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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 — at Grizzly Ridge Meadow Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smoke — around Grizzly Ridge Meadow 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 Grizzly Ridge Meadow Camping Area · Ashley National Forest · UT
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
- EVEV fast charger21 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); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Grizzly Ridge Meadow Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
State
UT
Coordinates
40.75266, -109.48671
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Grizzly Ridge Meadow Camping Area · Ashley National Forest · UT (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
EV charging — from Grizzly Ridge Meadow Camping Area · Ashley National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger20.7 mi straight-line S — RMP Vernal (Vernal, UT) · Electrify America · CCS · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 13 within 100 · 201 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)22.2 mi — Vernal, UT - Tesla Supercharger, Vernal
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO20.7 mi — TriCounty Health Dep, Vernal
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)20.6 mi — RAINBOW MAN DINOSAUR INN, Vernal, 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 347509 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Grizzly Ridge Meadow Camping Area · Ashley National Forest · UT — 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
Open Grizzly Ridge Meadow Camping Area elsewhere
Other camps near Grizzly Ridge Meadow Camping Area
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 Grizzly Ridge Meadow Camping Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Grizzly Ridge Meadow Camping Area are set by Ashley National Forest, 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 — Grizzly Ridge Meadow 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 Grizzly Ridge Meadow 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 — Grizzly Ridge Meadow Camping Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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