Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFreeRoad season: open (MVUM)
National Guard Dispersed Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.28939, -111.60713
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service 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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — National Guard Dispersed Area · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 70403 (National Guard Dispersed Camp), 0 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as native material surface and maintenance level 2 – high-clearance vehicles.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 70403 (National Guard Dispersed Camp), 0 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles May 11 – Nov 14. That season ends after Nov 14.
MVUM record for FR 70403 (National Guard Dispersed Camp): “05/11-11/14” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at National Guard Dispersed Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,426 ft.
Fire & smoke — around National Guard Dispersed AreaNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 National Guard Dispersed Area · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater2 mi
- RxPharmacy2 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- HHardware3 mi
- MMechanic3 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- LLaundry3 mi
- FFuel3 mi
- +Urgent care3 mi
- EVEV fast charger4 mi
- AAir-up4 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- ShShower6 mi
- PPropane9 mi
- DDump13 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, 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 — National Guard Dispersed Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
7,426 ft
Ground slope
6.9% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~4.9 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~5.3 mi · Interstate 15
State
UT
Coordinates
40.28939, -111.60713
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around National Guard Dispersed Area · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureFirst Left Fork (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- USGS NHDno named surface water within 1 mi
- Nearest townEdgemont · ~2.4 mi
- Nearest rail line~4.9 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~5.3 mi · Interstate 15
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~1.8 mi
- FuelTexaco · ~3.2 mi
- Propane / LPGJenson Lumber Propane · ~22.4 mi
- Dump station~13.1 mi
- GroceriesDay's Market · ~2.6 mi
- PharmacyEdgemont Pharmacy · ~2.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicUtah Valley Specialty Hospital · ~3.1 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~2.6 mi
EV charging — from National Guard Dispersed Area · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger3.8 mi straight-line SW — SKY FORD PROVO LVL 3-4 · ChargePoint Network · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach40 within 25 mi · 102 within 50 · 136 within 100 · 171 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)4.6 mi — CC STATION1 CPPL0002, Orem
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO4.6 mi — CC STATION1 OREM CITY DC 2, Orem
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.1 mi — HOME BASE REDSTONE EAST, Provo, 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 446302 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around National Guard Dispersed Area · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHope · ~1.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRock Canyon · ~1.6 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTheater-In-The-Pines · ~7.9 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTheater-In-The-Pines · ~8.0 mi N · USFS
Coming out here — National Guard Dispersed Area · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
- Surface water mapped nearby: First Left Fork (stream). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink. USGS maps no named surface water within 1 mi of the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022).
- Ground slope around the pin: about 6.9% — gentle. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (10 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~4.9 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. The atlas also records tourist, museum or scenic passenger service on it. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Interstate 15 is mapped ~5.3 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open National Guard Dispersed Area elsewhere
Other camps near National Guard Dispersed Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Hope~1.2 mi · fee
- Rock Canyon~1.6 mi
- Theater-In-The-Pines~8.0 mi · fee
- Mt Timpanogos~8.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages National Guard Dispersed Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at National Guard Dispersed Area 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 Cascade Mountain at 7,750 ft, less than a mile away. It sits about 324 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 — National Guard Dispersed Area
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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the 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 National Guard Dispersed 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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — National Guard Dispersed Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Picking a spot →All field notes →