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Paiute Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 38.61829, -111.65173
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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 Paiute Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,849 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Paiute 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 Paiute Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery5 mi
- LLaundry5 mi
- DDump8 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- HHardware15 mi
- @Mail15 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- AAir-up20 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- ShShower26 mi
- WWater31 mi
- OOutfitter51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 31-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Paiute Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,849 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
38.61829, -111.65173
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Paiute Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townFremont · ~11.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelGrass Valley Mercantile · ~14.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~7.7 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~4.8 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~25.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicWayne Community Health Center & Pharmacy · ~20.1 mi
- HardwareLoa Builders Supply · ~14.8 mi
EV charging — from Paiute Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger15.7 mi straight-line NE — RMP Ivie Creek (Salina, UT) · Electrify America · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 8 within 50 · 33 within 100 · 152 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)26.0 mi — Richfield, UT - West 1250 South - Tesla Supercharger, Richfield
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO24.2 mi — Love's 581 (Salina, UT), Salina
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)24.8 mi — Skyview Hotel - Tesla Destination, Torrey, UT · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 387120 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Paiute Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPaiute Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomTasha Equestrian Campground · ~0.5 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJohnson Reservoir Rec Site · ~1.1 mi SE · USFS
- Flush restroomFrying Pan Campground · ~1.5 mi SW · USFS
Open Paiute Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Paiute Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Tasha Equestrian Campground~0.5 mi · fee
- Frying Pan Campground~1.5 mi · fee
- Black Flat CUA Dispersed~5.1 mi
- Bowery Creek Campground~5.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages Paiute Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Paiute 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 Black Flat-U.M. Ck at 9,420 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 571 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 — Paiute 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: the two agency channels disagree by double, so both numbers are here. The Fishlake NF page prints "Single sites: $10 per night" and was last updated May 18, 2026; the Forest Service's own recreation-site record, read live this fire, says the same $10. recreation.gov's rate table for the CURRENT 2026-05-15 to 2026-09-14 peak season carries $20.00 standard non-electric instead, and has carried $20 in every block from 2025 through 2028. Two agency channels say $10 and one says $20 -- carry $20 and expect the fee tube to be the authority, because the forest states this campground is first-come, first-served and that "Fee information will be posted at the campground on kiosk and pay tubes." 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. Sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/fishlake/recreation/paiute-campground , https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0/query?where=objectid%3D2564072&outFields=site_name,fee_description&f=json and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10234967 .
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 Paiute 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.
- 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 — Paiute Campground
When the high country opens →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →How to read this page →All field notes →
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