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Sand Island Campground
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · UT · 37.26067, -109.61809
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 Sand Island Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,291 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sand Island 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 Sand Island Campground · Bureau of Land Management · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- EVEV fast charger3 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- LLaundry4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- WWater4 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- HHardware25 mi
- MMechanic38 mi
- RxPharmacy45 mi
- AAir-up51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Dump, 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 — Sand Island Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
4,291 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
37.26067, -109.61809
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Sand Island Campground · Bureau of Land Management · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBuck Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townTselakai Dezza · ~3.1 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~4.0 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~25.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~23.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicMontezuma Creek Community Health Center · ~17.4 mi
EV charging — from Sand Island Campground · Bureau of Land Management · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger3.1 mi straight-line NE — STATE OF UTAH BLUFF EAST 2 · 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 6 within 50 · 23 within 100 · 74 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)26.4 mi — Blanding, UT - Tesla Supercharger, Blanding
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)36.7 mi — SKY KIVA VILLAGE, Cortez, CO · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Desert Rose Inn, Bluff, 2.9 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use 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 167233 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sand Island Campground · Bureau of Land Management · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomMexican Hat Toilet · ~15.2 mi SW · BLM
- RestroomComb Wash Toilet (East) · ~17.2 mi N · BLM
- RestroomComb Wash Toilet (West) · ~17.2 mi N · BLM
- RestroomButler Wash Toilet · ~18.2 mi N · BLM
Open Sand Island Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Sand Island Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Utah Trust Land Dispersed Camping — San Juan County, UT (37.2655, -109.6750)~3.1 mi
- Utah Trust Land Dispersed Camping — San Juan County, UT (37.3510, -109.6289)~6.3 mi
- Cigarette Springs Camp 4 (Utah Trust Land)~15.0 mi
- Snow Flat Camp 4 (Utah Trust Land)~17.3 mi
How we know this — Sand Island Campground
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 Sand Island 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 — Sand Island Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →