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Lower Pleasant Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 38.10241, -111.33607
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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 Pleasant Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,659 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lower Pleasant Creek 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 Pleasant Creek Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater13 mi
- DDump13 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- ShShower14 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- AAir-up20 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- HHardware26 mi
- OOutfitter27 mi
- EVEV fast charger45 mi
- PPropane54 mi
- RxPharmacy56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 45-mi run (and back).
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 Pleasant Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,659 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
38.10241, -111.33607
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Lower Pleasant Creek Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townBoulder · ~13.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelPhillips 66 · ~14.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~13.3 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~14.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicWayne Community Health Center & Pharmacy · ~20.0 mi
- HardwareBrian Farm Service · ~26.3 mi
EV charging — from Lower Pleasant Creek Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger45.3 mi straight-line N — RMP Ivie Creek (Salina, UT) · Electrify America · CCS · 4 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 · 1 within 50 · 29 within 100 · 70 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)53.7 mi — Bryce Canyon City, UT - Tesla Supercharger, Bryce Canyon City
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO60.3 mi — Walmart 5168 (Richfield, UT), Richfield
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.0 mi — BROKEN SPUR STATION 2, Torrey, 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 387120 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lower Pleasant Creek Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLower Pleasant Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Pleasant Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomWildcat Rest Area And Information Center · ~0.5 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRosebud Atv Campground · ~0.5 mi SE · USFS
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Other camps near Lower Pleasant Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Rosebud Atv Campground~0.5 mi · fee
- Oak Creek Campground~1.0 mi · fee
- Lower Bowns Campground~3.2 mi · fee
- Singletree Campground~4.1 mi · fee
The unit that manages Lower Pleasant Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lower Pleasant Creek Campground are set by Fishlake National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Sunflower Flat at 10,010 ft, about 4 miles away. It sits about 1,351 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 Pleasant Creek Campground
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 2026-08-21: no rate published by the agency, deliberately. The Fishlake NF page says the fee is subject to change seasonally and is posted on the kiosk and pay tube inside the campground, payable on arrival, first-come first-served -- all Fishlake campgrounds are run by the concessionaire High Country Recreation. There is no recreation.gov listing. Bring cash for the envelope. Checked https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/fishlake/recreation/lower-pleasant-creek-campground (last updated June 12, 2026).
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 Pleasant Creek 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 Pleasant Creek Campground
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →