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Porcupine Rim
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 38.57378, -109.35002
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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 Porcupine Rim
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,390 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Porcupine RimNIFC · 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 Porcupine Rim · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- MMechanic9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- WWater10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- DDump10 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- AAir-up11 mi
- OOutfitter11 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- ShShower12 mi
- +Urgent care52 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 — Porcupine Rim
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,390 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
38.57378, -109.35002
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Porcupine Rim · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureGrandstaff Canyon (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townCastle Valley · ~5.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelE's Market Fuel · ~18.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~10.5 mi
- GroceriesDave's Corner Market · ~10.4 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~10.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicMoab Regional Hospital · ~11.3 mi
- HardwareStandard Plumbing Supply Company · ~10.2 mi
EV charging — from Porcupine Rim · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.9 mi straight-line W — Moab, UT - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 4 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 reach3 within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 51 within 100 · 109 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS11.2 mi — Moab, UT - North Main Street - Tesla Supercharger, Moab
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO48.7 mi — STATE OF UTAH WELCOME WEST 2, Monticello
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.4 mi — Field Station Moab - Tesla Destination · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 6 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Homewood Suites by Hilton Moab - Tesla Destination, Moab, 10.8 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 102459 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Porcupine Rim · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPorcupine Rim · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMasons Draw Campground · ~3.3 mi SE · USFS
- RestroomPorcupine Rim Toilet Structure · ~3.6 mi W · BLM
- RestroomRock Castle Toilet Structure (Roofed) · ~3.7 mi NE · BLM
Open Porcupine Rim elsewhere
Other camps near Porcupine Rim
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Masons Draw Campground~3.3 mi · fee
- Warner Campground~5.5 mi
- Oowah Campground~6.2 mi
- Oowah Campground~6.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Porcupine Rim
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Porcupine Rim are set by Manti-La Sal National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Lasal Mountain-Lower at 8,780 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 1,390 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 — Porcupine Rim
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Porcupine Rim
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 — Porcupine Rim
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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