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Flat Canyon Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 39.64551, -111.26011
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Flat Canyon Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,899 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Flat Canyon CampgroundNIFC · 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 Flat Canyon Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- ShShower12 mi
- RxPharmacy12 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- +Urgent care19 mi
- EVEV fast charger23 mi
- DDump26 mi
- OOutfitter27 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- WWater31 mi
- AAir-up36 mi
- PPropane36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 31-mi drive, 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 — Flat Canyon Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,899 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
39.64551, -111.26011
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Flat Canyon Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townClear Creek · ~5.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelKJs Catch and Snack · ~7.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~25.7 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~7.9 mi
- PharmacySkyline Pharmacy · ~12.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicIntermountain Moroni Clinic · ~19.1 mi
- HardwareHorseshoe Mountain Home Center · ~13.4 mi
EV charging — from Flat Canyon Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger23.0 mi straight-line E — Price, UT - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 27 within 50 · 125 within 100 · 182 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS24.2 mi — PRICE CITY LEVEL 3 NORTH, Price
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO24.2 mi — PRICE CITY LEVEL 3 NORTH, Price
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.2 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 102461 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Flat Canyon Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBoulger Reservoir Fishing Site · ~0.3 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletElectric Lake North Side · ~1.3 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBeaver Dam · ~2.0 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Drift Staging Area · ~3.1 mi SW · USFS
Open Flat Canyon Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Flat Canyon Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Gooseberry Campground~3.5 mi · fee
- Cleveland Reservoir~4.6 mi · fee
- Lake Canyon Rec Area Campground~4.9 mi
- Gooseberry Reservoir Campground~4.9 mi · fee
The unit that manages Flat Canyon Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Flat Canyon Campground 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 Huntington Horse at 9,650 ft, about 3 miles away. It sits about 751 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 — Flat Canyon Campground
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. | Fee 2026-08-24: $10.00 per night for a single site and $50.00 per night for the group site. Both agency channels agree without qualification: the Manti-La Sal page prints "12 Single Sites - $10 per night, 1 Group Site - $50 per night", and recreation.gov's rate table for the current 2026-06-06 to 2026-09-06 peak season independently carries $10 standard non-electric and $50 group. (Its third row, a $0 MANAGEMENT site, is the host site and is not bookable.) Caveat: the forest page was last updated June 4, 2025. Sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/manti-lasal/recreation/flat-canyon-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/231923 .
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 Flat Canyon Campground
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 — Flat Canyon Campground
When the high country opens →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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