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Dean Gardner Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 37.37751, -113.47556
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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 Dean Gardner Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,770 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Dean Gardner 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 Dean Gardner Campground · Dixie National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail2 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- EVEV fast charger12 mi
- WWater14 mi
- DDump15 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- AAir-up16 mi
- HHardware17 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- ShShower20 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Dean Gardner Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,770 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
37.37751, -113.47556
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Dean Gardner Campground · Dixie National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePine Valley Reservoir (water) · nearby
- Nearest townPine Valley · ~2.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelPurgatory Jail · ~15.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~15.1 mi
- GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~15.4 mi
- PharmacyDavis Drug Pharmacy · ~16.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicHurricane Valley Clinic · ~15.9 mi
- HardwarePeterbilt · ~17.0 mi
EV charging — from Dean Gardner Campground · Dixie National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.5 mi straight-line SE — Toquerville, UT - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-04-21 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach11 within 25 mi · 15 within 50 · 29 within 100 · 117 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS17.5 mi — Walmart 1439 (Washington, UT), Washington
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO22.8 mi — EV EXPERIENCE FAST CHARGE 2, St. George
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.7 mi — Kolob Canyons Visitor Center, New Harmony, UT (at a national park) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-12-12 · hours: Visitor center hours; pay lot
- 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 450027 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Dean Gardner Campground · Dixie National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomPine Valley Heritage Center · ~2.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBaker Reservoir Vault Toilet No 1 Day Use · ~9.2 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletBaker Reservoir Vault Toilet No 2 · ~9.2 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletRed Cliffs Romtec Vault Toilet- East · ~11.2 mi S · BLM
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Other camps near Dean Gardner Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Yellow Pine Loop~0.3 mi
- Equestrian Campground~0.5 mi
- Effie Beckstrom Group Campgrounds~0.5 mi
- Crackfoot Campground~0.6 mi
The unit that manages Dean Gardner Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Dean Gardner Campground are set by Dixie National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Gardner Peak at 8,320 ft, about 2 miles away. It sits about 1,550 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 — Dean Gardner 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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
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 Dean Gardner 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 — Dean Gardner Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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