Agency-listedUSFSFree
Grizzly Ridge Meadow Camping Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.75266, -109.48671
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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
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump4 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- ShShower9 mi
- WWater11 mi
- GGrocery13 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- HHardware20 mi
- PPropane20 mi
- OOutfitter21 mi
- MMechanic21 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- AAir-up43 mi
- +Urgent care50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 9 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
State
UT
Coordinates
40.75266, -109.48671
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureFrancis Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townDeer Lodge Summer Home Area · ~1.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelCedar Springs Marina Floating Pump · ~11.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~4.4 mi
- GroceriesFlaming Gorge Market · ~20.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicAshley Regional Medical Center · ~20.5 mi
- HardwareTrue Value · ~20.4 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletEast Mcke (Isolated) · ~0.9 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGrizzly Ridge Yurt · ~1.0 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBeaver Pond Interp · ~2.1 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLimber Flag Yurt · ~2.4 mi E · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Range Study Area Camping Area~2.7 mi
- Uintah County~3.6 mi
- Kane Hollow Camping Area~3.8 mi
- Red Springs Campground~4.0 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Kings Cabin at 8,740 ft, about 4 miles away. 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
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)
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
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
Before you go
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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