Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Jacob Lake Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 36.71709, -112.21507
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Jacob Lake Cg · Kaibab National Forest · AZ
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR LOOP-D, 80 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as native material surface and maintenance level 2 – high-clearance vehicles.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR LOOP-D, 80 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR LOOP-D: “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Jacob Lake Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,895 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Jacob Lake CgNIFC · 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 Jacob Lake Cg · Kaibab National Forest · AZ
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel0 mi
- GGrocery21 mi
- WWater23 mi
- @Mail24 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- +Urgent care24 mi
- ShShower26 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- AAir-up28 mi
- OOutfitter28 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- RxPharmacy29 mi
- DDump36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 23-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 0 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Jacob Lake Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,895 ft
Ground slope
1% · flat
State
AZ
Coordinates
36.71709, -112.21507
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Jacob Lake Cg · Kaibab National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurenone named within 1 mi (USGS NHD)
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelChevron · ~0.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~21.4 mi
- PharmacyKanab Drug · ~28.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicFredonia Community Health Center · ~24.1 mi
- HardwareHardware · ~27.8 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
EV charging — from Jacob Lake Cg · Kaibab National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger28.2 mi straight-line NW — Honey's Marketplace - Tesla Supercharger, Kanab, UT (at a grocery store) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 21 within 100 · 66 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS44.0 mi — Page, AZ Rechargery Relay @ Circle K - N. Lake Powell Blvd., Page
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO79.4 mi — EV EXPERIENCE FAST CHARGER1, St. George
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)28.6 mi — KANAB CENTER KANAB ST3 · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Cliff Dwellers Lodge - Tesla Destination, Marble Canyon, 25.6 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.57 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 462303 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Jacob Lake Cg · Kaibab National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletJacob Lake Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomKaibab Plateau Visitor Center · ~0.3 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJacob Lake Picnic · ~0.4 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBuilding, Vault Toilet - Condor Release · ~9.5 mi NE · BLM
Coming out here — Jacob Lake Cg · Kaibab National Forest · AZ
- No named surface water mapped within 1 mi of the pin in USGS's National Hydrography Dataset (data refreshed October 2022), and none within about a mile and a half in our OpenStreetMap pull — which is not proof there is none, only that neither map has one. Plan to carry washing water as well as drinking water.
- About the name: this site is called Jacob Lake Cg, but no named stream, river or lake is mapped near the pin — none within 1 mi in USGS's National Hydrography Dataset and none named within 1.6 mi in our OpenStreetMap pull. Either the lake is not on those maps or it is further off than the name suggests.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 1% — flat. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (10 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Jacob Lake Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Jacob Lake Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Jacob Lake Group Campground~0.4 mi · fee
- National Forest Free Camping~7.1 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument~16.0 mi
- Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite~21.6 mi
The unit that manages Jacob Lake Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Jacob Lake Cg are set by Kaibab National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Jacob Lake Cg
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Jacob Lake Cg
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Jacob Lake Cg
When the high country opens →Camping near a reservoir →Water on public land →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →