Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping
Drive-up · public land · CO · 39.30210, -108.70544
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Ask about this camp →A mapped lead, not an agency listing. Somebody marked this as a campsite; we could not match it to a land-manager record. Worth checking rather than counting on. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
What the record says about the site — North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping · public land · CO
- Basic site, no services
- First come, first served
- Tent camping
- Trailers and RVs fit
- No toilet
- No drinking water — carry your own
From the OpenStreetMap contributors listing for this site — their words, not our visit. Records go stale; treat it as a starting point and confirm anything your trip depends on.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,990 ft.
Fire & smoke — around North Fruita Desert Dispersed CampingNIFC · 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 North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping · public land · CO
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- WWater10 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- DDump10 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- ShShower48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
4,990 ft
Ground slope
2.4% · flat
Nearest rail line
~9.3 mi · main line
State
CO
Coordinates
39.30210, -108.70544
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping · public land · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLipan Wash (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- USGS NHDno named surface water within 1 mi
- Nearest townLoma · ~9.3 mi
- Nearest rail line~9.3 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelLove's · ~13.4 mi
- Propane / LPGAmeriGas · ~14.1 mi
- Dump station~10.4 mi
- GroceriesCity Market · ~10.1 mi
- PharmacyCity Market · ~15.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicFamily Health West Hospital · ~9.7 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~18.1 mi
EV charging — from North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping · public land · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.9 mi straight-line S — FRCIVICCENTER CPE 250 #2, Fruita, CO · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach16 within 25 mi · 17 within 50 · 66 within 100 · 133 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)10.6 mi — Fruita, CO Rechargery Relay - Kokopelli Blvd, Fruita
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.3 mi — Highline Lake State Park, Loma, CO (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · 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 306338 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping · public land · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomNorth Fruita Desert Restroom Loop G - South · ~0.3 mi N · BLM
- RestroomNorth Fruita Desert Restroom Loop G - North · ~0.4 mi N · BLM
- RestroomNorth Fruita Desert Restroom Event South · ~0.5 mi N · BLM
- RestroomNorth Fruita Desert Trailhead Restroom · ~0.6 mi N · BLM
Coming out here — North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping · public land · CO
- Surface water mapped nearby: Lipan Wash (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 2.4% — flat. 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 ~9.3 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. The atlas also records Amtrak 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.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- 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 North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping elsewhere
Other camps near North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- 18 Road - North Fruita Desert~2.2 mi
- BLM public land~10.2 mi
- Rattlesnake~12.6 mi
- Bull Draw~12.7 mi
Who holds the land at North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Grand Junction Field Office, manager on record: Bureau of Land Management (federal). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping
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)
Site details
The OpenStreetMap contributors listing's own fields for this site (site type, whether tents or trailers fit, capacity, toilet, water, campfires, reservations). Printed as the record states them, unchecked by us, and never used to make a cost claim -- the cost verdict above is decided separately and audited before every deploy.
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
Contributed, not agency-listed. A mapper marked this as a campsite. We have not matched it to a land-manager record, so it stays at Likely.
What we don’t know about North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping
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 — North Fruita Desert Dispersed Camping
Finding water out here →Cold-weather camping →Stay limits →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →