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Gooseberry Reservoir Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 39.71177, -111.29363
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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 Gooseberry Reservoir Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,435 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Gooseberry Reservoir 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 Gooseberry Reservoir Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- HHardware15 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- +Urgent care19 mi
- DDump21 mi
- EVEV fast charger26 mi
- WWater28 mi
- LLaundry29 mi
- OOutfitter29 mi
- AAir-up31 mi
- PPropane32 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 28-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 7 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 — Gooseberry Reservoir Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,435 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
39.71177, -111.29363
Cost
Fee · priced on the land manager's own page (recreation.gov, read 2026-09-18)
Nearby & resupply — around Gooseberry Reservoir Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLower Gooseberry Reservoir (water) · nearby
- Nearest townBeaver Dams Summer Homes Area · ~4.6 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~9.7 mi
- FuelKJs Catch and Snack · ~7.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~21.4 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~7.3 mi
- PharmacySkyline Pharmacy · ~14.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicSanpete Valley Hospital · ~15.3 mi
- HardwareChoice Hardware & Home Center · ~28.9 mi
EV charging — from Gooseberry Reservoir Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger25.7 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 38 within 50 · 125 within 100 · 182 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS26.9 mi — PRICE CITY LEVEL 3 NORTH, Price
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO26.9 mi — PRICE CITY LEVEL 3 NORTH, Price
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)15.3 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 Gooseberry Reservoir Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletNorth Skyline Winter Staging · ~2.5 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBeaver Dam · ~4.0 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBoulger Reservoir Fishing Site · ~5.1 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletElectric Lake North Side · ~5.8 mi SE · USFS
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Other camps near Gooseberry Reservoir Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Gooseberry Campground~1.7 mi · fee
- Flat Canyon Campground~4.9 mi · fee
- Fish Creek Trailhead and Campground~6.5 mi
- Cleveland Reservoir~9.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Gooseberry Reservoir Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Gooseberry Reservoir 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 Mammoth-Cottonwood at 8,710 ft, about 2 miles away. It sits about 275 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 — Gooseberry Reservoir Campground
Fee note
$10 a night per the Recreation.gov page, read 18 Sep 2026: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232409
Reserve
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232409
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) | Fee 2026-09-18: $10 per night, by site type and season (Recreation.gov rates table). Source: https://www.recreation.gov/api/camps/campgrounds/232409/rates (fee_backfill, figure verified on that page).
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 Gooseberry Reservoir 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 — Gooseberry Reservoir Campground
When the high country opens →Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →How to read this page →All field notes →
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