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Cottonwood
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.50188, -112.55962
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Cottonwood
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,073 ft.
Fire & smoke — around CottonwoodNIFC · 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 Cottonwood · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- MMechanic8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- RxPharmacy9 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
- EVEV fast charger14 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- AAir-up20 mi
- WWater25 mi
- PPropane29 mi
- LLaundry30 mi
- DDump32 mi
- ShShower36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 25-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Cottonwood
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,073 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
40.50188, -112.55962
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Cottonwood · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townGrantsville · ~8.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelChevron · ~8.4 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~29.3 mi
- GroceriesChevron · ~8.4 mi
- PharmacyBirch Family Pharmacy · ~8.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicOquirrih Family Practice · ~13.8 mi
- HardwareCAL Ranch Store · ~14.2 mi
EV charging — from Cottonwood · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger14.1 mi straight-line E — Tooele Motor Company (Level 3) · Blink Network · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 88 within 50 · 138 within 100 · 160 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO31.6 mi — WinCo Foods - West Valley #75, West Valley City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.8 mi — AIRPORT HOTELS TOOELE-H2S 4 · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port 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 448342 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cottonwood · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCottonwood · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletIntake · ~0.7 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBoy Scout · ~1.1 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLower Narrows · ~1.8 mi W · USFS
Open Cottonwood elsewhere
Other camps near Cottonwood
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Intake~0.7 mi · fee
- Boy Scout~1.1 mi · fee
- Lower Narrows~1.8 mi · fee
- Upper Narrows~2.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Cottonwood
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cottonwood are set by Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Mining Fork at 8,290 ft, about 3 miles away. It sits about 2,217 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 — Cottonwood
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. | Fee 2026-08-21: $33.88 per night for a standard non-electric site during the current 2026-05-15 to 2026-09-14 peak season, and $34.18 in the first-come first-served shoulder weeks either side of it, per the rate schedule of recreation.gov listing 10048189 (Cottonwood Campground - SLRD, 0.001 mi from our pin). Caveat: the top of that same listing advertises a starting price of $19.61, which its own rate table contradicts -- budget $33.88. The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache NF has no web page for this campground. Source: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10048189 .
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 Cottonwood
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 — Cottonwood
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →How to read this page →All field notes →
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