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Spruces Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.64073, -111.63466
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service 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 Spruces Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,391 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Spruces 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 Spruces Campground · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- +Urgent care3 mi
- OOutfitter3 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- PPropane10 mi
- DDump10 mi
- AAir-up11 mi
- ShShower13 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Spruces Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,391 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
40.64073, -111.63466
Cost
Fee · priced on the land manager's own page (recreation.gov, read 2026-09-18)
Nearby & resupply — around Spruces Campground · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBig Cottonwood Creek (river) · nearby
- Nearest townDunyon Dell · ~1.2 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.0 mi
- FuelFuel · ~5.7 mi
- Propane / LPGJenson Lumber Propane · ~16.0 mi
- Dump station~10.3 mi
- GroceriesBrighton Store · ~3.8 mi
- PharmacySmith's Pharmacy · ~9.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicSolitude Clinc · ~2.6 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~8.8 mi
EV charging — from Spruces Campground · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.8 mi straight-line E — 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 reach79 within 25 mi · 115 within 50 · 144 within 100 · 173 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO9.7 mi — 7-Eleven - Canyon Rim, Salt Lake City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.5 mi — Albion Day Lodge, Alta, UT (at a recreation facility) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-12-12 · hours: 24 hours daily; no overnight parking
- 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 Spruces Campground · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomSpruces · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJordan Pines · ~0.8 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDonut Falls Th · ~0.9 mi W · USFS
- RestroomCardiff Fork/Mill D North Th · ~0.9 mi NW · USFS
Open Spruces Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Spruces Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Spruces~0.2 mi · fee
- Jordan Pines~0.8 mi · fee
- Redman~2.9 mi · fee
- Albion Basin~4.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Spruces Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Spruces Campground 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 Mill-D North at 8,940 ft, about a mile away. It sits about 1,549 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 — Spruces Campground
Fee note
$29.07 a night per the Recreation.gov page, read 18 Sep 2026: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232103
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.
Agency page
recreation.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there) | Fee 2026-09-18: $29.07 per night, by site type and season (Recreation.gov rates table). Source: https://www.recreation.gov/api/camps/campgrounds/232103/rates (fee_backfill, figure verified on that 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 Spruces 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 — Spruces Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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