Agency-listedUSFSFree
Pioneer Pass
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 33.28060, -110.79680
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Pioneer Pass
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,798 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Pioneer PassNIFC · 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 Pioneer Pass · Tonto National Forest · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- AAir-up8 mi
- WWater9 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- DDump10 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- ShShower20 mi
- OOutfitter44 mi
- PPropane54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Pioneer Pass
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,798 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
33.28060, -110.79680
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Pioneer Pass · Tonto National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePioneer Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townEl Capitan · ~3.0 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.7 mi
- FuelSpeedway · ~7.9 mi
- Propane / LPGLPG · ~9.7 mi
- Dump station~9.7 mi
- GroceriesSpeedway · ~7.9 mi
- PharmacyKearny Health Mart · ~16.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicCobre Valley Regional Medical Center · ~8.9 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~16.5 mi
EV charging — from Pioneer Pass · Tonto National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.9 mi straight-line N — APS - Globe (Globe, AZ) · Electrify America · CCS · 3 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 13 within 50 · 142 within 100 · 182 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)45.6 mi — Queen Creek, AZ - Tesla Supercharger, Queen Creek
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO48.0 mi — GPM INVESTMENTS 4597 DC2, Queen Creek
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.8 mi — Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center, Globe, AZ (at a hospital) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-11-06 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Holiday Inn Express & Suites Globe - Tesla Destination, Globe, 7.7 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 250746 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Pioneer Pass · Tonto National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPioneer Pass · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSix Shooter · ~1.5 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPinal · ~2.0 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletIcehouse C C C · ~3.2 mi N · USFS
Open Pioneer Pass elsewhere
Other camps near Pioneer Pass
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Pinal and Upper Pinal;Upper Pinal Campground~1.4 mi
- Pinal~2.0 mi
- Sulphide Del Rey~4.2 mi
- Kellner~4.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages Pioneer Pass
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Pioneer Pass are set by Tonto National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Pioneer Pass
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 Pioneer Pass
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 — Pioneer Pass
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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