Agency-listedUSFSFreeRoad season: closed (MVUM)
Rock Canyon
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.27215, -111.58747
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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 — Rock Canyon · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 70202 (Rock Canyon Campground), 10 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as native material surface and maintenance level 2 – high-clearance vehicles.
Road season: closed (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 70202 (Rock Canyon Campground), 10 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles May 25 – Sep 9; today is outside that window. Opens May 25.
MVUM record for FR 70202 (Rock Canyon Campground): “05/25-09/09” 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 Rock Canyon
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,019 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Rock CanyonNIFC · 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 Rock Canyon · 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
- LLaundry3 mi
- +Urgent care3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- RxPharmacy3 mi
- HHardware3 mi
- MMechanic3 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- EVEV fast charger4 mi
- OOutfitter5 mi
- AAir-up5 mi
- ShShower7 mi
- PPropane8 mi
- DDump12 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 — Rock Canyon
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,019 ft
Ground slope
33% · steep
Nearest rail line
~4.7 mi · yard track
Nearest highway
~5.6 mi · Interstate 15
State
UT
Coordinates
40.27215, -111.58747
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Rock Canyon · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurenone named within 1 mi (USGS NHD)
- Nearest townProvo · ~3.6 mi
- Nearest rail line~4.7 mi · yard track
- Nearest highway~5.6 mi · Interstate 15
- Drinking waterWater · ~1.6 mi
- FuelShell · ~3.7 mi
- Propane / LPGLove's · ~8.3 mi
- Dump station~12.0 mi
- GroceriesBYU Creamery Outlet · ~3.3 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~3.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicBYU Student Health Center · ~3.1 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~3.4 mi
EV charging — from Rock Canyon · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger4.3 mi straight-line W — 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 reach35 within 25 mi · 102 within 50 · 136 within 100 · 172 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)5.4 mi — Provo, UT - Tesla Supercharger, Provo
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO5.2 mi — VOLVO CAR USA PROVO DC4, Provo
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.5 mi — STATEOFUTDAS STATE HOSPITAL1, 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 Rock Canyon · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRock Canyon · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHope · ~2.8 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTheater-In-The-Pines · ~9.1 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTheater-In-The-Pines · ~9.2 mi N · USFS
Coming out here — Rock Canyon · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
- No named surface water mapped within 1 mi of the pin in USGS's National Hydrography Dataset (data refreshed October 2022), and none within about a mile and a half in our OpenStreetMap pull — which is not proof there is none, only that neither map has one. Plan to carry washing water as well as drinking water.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 33% — steep. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 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 ~4.7 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a yard track. 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 ~5.6 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.
- 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 Rock Canyon elsewhere
Other camps near Rock Canyon
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- National Guard Dispersed Area~1.6 mi
- Hope~2.8 mi · fee
- Theater-In-The-Pines~9.2 mi · fee
- Cherry~9.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages Rock Canyon
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Rock Canyon 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, about a mile away. It sits about 731 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 — Rock Canyon
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
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 Rock Canyon
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 — Rock Canyon
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Fire rules & restrictions →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →