Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFreeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Shadow Upper 17
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WY · 43.71123, -110.58591
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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 — Shadow Upper 17 · Bridger-Teton National Forest · WY
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 30340 (Shadow Mountain), 10 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 30340 (Shadow Mountain), 10 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles May 1 – Nov 30. That season ends after Nov 30.
MVUM record for FR 30340 (Shadow Mountain): “05/01-11/30” 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 Shadow Upper 17
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,238 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Shadow Upper 17NIFC · 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 Shadow Upper 17 · Bridger-Teton National Forest · WY
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery6 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- OOutfitter7 mi
- WWater7 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- ShShower9 mi
- DDump14 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- AAir-up17 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Shadow Upper 17
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
8,238 ft
Ground slope
8.4% · noticeable
State
WY
Coordinates
43.71123, -110.58591
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Shadow Upper 17 · Bridger-Teton National Forest · WY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureDitch Creek · ~1.0 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townKelly · ~6.6 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~7.4 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~7.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~13.9 mi
- GroceriesKelly Cafe · ~6.3 mi
- PharmacyBlackburn Drug · ~17.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicTeton Village Clinic · ~14.8 mi
- HardwareJackson Lumber · ~18.2 mi
EV charging — from Shadow Upper 17 · Bridger-Teton National Forest · WY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.4 mi straight-line SW — TOWN OF JACKSON GARAGE DC #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 reach3 within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 24 within 100 · 54 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)20.0 mi — Jackson, WY - Tesla Supercharger, Jackson
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.6 mi — Jackson Hole Airport (at an airport) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 8 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-04-14 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Signal Mountain Lodge, Moran, 9.2 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; Only available during summer · 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 225937 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Shadow Upper 17 · Bridger-Teton National Forest · WY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomToppings Spread 4 · ~3.7 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomToppings Spread 13 · ~3.9 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomToppings Spread 2A · ~3.9 mi N · USFS
- RestroomToppings Spread 12 · ~3.9 mi NE · USFS
Coming out here — Shadow Upper 17 · Bridger-Teton National Forest · WY
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Ditch Creek as a perennial stream, ~1.0 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 8.4% — noticeable. 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.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- 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 Shadow Upper 17 elsewhere
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If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Shadow Upper 18B~0.1 mi
- Shadow Upper 14~0.1 mi
- Shadow Upper 19B~0.2 mi
- Shadow Upper 13~0.4 mi
The unit that manages Shadow Upper 17
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Shadow Upper 17 are set by Bridger-Teton National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Shadow Upper 17
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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Shadow Upper 17
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 — Shadow Upper 17
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →What “dispersed” means here →Leave no trace →All field notes →