Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Jordan Pines
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.64653, -111.64815
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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 — Jordan Pines · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 80632 (Jordan Pines), 0 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as asphalt surface and maintenance level 4 – moderate degree of user comfort.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 80632 (Jordan Pines), 0 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles Jun 1 – Nov 1. That season ends after Nov 1.
MVUM record for FR 80632 (Jordan Pines): “06/01-11/01” 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 Jordan Pines
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,328 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Jordan PinesNIFC · 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 Jordan Pines · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- +Urgent care3 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- RxPharmacy9 mi
- PPropane9 mi
- AAir-up10 mi
- DDump11 mi
- ShShower14 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 — Jordan Pines
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,328 ft
Ground slope
8.2% · noticeable
Nearest highway
~6.5 mi · Interstate 80
State
UT
Coordinates
40.64653, -111.64815
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Jordan Pines · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBig Cottonwood Creek · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townBrighton · ~3.4 mi
- Nearest rail linenone mapped within 10 mi
- Nearest highway~6.5 mi · Interstate 80
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.4 mi
- FuelFuel · ~6.1 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~8.9 mi
- Dump station~11.0 mi
- GroceriesBrighton Store · ~4.5 mi
- PharmacySmith's Pharmacy · ~8.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicSolitude Clinc · ~3.4 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~8.1 mi
EV charging — from Jordan Pines · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.4 mi straight-line E — Park City, UT (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach79 within 25 mi · 116 within 50 · 144 within 100 · 173 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO8.9 mi — 7-Eleven - Canyon Rim, Salt Lake City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.0 mi — Albion Day Lodge, Alta, UT (at a recreation facility) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-12-12 · hours: 24 hours daily; no overnight parking
- 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 452387 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Jordan Pines · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletJordan Pines · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomCardiff Fork/Mill D North Th · ~0.2 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDonut Falls Th · ~0.5 mi S · USFS
- Flush restroomSpruces · ~0.6 mi SE · USFS
Coming out here — Jordan Pines · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Big Cottonwood Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 8.2% — noticeable. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 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 is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) — abandoned, lifted and out-of-service track excluded, so a rail-trail does not count as one.
- Interstate 80 is mapped ~6.5 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- 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 Jordan Pines elsewhere
Other camps near Jordan Pines
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Spruces~0.6 mi · fee
- Spruces Campground~0.8 mi · fee
- Redman~3.7 mi · fee
- Albion Basin~5.1 mi · fee
The unit that manages Jordan Pines
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Jordan Pines 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 Mill-D North at 8,940 ft, about a mile away. It sits about 1,612 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 — Jordan Pines
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. | Fee 2026-08-22: this is a GROUP-ONLY campground, so there is no single-camper rate to quote -- recreation.gov's own facility text says "Jordan Pines Campground only accommodates groups", and the Forest Service records its site type as GROUP CAMPGROUND. For the current 2026-06-05 to 2026-09-19 peak season it is $308.32 per night for the group standard non-electric site and $303.91 per night for the group tent-only area. Caveat: the $156.80 recreation.gov advertises as this campground's starting price is the group PICNIC area -- a day-use site -- not an overnight campsite, so budgeting from the headline would understate an overnight stay by about half. Sources: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232063 (rate schedule, current season) and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/uinta-wasatch-cache/recreation/jordan-pines-group-campground (last updated June 5, 2026).
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 Jordan Pines
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 — Jordan Pines
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Fire rules & restrictions →Leave no trace →All field notes →