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Mittry Lake Wildlife Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · AZ · 32.81896, -114.47075
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. 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 Mittry Lake Wildlife Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 176 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Mittry Lake Wildlife AreaNIFC · 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 Mittry Lake Wildlife Area · Bureau of Land Management · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel3 mi
- +Urgent care3 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- DDump6 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- OOutfitter11 mi
- PPropane13 mi
- WWater13 mi
- AAir-up60 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Mittry Lake Wildlife Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
176 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
32.81896, -114.47075
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Mittry Lake Wildlife Area · Bureau of Land Management · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureColorado River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townLaguna · ~0.9 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~5.8 mi
- FuelGas · ~4.7 mi
- Propane / LPGYuma Oil · ~12.7 mi
- Dump station~5.8 mi
- GroceriesYPG Commissary · ~3.6 mi
- PharmacyFry's · ~10.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicExceptional Community Hospital · ~10.1 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~10.5 mi
EV charging — from Mittry Lake Wildlife Area · Bureau of Land Management · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.5 mi straight-line S — Yuma, AZ - S Fortuna Rd - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 16 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 35 within 100 · 178 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS11.1 mi — Pilot Travel Center 1208, Yuma
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO55.1 mi — US Bank Blythe, Blythe
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.0 mi — Las Quintas RV Resort, Yuma, AZ (at a RV park) · LOOP · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · 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 237622 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Mittry Lake Wildlife Area · Bureau of Land Management · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMittry Lake · at this camp · BLM
- RestroomRestroom 1 - Bettys Kitchen · ~1.0 mi W · BLM
- RestroomRestroom 3 - T.K. Jones Campground · ~5.7 mi N · BLM
- RestroomRestroom 4 - T.K. Jones Campground · ~5.7 mi N · BLM
Open Mittry Lake Wildlife Area elsewhere
Other camps near Mittry Lake Wildlife Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Imperial Dam Long Term Visitor Area~5.9 mi
- Little Picacho Wilderness~10.0 mi
- BLM public land~10.0 mi
- Muggins Mountain Wilderness~13.7 mi
How we know this — Mittry Lake Wildlife Area
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 Mittry Lake Wildlife Area
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 — Mittry Lake Wildlife Area
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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