Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Dutch Joe Campground
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · WY · 42.60486, -109.26626
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,450 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel19 mi
- GGrocery19 mi
- WWater25 mi
- @Mail25 mi
- LLaundry28 mi
- ShShower28 mi
- HHardware31 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- MMechanic35 mi
- OOutfitter35 mi
- DDump36 mi
- RxPharmacy54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 25-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 19 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). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
8,450 ft
State
WY
Coordinates
42.60486, -109.26626
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Resupply lookup unavailable — try the map links below.
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBig Sandy Campground · ~5.7 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Sandy Trailhead · ~5.8 mi N · USFS
- RestroomBlucher Creek Toilet · ~7.1 mi SE · BLM
- RestroomSweetwater Trailhead · ~9.2 mi E · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Big Sandy Campground~5.7 mi · fee
- Blucher Creek Campground~7.0 mi
- Sweetwater Guard Station Campground~10.8 mi
- Sweetwater River~11.2 mi
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Big Sandy Opening at 9,100 ft, about 3 miles away. It sits about 650 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
Source
Bureau of Land Management 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
FREE undeveloped BLM camping area used as the jumping-off point for the Bridger Wilderness. FEE, BLM's own Fees section: "This is a fee-free site." STAY LIMIT: BLM's own field, "14 days". BLM's whole description, verbatim: "This is an undeveloped camping area with a low water crossing across Dutch Joe Creek that provides access to the U.S. Forest Service managed Bridger Wilderness. This is a fee-free site." NO FACILITIES ARE DESCRIBED -- no toilet, no table, no fire ring is claimed by BLM. FORD WARNING: the access involves a low water crossing of Dutch Joe Creek; BLM does not say how deep, and Wind River runoff peaks in late spring. ACCESS: Highway 28 to County 23-132 Continental Divide Road, north 24 miles, then BLM 4113 north three miles to the Dutch Joe exclosure. Managed by Rock Springs Field Office, 307-352-0256. Coordinate is BLM's own published facility point from gis.blm.gov/arcgis/rest/services/recreation/BLM_Natl_Recreation_Sites_Facilities (read 2026-08-17), cross-checked against the Geographic Coordinates printed on the site's own blm.gov page. It is a facility pin, not a surveyed campsite. SOURCE: https://www.blm.gov/visit/search-details/262640/1
--- NIGHT-SHIFT REVIEW 2026-08-19 (nightshift-verified) -- APPROVED.
Re-fetched https://www.blm.gov/visit/search-details/262640/1 this fire. The page is live and still titled "Dutch Joe Campground | Wyoming". The Fees section still reads "This is a fee-free site.", the Stay Limit field still reads "14 days", and the description still calls it "an undeveloped camping area with a low water crossing across Dutch Joe Creek that provides access to the U.S. Forest Service managed Bridger Wilderness." BLM's printed Geographic Coordinates are still 42.604855, -109.26626, matching this row to the digit. Cross-checked the same day against gis.blm.gov/arcgis/rest/services/recreation/BLM_Natl_Recreation_Sites_Facilities (layer 8, BLM Natl RIDB Facilities Camping). Nothing this row claims has changed since it was written.
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
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
Before you go
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Water on public land →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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