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Little Bear Group Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 39.44611, -111.14194
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Little Bear Group Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,723 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Little Bear Group CampgroundNIFC · 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 Little Bear Group Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- ShShower14 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- EVEV fast charger17 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- WWater30 mi
- DDump40 mi
- LLaundry41 mi
- AAir-up51 mi
- PPropane52 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 30-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Little Bear Group Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,723 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
39.44611, -111.14194
Cost
Fee · reservable on Recreation.gov
Nearby & resupply — around Little Bear Group Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureHuntington Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townMohrland · ~6.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~12.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~12.2 mi
- PharmacySkyline Pharmacy · ~18.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicSanpete Valley Hospital · ~18.0 mi
EV charging — from Little Bear Group Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.4 mi straight-line S — STATE OF UTAH CASTLE DALE 2 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 117 within 100 · 182 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)19.7 mi — Price, UT - Tesla Supercharger, Price
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.0 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 164837 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Little Bear Group Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLittle Bear Campground · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomHorse Canyon Trailhead · ~3.3 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Rock Cg · ~4.6 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletIndian Creek Group Campground · ~5.2 mi W · USFS
Open Little Bear Group Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Little Bear Group Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Little Bear Campground~0.2 mi · fee
- Lower Little Bear Campground~0.3 mi
- River Bend Campground~0.6 mi
- Horse Canyon Camping Area~3.3 mi
The unit that manages Little Bear Group Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Little Bear Group Campground 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 Upper Joes Valley at 8,600 ft, about 6 miles away. It sits about 877 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 — Little Bear Group Campground
Reserve
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233798
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
no road or trail found nearby — check manually
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 Little Bear Group Campground
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 — Little Bear Group Campground
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →How to read this page →All field notes →
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