Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Ephraim Canyon
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 39.32978, -111.51016
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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 Ephraim Canyon
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,718 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Ephraim CanyonNIFC · 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 Ephraim Canyon · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery4 mi
- +Urgent care4 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- MMechanic4 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- WWater8 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- ShShower14 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- DDump23 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- AAir-up51 mi
- PPropane54 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 — Ephraim Canyon
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
7,718 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
39.32978, -111.51016
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Ephraim Canyon · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCottonwood Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townEphraim · ~4.6 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~4.1 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~4.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~23.1 mi
- GroceriesMarket Fresh · ~4.3 mi
- PharmacySkyline Pharmacy · ~15.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicClinic · ~4.4 mi
EV charging — from Ephraim Canyon · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger27.6 mi straight-line E — STATE OF UTAH CASTLE DALE 2 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 16 within 50 · 121 within 100 · 167 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)29.8 mi — Nephi, UT - 2120 S Main St - Tesla Supercharger, Nephi
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.2 mi — SCO SANPETE VAL H 1, Mount Pleasant, 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 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 164837 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Ephraim Canyon · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSeeley Creek Guard Station · ~4.5 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletYearns Reservoir · ~5.5 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPatton Trailhead · ~6.1 mi SW · USFS
- RestroomCanal Canyon Trailhead · ~6.8 mi N · USFS
Open Ephraim Canyon elsewhere
Other camps near Ephraim Canyon
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lake Hill Campground~0.7 mi · fee
- Manti Community Campground~5.5 mi · fee
- Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground~9.9 mi
- Upper Joes Valley Campground~11.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Ephraim Canyon
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Ephraim Canyon are set by Manti-La Sal National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is GBRC HQ at 8,800 ft, about a mile away. It sits about 1,082 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 — Ephraim Canyon
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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Ephraim Canyon
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 — Ephraim Canyon
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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