is a direct observation; nothing here is inferred from a land record.
A night on record
Dave's own GPS diary, 2017–2020: the date of the waypoint he saved here. The timestamp is UTC, so an entry saved in the evening carries the next morning's date. An observation of one night, never a forecast.
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
Verified on the ground. Dave has stood on this one. His diary does not date the night. Conditions still change — confirm before you commit.
What we don’t know about Coconino County
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.
- How many rigs actually fit
- 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 — Coconino County
Reading a forest MVUM →Stay limits →Your first dispersed night →Off-grid communication →All field notes →