Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 36.40914, -112.15343
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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 Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,118 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Kaibab National Forest Free CampsiteNIFC · 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 Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite · Kaibab National Forest · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery1 mi
- FFuel1 mi
- WWater14 mi
- LLaundry15 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- DDump15 mi
- @Mail25 mi
- +Urgent care25 mi
- EVEV fast charger30 mi
- HHardware48 mi
- AAir-up48 mi
- OOutfitter48 mi
- MMechanic48 mi
- RxPharmacy49 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 1 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 30-mi run (and back).
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 — Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
9,118 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
36.40914, -112.15343
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite · Kaibab National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBlowdown Tank (water) · nearby
- Nearest townCane · ~13.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~1.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~14.7 mi · free · customers only
- GroceriesStore · ~1.2 mi
EV charging — from Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite · Kaibab National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger30.1 mi straight-line S — Grand Canyon Visitor Center (Grand Canyon, AZ), Grand Canyon Village, AZ · 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 26 within 100 · 63 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)30.4 mi — Tusayan, AZ - Tesla Supercharger, Tusayan
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO80.0 mi — La Quinta Grand Canyon (Williams, AZ), Williams
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)24.4 mi — Grand Canyon Auto Services, Grand Canyon Village, AZ (at a national park) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-01-13 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Maswik Lodge - North Cliffrose, Grand Canyon, 24.5 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 279502 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite · Kaibab National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletDemotte Cg · ~1.2 mi E · USFS
- RestroomB#1572 - Vault Toilet #1, Point Imperial · ~13.2 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomB#1589 - Vault, Widforss Trailhead · ~13.7 mi S · NPS
- RestroomVault Toilet, CC Hill Area · ~14.1 mi SE · NPS
Open Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite elsewhere
Other camps near Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Demotte Campground~1.0 mi · fee
- Demotte Cg~1.2 mi · fee
- Kaibab National Forest~6.8 mi
- National Forest Free Camping~14.5 mi
The unit that manages Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite are set by Kaibab National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
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 Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite
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 — Kaibab National Forest Free Campsite
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Finding water out here →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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