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Forest Road 171 Camping Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 34.29393, -110.87632
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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 Road 171 Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,573 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Forest Road 171 Camping 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 Road 171 Camping Area · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater3 mi
- DDump4 mi
- ShShower4 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- MMechanic19 mi
- AAir-up19 mi
- HHardware19 mi
- RxPharmacy19 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- EVEV fast charger26 mi
- LLaundry48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 5 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); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Forest Road 171 Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,573 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
34.29393, -110.87632
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Forest Road 171 Camping Area · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLake One (water) · nearby
- Nearest townPonderosa Spring Subdivision · ~2.1 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~3.3 mi
- FuelFuel · ~6.3 mi
- Propane / LPGPinnacle Propane · ~19.1 mi
- Dump station~3.5 mi
- GroceriesWoods Canyon Store · ~4.8 mi
- PharmacyWhite Mountain Pharmacy · ~19.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicBanner Payson Medical Center · ~25.8 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~25.5 mi
EV charging — from Forest Road 171 Camping Area · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger25.5 mi straight-line W — APS - Payson (Payson, AZ) · Electrify America · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 115 within 100 · 175 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)25.7 mi — Payson, AZ - Tesla Supercharger, Payson
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO52.6 mi — Walmart 1328 (Winslow, AZ), Winslow
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)47.4 mi — Best Western Paint Pony Lodge, Show Low, AZ · CHARGELAB · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 238674 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Forest Road 171 Camping Area · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomFr 171 · ~0.5 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSinkhole Campground · ~1.0 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomWillow Springs Lake Trailhead · ~1.0 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomAl Fulton Picnic Ground · ~1.0 mi W · USFS
Open Forest Road 171 Camping Area elsewhere
Other camps near Forest Road 171 Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- USFS dispersed camp — AZ~0.5 mi
- Sinkhole Campground~0.9 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — AZ #6~2.0 mi
- Rim Campground~2.0 mi
The unit that manages Forest Road 171 Camping Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Forest Road 171 Camping Area are set by Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Forest Road 171 Camping Area
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 Forest Road 171 Camping 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 Road 171 Camping Area
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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