Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Little Mill
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.44866, -111.67617
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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 — Little Mill · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 70098 (Little Mill Cg), 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 70098 (Little Mill Cg), 0 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles May 11 – Nov 14. That season ends after Nov 14.
MVUM record for FR 70098 (Little Mill Cg): “05/11-11/14” 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 Little Mill
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,006 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Little MillNIFC · 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 Mill · 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
- ShShower2 mi
- WWater5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- AAir-up9 mi
- DDump12 mi
- PPropane12 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 5 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 Mill
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,006 ft
Ground slope
11.3% · noticeable
Nearest rail line
~6.7 mi · other track
Nearest highway
~8.4 mi · Interstate 15
State
UT
Coordinates
40.44866, -111.67617
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Little Mill · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureAmerican Fork · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townCedar Hills · ~4.8 mi
- Nearest rail line~6.7 mi · other track
- Nearest highway~8.4 mi · Interstate 15
- Drinking waterWater · ~4.9 mi
- FuelTexaco · ~5.4 mi
- Propane / LPGSinclair · ~11.5 mi
- Dump station~11.5 mi
- GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~5.4 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~5.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~7.8 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~6.0 mi
EV charging — from Little Mill · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.5 mi straight-line SW — Walmart EV Charging, Lindon, UT (at a shopping center) · WALMART · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-14 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach89 within 25 mi · 106 within 50 · 142 within 100 · 170 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO8.8 mi — MURDOCK LINDON HYUNDAI F1, Lindon
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)5.5 mi — Hue & Hem., Alpine, UT · Blink Network · J1772 · 3 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.43 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 461010 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Little Mill · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLittle Mill · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGrey Cliffs · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSawmill · ~0.3 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRoad House · ~1.0 mi NE · USFS
Coming out here — Little Mill · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps American Fork as a perennial stream, under 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 11.3% — 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.
- Rail line mapped ~6.7 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as other track. The nearest track the atlas classes as a main line is ~6.9 mi from the pin. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Interstate 15 is mapped ~8.4 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 Little Mill elsewhere
Other camps near Little Mill
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Timpooneke Campground~2.0 mi
- Timpooneke Campground~2.3 mi
- Altamont~2.3 mi · fee
- Salamander Flat~2.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Little Mill
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Little Mill 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 Timpanogos Divide at 8,180 ft, about 3 miles away. It sits about 2,174 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 Mill
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 2026-08-24: $27.45 per night for a single site -- the same $27.45 whether it is standard non-electric, RV non-electric or tent-only -- for the current 2026-05-08 to 2026-10-10 peak season. A double site is $54.91 and the group site is $226.71. The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache page publishes no amount, but it does note that this is Alpine Scenic Loop country: "Passes are available at information stations located on either side of the Alpine Scenic Loop or 3-day passes can be purchased at self service fee tubes located at major trailheads", so a canyon pass may be wanted on top of the site fee. Sources: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/231935 and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/uinta-wasatch-cache/recreation/little-mill-campground (last updated July 1, 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 Little Mill
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 — Little Mill
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Fire rules & restrictions →Off-grid communication →All field notes →