Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Horse Canyon Camping Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 39.49191, -111.15851
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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 Horse Canyon Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,631 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Horse Canyon 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 Horse Canyon Camping Area · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- ShShower12 mi
- FFuel15 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- @Mail15 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- +Urgent care19 mi
- EVEV fast charger19 mi
- WWater30 mi
- DDump37 mi
- LLaundry39 mi
- AAir-up48 mi
- PPropane48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 30-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 15 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 — Horse Canyon Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
7,631 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
39.49191, -111.15851
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Horse Canyon Camping Area · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureHorse Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townHiawatha · ~7.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~15.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~15.0 mi
- PharmacySkyline Pharmacy · ~16.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicSanpete Valley Hospital · ~16.4 mi
EV charging — from Horse Canyon Camping Area · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger19.0 mi straight-line NE — 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 reach6 within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 122 within 100 · 182 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS20.1 mi — PRICE CITY L3 SOUTH, Price
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO20.1 mi — PRICE CITY L3 SOUTH, Price
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.3 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 Horse Canyon Camping Area · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomHorse Canyon Trailhead · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Rock Cg · ~1.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletStuart Guard Station Is · ~2.6 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletStuart Guard Station Scenic Byway Site · ~2.7 mi N · USFS
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Other camps near Horse Canyon Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Forks Of Huntington Campground~0.6 mi · fee
- Big Rock Group Campground~1.4 mi · fee
- Beaver Dam Campground~2.1 mi
- Nuck Woodward Road Trailhead~3.1 mi
The unit that manages Horse Canyon Camping Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Horse Canyon Camping Area 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 Red Pine Ridge at 8,990 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 1,359 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 — Horse Canyon Camping Area
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 Horse Canyon 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 — Horse Canyon Camping Area
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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