Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFee
South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping Areas
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.45037, -111.55129
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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 South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping Areas
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,128 ft.
Fire & smoke — around South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping AreasNIFC · 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 South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping Areas · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater1 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- ShShower5 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- DDump7 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- +Urgent care9 mi
- AAir-up12 mi
- EVEV fast charger12 mi
- PPropane18 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping Areas
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
6,128 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
40.45037, -111.55129
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping Areas · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townSundance · ~4.5 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.6 mi
- FuelChevron · ~5.9 mi
- Propane / LPGSinclair · ~17.8 mi
- Dump station~7.3 mi
- GroceriesHeirloom Common and Market · ~5.8 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~7.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicWasatch County Family Clinic · ~8.7 mi
- HardwareTrue Value · ~7.6 mi
EV charging — from South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping Areas · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.8 mi straight-line SW — Walmart EV Charging, Lindon, UT (at a shopping center) · WALMART · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-14 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach71 within 25 mi · 103 within 50 · 142 within 100 · 171 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO12.7 mi — MURDOCK LINDON HYUNDAI F1, Lindon
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.4 mi — HL&P SOLDIER HOLLOW, Midway, 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 charger$0.43 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 461010 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping Areas · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCascade Springs · ~0.6 mi N · USFS
- RestroomDeer Creek State Park Recreation Management Area Restroom- Restroom Building · ~3.2 mi S · BoR
- RestroomDeer Creek State Park Recreation Management Area Restroom- Restroom Building · ~3.2 mi SE · BoR
- RestroomDeer Creek State Park Recreation Management Area Restroom- Restroom Building · ~3.3 mi SE · BoR
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Other camps near South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping Areas
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Elk Camp~2.9 mi
- Cascade Scenic Drive Dispersed Area~3.5 mi · fee
- Salamander Flat~4.1 mi · fee
- Theater-In-The-Pines~4.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping Areas
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping Areas 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 Timpanogos Divide at 8,180 ft, about 4 miles away. It sits about 2,052 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 — South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping Areas
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-24: no per-night rate published by the agency for this dispersed area. Its own Forest Service recreation-site record carries a fee flag with an empty fee description, and the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache forest has no page for it. What the forest does publish, on the Cascade Springs page for the site 0.57 mi north, is that Cascade Springs sits inside the American Fork Recreation Fee Area where the day-use pass is $10 per vehicle per three days, $20 per seven days, $60 per season. We could find no agency statement on whether that fee-area boundary covers this dispersed camping area, so treat the pass as likely but unconfirmed and budget for it. Checked https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0/query?where=objectid%3D2566723&outFields=site_name,fee_description&f=json and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/uinta-wasatch-cache/recreation/cascade-springs.
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 South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping Areas
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 — South Cascade Springs Dispersed Camping Areas
What “dispersed” means here →Stay limits →Your first dispersed night →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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