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Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.56074, -110.83820
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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 Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,171 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Splash Dam Campsite Camping AreaNIFC · 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 Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area · Ashley National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail8 mi
- WWater10 mi
- DDump10 mi
- ShShower11 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- MMechanic24 mi
- OOutfitter24 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- +Urgent care30 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- LLaundry30 mi
- EVEV fast charger36 mi
- AAir-up47 mi
- PPropane51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 12 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 36-mi run (and back).
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 — Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
9,171 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
40.56074, -110.83820
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area · Ashley National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSplash Dam Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townHanna · ~8.5 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~9.3 mi
- FuelHanna Country Store · ~11.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~10.4 mi
- GroceriesHanna Hilton Mercantile · ~11.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicWasatch County Family Clinic · ~29.9 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~24.1 mi
EV charging — from Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area · Ashley National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger35.8 mi straight-line W — Park City, UT (at a public site) · RIVIAN_ADVENTURE · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 29 within 50 · 144 within 100 · 174 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO38.4 mi — SUMMIT COUNTY COALVILLE QC, Coalville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)23.9 mi — SUMMIT COUNTY KAMAS 1 · 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 452387 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area · Ashley National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGrand View Trailhead · ~0.8 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHades · ~2.6 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletIron Mine · ~2.6 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAspen · ~4.5 mi S · USFS
Open Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area elsewhere
Other camps near Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Mill Flat Camping Area~2.6 mi
- Hades~2.6 mi · fee
- Iron Mine~2.6 mi · fee
- Aspen~4.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area are set by Ashley National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Rock Creek at 7,880 ft, about 8 miles away. It sits about 1,291 ft lower 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 — Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area
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 Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area
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 — Splash Dam Campsite Camping Area
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Finding water out here →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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