Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree

Gus Lind Flat Camp/Trailhead

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 41.75214, -111.72624
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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
USGS topographic map of Gus Lind Flat Camp/Trailhead
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Gus Lind Flat Camp/Trailhead
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Weather outlook — at Gus Lind Flat Camp/Trailhead
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,022 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Gus Lind Flat Camp/TrailheadNIFC · 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 Gus Lind Flat Camp/Trailhead · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 0 miWDump · 20 miD7-Eleven · Propane · 6 miPChevron · Fuel · 4 miFFoothills One Stop · Grocery · 4 miGSpence's Pharmacy · Pharmacy · 5 miRxLowe's · Hardware · 5 miHRidgeline Automotive · Mechanic · 4 miMLaundry · 5 miLShower · 11 miShXactAir · Air-up · 4 miATreehouse Pediatrics · Urgent care · 5 mi+Sportsman's Warehouse · Outfitter · 6 miOUSU Post Office · Mail · 4 mi@ASPIRE Research Center · EV fast charger · 4 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • WWater0 mi
  • FFuel4 mi
  • GGrocery4 mi
  • EVEV fast charger4 mi
  • MMechanic4 mi
  • AAir-up4 mi
  • @Mail4 mi
  • RxPharmacy5 mi
  • +Urgent care5 mi
  • LLaundry5 mi
  • HHardware5 mi
  • OOutfitter6 mi
  • PPropane6 mi
  • ShShower11 mi
  • DDump20 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Gus Lind Flat Camp/Trailhead

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
5,022 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
41.75214, -111.72624
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Gus Lind Flat Camp/Trailhead · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featureLogan River (river) · nearby
  • Nearest townBeirdneau Summer Home Area · ~1.8 mi
  • Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.5 mi
  • FuelSmith's Fuel Center · ~5.5 mi
  • Propane / LPG7-Eleven Propane Exchange · ~5.6 mi
  • Dump station~20.5 mi
  • GroceriesFoothills One Stop · ~4.0 mi
  • PharmacySpence's Pharmacy · ~4.8 mi
  • Hospital / clinicAlder Grove Pediatrics & Spine · ~4.8 mi
  • HardwareLowe's · ~5.2 mi

EV charging — from Gus Lind Flat Camp/Trailhead · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Gus Lind Flat Camp/Trailhead · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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The unit that manages Gus Lind Flat Camp/Trailhead

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Gus Lind Flat Camp/Trailhead 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 Temple Fork at 7,420 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 2,398 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 — Gus Lind Flat Camp/Trailhead

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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Gus Lind Flat Camp/Trailhead

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.

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