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Soda Lake WHMA — East Point

Drive-up · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY · 42.96948, -109.84204
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SEASONAL CLOSURE -- READ THIS FIRST: Dec. 1- May 1 at 6am Wyoming closes many of these areas in winter and spring to protect wintering big game, and a closure is not advisory. Confirm the current dates with Game and Fish before you drive out. This is a designated campground on the Soda Lake Wildlife Habitat Management Area in Sublette County, land acquired or administered by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission. The area runs about 4,115 acres. Camping here is genuinely free and first come, first served -- and unlike neighbouring states, Wyoming does NOT make you buy a license or a habitat/entrance pass simply to be on the land or to camp. (If you intend to hunt or fish while you are there, that is a different matter: you need the appropriate Wyoming license and a conservation stamp for that activity.) The rules that bind: you may only camp in the designated spots, no more than 14 consecutive days, and you cannot leave a camp unattended more than 48 hours. After you hit the limit you have to be off that same Game and Fish land for at least 72 hours before returning. Some areas post a limit shorter than 14 days on the sign at the entrance -- if the sign says less, the sign wins. Area-specific regulations from Game and Fish: No human presence Dec. 1 - May 1 at 6am. 14 day camping limit. No fireworks. Motor vehicles restricted to roads marked with white arrows. Certified weed free hay required. Soda Lake wetlands closed May 1 - July 1 for nesting/brooding waterfowl. Cutting of firewood prohibited Amenities listed by Game and Fish for the area: Parking, Comfort Stations, Camping, Boat Ramps These are working wildlife areas first and campgrounds second -- they exist for habitat, so expect gravel, expect stock, and leave it cleaner than you found it. We have not visited; confirm current conditions and closures with the Wyoming Game and Fish Pinedale regional office before you go.

Can I go now? — Soda Lake WHMA — East Point · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY
Open today Opened May 1; the record gives no closing date.
Wyoming Game & Fish record: “Dec. 1- May 1 at 6am” · also: “THIS AREA OPENS TO ALL HUMAN PRESENCE AT 6:00AM MAY 1” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-17; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
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USGS topographic map of Soda Lake WHMA — East Point
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
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Weather outlook — at Soda Lake WHMA — East Point
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,556 ft.
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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 Soda Lake WHMA — East Point · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 17 miWDump · 7 miDPhillips 66 · Fuel · 7 miFRidley's Family Market · Grocery · 7 miGBroulim's Pharmacy - Afton · Pharmacy · 58 miRxAce Hardware · Hardware · 7 miHBelveal’s Body Shop & Towing Inc. · Mechanic · 7 miMRocky Mountain Wash · Laundry · 7 miLShower · 59 miShAir-up · 59 miAPinedale Medical Clinic · Urgent care · 7 mi+The Great Outdoor Shop · Outfitter · 7 miOPinedale Post Office · Mail · 7 mi@Maybell Avenue Parking Lot · EV fast charger · 7 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • +Urgent care7 mi
  • GGrocery7 mi
  • HHardware7 mi
  • EVEV fast charger7 mi
  • DDump7 mi
  • FFuel7 mi
  • MMechanic7 mi
  • OOutfitter7 mi
  • @Mail7 mi
  • LLaundry7 mi
  • WWater17 mi
  • RxPharmacy58 mi
  • ShShower59 mi
  • AAir-up59 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 7 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 — Soda Lake WHMA — East Point

Access
Drive-up
Land
Wyoming Game & Fish
Elevation
7,556 ft
State
WY
Coordinates
42.96948, -109.84204
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Soda Lake WHMA — East Point · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featureSoda Lake (water) · nearby
  • Nearest townSylvan Bay Summer Home Area · ~3.1 mi
  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelFuel · ~7.5 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • Dump station~7.2 mi
  • GroceriesRidley's Family Market · ~7.1 mi
  • Hospital / clinicHospital · ~6.8 mi
  • HardwareAce Hardware · ~7.1 mi

EV charging — from Soda Lake WHMA — East Point · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Soda Lake WHMA — East Point · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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Snow, and when this opens

The nearest automatic snow station is Elkhart Park G.S. at 9,410 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 1,854 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 — Soda Lake WHMA — East Point

Seasonal closure
Dec. 1- May 1 at 6am
Open dates
THIS AREA OPENS TO ALL HUMAN PRESENCE AT 6:00AM MAY 1
Stay limit
14 nights (14 day camping limit)
Area rules
No human presence Dec. 1 - May 1 at 6am. 14 day camping limit. No fireworks. Motor vehicles restricted to roads marked with white arrows. Certified weed free hay required. Soda Lake wetlands closed May 1 - July 1 for nesting/brooding waterfowl. Cutting of firewood prohibited
Amenities
Parking, Comfort Stations, Camping, Boat Ramps
Source
Wyoming Game & Fish (habitat management areas)
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
FREE, no permit required, per WGFC Chapter 23 Sec. 4(a)(iii): 'Camping shall only be allowed in areas designated by Department publication or sign. No person shall camp in excess of the posted camping limit, and in no case more than fourteen (14) consecutive days, or leave a camp unattended for more than forty-eight (48) hours.' The words 'fee' and 'stamp' do not appear anywhere in Chapter 23, and 'license' appears only for long-term special-use agreements -- there is NO license/pass precondition for camping (unlike SD GFP or OK ODWC). WGFD states directly: 'Camping on WHMAs and PAAs is free and on a first-come, first-served basis' and 'The statewide camping limit is 14 days'. DESIGNATION: this is not inferred -- it is a point in WGFD's own WHMA_Facilities feature service with FacilityType='Campground' and PublicView='Public' (FacilityName 'East Point', area 'Soda Lake'), which is the 'Department publication' the rule requires. Coordinates are that feature's own WGS84 geometry, not a geocode. Area attributes (season, regulations, amenities) come from WGFD's WHMA_Locations layer joined on area name. Source: services6.arcgis.com/cWzdqIyxbijuhPLw (WHMA_Facilities / WHMA_Locations), WGFD open data. Ingested 2026-07-20 18:27:48. SCOPE OF THE RULE (checked 2026-07-21 against the Chapter 23 PDF itself, wgfd.wyo.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/24576_REGULATIONS-CH-23.pdf): the chapter is titled 'REGULATION GOVERNING USES OF LANDS AND WATERS ACQUIRED OR ADMINISTERED BY THE WYOMING GAME AND FISH COMMISSION', and Sec. 3 defines acquired land as taken by the Commission 'by purchase, deed, lease, agreement, gift or devise'. The rule therefore reaches land the Commission holds by lease/agreement/easement, not only land it owns, so the free-camping authority holds on easement areas too. Land status is stated as 'acquired or administered' rather than 'owned' for that reason. SeasonalClosure: 'Dec. 1- May 1 at 6am'. AccessDates: 'THIS AREA OPENS TO ALL HUMAN PRESENCE AT 6:00AM MAY 1'. AreaRegulations: 'No human presence Dec. 1 - May 1 at 6am. 14 day camping limit. No fireworks. Motor vehicles restricted to roads marked with white arrows. Certified weed free hay required. Soda Lake wetlands closed May 1 - July 1 for nesting/brooding waterfowl. Cutting of firewood prohibited'. Amenities: 'Parking, Comfort Stations, Camping, Boat Ramps'. NOTE REFRESHED 2026-07-21 01:39:46: this row's stay limit was recomputed after a parser fix -- WGFD states its posted camping limit in several different phrasings ('Camping limit: 5 days', 'Overnight camping (5-day limit)', '5 day camping on Commission Lands') and the original ingester matched only one of them, so some areas were described with Wyoming's 14-day statewide cap when the posted limit is shorter. Coordinates, source and provenance are unchanged.
Season
Read from the agency's own season / closure text in this record (data/conditions.py) and checked against the calendar. The words we read are printed under the verdict at the top of the page.
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 Soda Lake WHMA — East Point

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