Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Diversion Dam Dispersed
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 33.62612, -110.93323
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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 Diversion Dam Dispersed
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,196 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Diversion Dam DispersedNIFC · 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 Diversion Dam Dispersed · Tonto National Forest · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- WWater12 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- DDump16 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- AAir-up17 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- HHardware19 mi
- ShShower29 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- RxPharmacy36 mi
- OOutfitter38 mi
- PPropane51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Diversion Dam Dispersed
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
2,196 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
33.62612, -110.93323
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Diversion Dam Dispersed · Tonto National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSalt River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townRock House · ~0.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelShell · ~15.9 mi
- Propane / LPGLPG · ~15.9 mi
- Dump station~15.9 mi · fee · She’ll
- GroceriesSpring Creek Store · ~4.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicCobre Valley Regional Medical Center · ~16.4 mi
EV charging — from Diversion Dam Dispersed · Tonto National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.4 mi straight-line SE — APS - Globe (Globe, AZ) · Electrify America · CCS · 3 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 21 within 50 · 140 within 100 · 180 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)39.8 mi — Walmart EV Charging, Apache Junction
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO44.4 mi — GPM INVESTMENTS 4600 DC1, Mesa
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.4 mi — Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center, Globe, AZ (at a hospital) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-11-06 · 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 250746 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Diversion Dam Dispersed · Tonto National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletDiversion Dam North · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHz Wash · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletEucalyptus Wash · ~0.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSchoolhouse Cg · ~4.8 mi W · USFS
Open Diversion Dam Dispersed elsewhere
Other camps near Diversion Dam Dispersed
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- HZ Wash Dispersed~0.2 mi
- Raftzer Take-Out Dispersed~0.6 mi
- Eucalyptus Dispersed~0.7 mi
- EADS Wash Dispersed~1.5 mi
The unit that manages Diversion Dam Dispersed
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Diversion Dam Dispersed are set by Tonto National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Diversion Dam Dispersed
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
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 Diversion Dam Dispersed
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 — Diversion Dam Dispersed
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