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Lower Meadows Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 41.28731, -111.64417
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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 Lower Meadows Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,305 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lower Meadows 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 Lower Meadows Campground · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- ShShower1 mi
- @Mail2 mi
- PPropane6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- AAir-up7 mi
- DDump8 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- WWater13 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- OOutfitter17 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Lower Meadows Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,305 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
41.28731, -111.64417
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Lower Meadows Campground · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePine Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townEvergreen Park · ~1.4 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.0 mi
- FuelSouthfork Propane · ~6.4 mi
- Propane / LPGSouthfork Propane · ~6.4 mi
- Dump station~7.9 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~6.4 mi
- PharmacyValley Health Mart Pharmacy · ~9.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicOgden Clinic · ~16.2 mi
- HardwareSouthfork Hardware · ~6.4 mi
EV charging — from Lower Meadows Campground · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.5 mi straight-line SW — VOLVO CAR USA UINTAH DC1 · 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 reach20 within 25 mi · 88 within 50 · 137 within 100 · 174 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)19.7 mi — Farr West, UT - Tesla Supercharger, Farr West
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.8 mi — WCL OVB - NORTH, Huntsville, UT · 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 aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Weber State University - Parking Lot A1, Ogden, 17.0 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; WSU permit required; 3 hour time limit · 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 255453 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lower Meadows Campground · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLower Meadows · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPerception Park Family · ~0.2 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Meadows · ~0.4 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSouth Fork · ~0.6 mi SW · USFS
Open Lower Meadows Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Lower Meadows Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Perception Park Campground~0.3 mi
- Upper Meadows Campground~0.5 mi
- South Fork~0.6 mi · fee
- Willows Campground~0.6 mi
The unit that manages Lower Meadows Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lower Meadows Campground 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 Powder Mountain at 8,490 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 3,185 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 — Lower Meadows Campground
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
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 Lower Meadows 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 — Lower Meadows Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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