Agency-listedUSFSFree
Elk Camp
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.44715, -111.60719
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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 Elk Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,426 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Elk CampNIFC · 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 Elk Camp · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- ShShower2 mi
- WWater3 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- RxPharmacy9 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- DDump9 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- AAir-up10 mi
- PPropane15 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, 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 — Elk Camp
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,426 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
40.44715, -111.60719
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Elk Camp · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSouth Fork of Deer Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townAspen Grove · ~3.0 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~1.7 mi
- FuelHart's Gas and Food · ~9.0 mi
- Propane / LPGJenson Lumber Propane · ~16.3 mi
- Dump station~9.2 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~8.3 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~8.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicAmerican Fork Hospital · ~9.6 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~9.5 mi
EV charging — from Elk Camp · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.5 mi straight-line SW — Walmart EV Charging, Lindon, UT (at a shopping center) · WALMART · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-14 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach79 within 25 mi · 103 within 50 · 142 within 100 · 171 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO10.5 mi — MURDOCK LINDON HYUNDAI F1, Lindon
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.1 mi — HL&P SOLDIER HOLLOW, Midway, UT · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.43 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 461010 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Elk Camp · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletAlpine Summit · ~1.2 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSalamander Flat · ~1.2 mi SW · USFS
- Flush restroomAltamont · ~1.7 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTimpooneke · ~1.8 mi SW · USFS
Open Elk Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Elk Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cascade Scenic Drive Dispersed Area~1.1 mi · fee
- Salamander Flat~1.2 mi · fee
- Altamont~1.7 mi · fee
- Timpooneke Campground~1.9 mi
The unit that manages Elk Camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Elk Camp 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 Timpanogos Divide at 8,180 ft, about a mile away. It sits about 754 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 — Elk Camp
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.
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 Elk Camp
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 — Elk Camp
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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