Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Dogtown Lake
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 35.20562, -112.12572
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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 — Dogtown Lake · Kaibab National Forest · AZ
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 132 (Dogtown C.G. Rd), 30 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as improved native material surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 132 (Dogtown C.G. Rd), 30 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 132 (Dogtown C.G. Rd): “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 Dogtown Lake
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,007 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Dogtown LakeNIFC · 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 Dogtown Lake · Kaibab National Forest · AZ
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- MMechanic4 mi
- LLaundry4 mi
- ShShower4 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- EVEV fast charger5 mi
- DDump25 mi
- AAir-up25 mi
- HHardware26 mi
- +Urgent care26 mi
- WWater26 mi
- RxPharmacy26 mi
- OOutfitter27 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 26-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Dogtown Lake
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,007 ft
Ground slope
16.1% · steep
Nearest rail line
~2.3 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~3.6 mi · Interstate 40
State
AZ
Coordinates
35.20562, -112.12572
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Dogtown Lake · Kaibab National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureDogtown Reservoir · ~0.2 mi · USGS: intermittent lake or pond
- Nearest townWilliams · ~4.3 mi
- Nearest rail line~2.3 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~3.6 mi · Interstate 40
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~24.7 mi
- GroceriesGreat Carmania · ~4.5 mi
- PharmacySafeway · ~26.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicNorth Country Healthcare · ~25.8 mi
- HardwareThe Home Depot · ~25.8 mi
EV charging — from Dogtown Lake · Kaibab National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger5.1 mi straight-line NW — Williams, AZ - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 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 reach4 within 25 mi · 20 within 50 · 34 within 100 · 147 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS5.1 mi — La Quinta Grand Canyon (Williams, AZ), Williams
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO5.1 mi — La Quinta Grand Canyon (Williams, AZ), Williams
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.5 mi — Trailborn Grand Canyon - Tesla Destination, Williams, AZ · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Trailborn Grand Canyon Hotel, Williams, 4.5 mi · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use only · 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 375429 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Dogtown Lake · Kaibab National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletDogtown Lake · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDogtown Lake Picnic Ground · ~0.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletKaibab Lake · ~4.7 mi N · USFS
- RestroomCataract Lake · ~5.8 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Dogtown Lake · Kaibab National Forest · AZ
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Dogtown Reservoir as an intermittent lake or pond, ~0.2 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 16.1% — steep. 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.
- Rail line mapped ~2.3 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. The atlas also records Amtrak service on it. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Interstate 40 is mapped ~3.6 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 Dogtown Lake elsewhere
Other camps near Dogtown Lake
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dogtown Lake Campground~0.5 mi · fee
- Kaibab Lake~4.7 mi · fee
- Kaibab Lake Campground~5.6 mi
- Kaibab Lake Group Cg~5.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Dogtown Lake
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Dogtown Lake are set by Kaibab National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Dogtown Lake
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 Dogtown Lake
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 — Dogtown Lake
Camping near a reservoir →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Off-grid communication →All field notes →