Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFee
Forest Lake Dispersed Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.51365, -111.58613
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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 Forest Lake Dispersed Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,438 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Forest Lake Dispersed AreaNIFC · 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 Forest Lake Dispersed Area · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater4 mi
- ShShower6 mi
- DDump6 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- RxPharmacy9 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- PPropane15 mi
- AAir-up15 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Forest Lake Dispersed Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
8,438 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
40.51365, -111.58613
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Forest Lake Dispersed Area · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townAlta · ~5.1 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~4.2 mi
- FuelChevron · ~5.9 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~14.7 mi
- Dump station~5.6 mi
- GroceriesHeirloom Common and Market · ~5.8 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~9.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicCold Creek Lodge · ~6.0 mi
- HardwareStandard Plumbing Supply · ~8.4 mi
EV charging — from Forest Lake Dispersed Area · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.0 mi straight-line N — Park City, UT (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach85 within 25 mi · 107 within 50 · 144 within 100 · 171 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO14.9 mi — MURDOCK LINDON HYUNDAI F1, Lindon
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)5.0 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 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 452387 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Forest Lake Dispersed Area · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSilver Lake Flat Trailhead/Fishing Area · ~3.7 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTibble Fork Reservoir Trailhead/Fishing Area · ~3.8 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGranite Flat Horse Transfer Station · ~3.8 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGranite Flat · ~3.9 mi SW · USFS
Open Forest Lake Dispersed Area elsewhere
Other camps near Forest Lake Dispersed Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Mineral Basin Dispersed Area~2.1 mi · fee
- Holman Flat Dispersed Area~2.8 mi
- Granite Flat~3.9 mi · fee
- Albion Basin~4.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Forest Lake Dispersed Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Forest Lake Dispersed Area 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 Snowbird at 9,170 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 732 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 — Forest Lake Dispersed Area
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 2026-08-22: no rate published by the agency, in any channel. The Forest Service's own recreation-site record for this site carries a fee flag with an EMPTY (null) fee description; there is no fs.usda.gov recreation page for it (both the /forest-lake-dispersed-area and /forest-lake-campground slugs 404 on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache site); and a keyless recreation.gov search around the pin returns no listing for it. Expect to pay something at the site and carry cash. Checked: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0/query?where=objectid%3D2552638&outFields=site_name,fee_description&f=json and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/uinta-wasatch-cache/recreation/forest-lake-campground .
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 Forest Lake Dispersed Area
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 — Forest Lake Dispersed Area
When the high country opens →Camping near a reservoir →What “dispersed” means here →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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