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Mallard Bay Overflow Campground

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 38.52954, -111.73857
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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
USGS topographic map of Mallard Bay Overflow Campground
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Mallard Bay Overflow Campground
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Weather outlook — at Mallard Bay Overflow Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,876 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Mallard Bay Overflow 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 Mallard Bay Overflow Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 31 miWDump · 0 miDGrass Valley Mercantile · Fuel · 8 miFGrocery · 3 miGPharmacy · 22 miRxLoa Builders Supply · Hardware · 10 miHBricknell M&D Auto Parts · Mechanic · 16 miMLaundry · 3 miLShower · 24 miShAir-up · 17 miAWayne Community Health Center & Pharmacy · Urgent care · 17 mi+Escalante Outfitters · Outfitter · 53 miOLoa Post Office · Mail · 10 mi@RMP Ivie Creek (Salina, UT) · EV fast charger · 23 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • DDump0 mi
  • GGrocery3 mi
  • LLaundry3 mi
  • FFuel8 mi
  • HHardware10 mi
  • @Mail10 mi
  • MMechanic16 mi
  • +Urgent care17 mi
  • AAir-up17 mi
  • RxPharmacy22 mi
  • EVEV fast charger23 mi
  • ShShower24 mi
  • WWater31 mi
  • OOutfitter53 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is a real 31-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 3 mi out.

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 — Mallard Bay Overflow Campground

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,876 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
38.52954, -111.73857
Cost
Fee

Nearby & resupply — around Mallard Bay Overflow Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)

  • Nearest townKoosharem · ~7.8 mi
  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelGrass Valley Mercantile · ~7.8 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • Dump station~0.1 mi
  • GroceriesGrocery · ~2.9 mi
  • PharmacyPharmacy · ~22.1 mi
  • Hospital / clinicWayne Community Health Center & Pharmacy · ~16.7 mi
  • HardwareLoa Builders Supply · ~10.1 mi

EV charging — from Mallard Bay Overflow Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Mallard Bay Overflow Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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The unit that manages Mallard Bay Overflow Campground

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Mallard Bay Overflow 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 Fish Lake Utah at 8,780 ft, about 2 miles away. That is about the height of this camp, so it is a fair proxy. 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 — Mallard Bay Overflow 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 2026-08-24: $20.00 per night for a single site, plus $7.50 per day for an additional vehicle. There is no recreation.gov listing for this site, so the Fishlake NF page is the only channel. The Fishlake NF adds that every campground on the forest is run by the concessionaire High Country Recreation under a Forest Service permit and that fees are subject to change seasonally. That page goes further than most and gives the concessionaire's address for current rates (highcountryrec@gmail.com). Caveat: it was last updated November 19, 2025, so it predates the 2026 season. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/fishlake/recreation/mallard-bay-overflow-rec-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 Mallard Bay Overflow 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.

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