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Moon Lake Group
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.56729, -110.50368
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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 Moon Lake Group
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,168 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Moon Lake GroupNIFC · 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 Moon Lake Group · Ashley National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery0 mi
- DDump8 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- WWater22 mi
- ShShower23 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- OOutfitter41 mi
- RxPharmacy48 mi
- LLaundry48 mi
- EVEV fast charger50 mi
- PPropane51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 0 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 50-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 — Moon Lake Group
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,168 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
40.56729, -110.50368
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Moon Lake Group · Ashley National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townTabiona · ~18.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~13.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~7.6 mi
- GroceriesMoon Lake Lodge · ~0.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicThe Clinic · ~18.4 mi
- HardwareKohl's Hardware · ~28.5 mi
EV charging — from Moon Lake Group · Ashley National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger50.1 mi straight-line E — Vernal, UT - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 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 reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 136 within 100 · 185 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS51.7 mi — RMP Vernal (Vernal, UT), Vernal
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO52.3 mi — TriCounty Health Dep, Vernal
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)32.6 mi — L&L Motor Company, Roosevelt, UT · Blink Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port 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 334568 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Moon Lake Group · Ashley National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMoon Lake Group · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLake Fork Trailhead · ~0.2 mi S · USFS
- RestroomMoon Lake · ~0.4 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCenter Park Trailhead · ~4.1 mi NE · USFS
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Other camps near Moon Lake Group
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Moon Lake~0.4 mi · fee
- Rock Creek Group Campground~6.3 mi · fee
- Miners Gulch Group Campground~6.7 mi · fee
- Yellowpine Campground~7.4 mi · fee
The unit that manages Moon Lake Group
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Moon Lake Group are set by Ashley National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Lakefork #1 at 10,120 ft, about 4 miles away. It sits about 1,952 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 — Moon Lake Group
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: this pin is the GROUP unit, so there is no single-camper rate to quote: $100.00 per night for the group site. Both channels agree -- the Ashley NF's Moon Lake page says "$20/night for single site, and $32/night for double site and $100/night for the group site", and recreation.gov's MOON LAKE GROUP listing carries $100.00 group standard non-electric for the current 2026-05-22 to 2026-09-08 peak season. If you want an ordinary site rather than the group unit, that is the adjacent Moon Lake Campground at $20 single / $32 double. Caveat: the forest page was last updated March 20, 2025, and it covers the parent campground 0.42 mi from this pin; the Forest Service records this site's own type as GROUP CAMPGROUND. Sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/ashley/recreation/moon-lake-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/231909 .
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 Moon Lake Group
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 — Moon Lake Group
When the high country opens →Camping near a reservoir →Water on public land →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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