Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Strawberry Valley Free Campsite
OHV / 4×4 · public land · UT · 37.49235, -112.62467
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Ask about this camp →A mapped lead, not an agency listing. Somebody marked this as a campsite; we could not match it to a land-manager record. Worth checking rather than counting on. 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 Strawberry Valley Free Campsite
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,160 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Strawberry Valley Free CampsiteNIFC · 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 Strawberry Valley Free Campsite · Dixie National Forest · UT
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- WWater8 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- DDump11 mi
- MMechanic15 mi
- OOutfitter15 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- LLaundry21 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- HHardware25 mi
- +Urgent care26 mi
- EVEV fast charger27 mi
- AAir-up28 mi
- PPropane28 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Strawberry Valley Free Campsite
Access
OHV / 4×4
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
8,160 ft
Ground slope
18.2% · steep
State
UT
Coordinates
37.49235, -112.62467
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Strawberry Valley Free Campsite · Dixie National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStrawberry Creek · ~0.5 mi · USGS: intermittent stream
- Also mapped (OSM)Swains Creek (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townDuck Creek Village · ~3.0 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.1 mi
- FuelZion Mountain Ranch Trading Post · ~21.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~11.0 mi
- GroceriesJunction Market · ~25.3 mi
- PharmacyPanguitch Drug Co · ~25.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicGarfield Memorial Hospital · ~25.5 mi
- HardwareIFA Country Stores · ~26.9 mi
EV charging — from Strawberry Valley Free Campsite · Dixie National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger27.1 mi straight-line NW — Cedar City, UT - South Main Street - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 16 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 8 within 50 · 35 within 100 · 46 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS27.7 mi — Walmart 1438 (Cedar City, UT), Cedar City
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO27.7 mi — Walmart 1438 (Cedar City, UT), Cedar City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)25.1 mi — Two Sunsets Hotel - Tesla Destination, Panguitch, UT · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 6 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — The Grand Lodge at Brian Head - Tesla Destination, Brian Head, 19.3 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Zion National Park Lodge, Springdale, 24.7 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for hotel guest use only · 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 421675 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Strawberry Valley Free Campsite · Dixie National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletAspen Mirror Lake Trailhead · ~3.4 mi NW · USFS
- Flush restroomDuck Creek Pond Trailhead · ~4.1 mi NW · USFS
- Portable toiletDuck Creek Visitor Center · ~4.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLava Picnic Site · ~10.7 mi N · USFS
Coming out here — Strawberry Valley Free Campsite · Dixie National Forest · UT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Strawberry Creek as an intermittent stream, ~0.5 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as intermittent — expect it dry for part of the year. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 18.2% — steep. 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 Strawberry Valley Free Campsite elsewhere
Other camps near Strawberry Valley Free Campsite
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Uinta Flat Designated Dispersed Camping Area~1.3 mi
- Lava Flat Designated Dispersed Camping Area~3.6 mi
- Duck Creek Campground~4.4 mi · fee
- Duck Creek Campground~4.4 mi
The unit that manages Strawberry Valley Free Campsite
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Strawberry Valley Free Campsite are set by Dixie National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Harris Flat at 7,800 ft, about 3 miles away. It sits about 360 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 — Strawberry Valley Free Campsite
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
likely OHV (only a rough 4wd track in) — confirm
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
Contributed, not agency-listed. A mapper marked this as a campsite. We have not matched it to a land-manager record, so it stays at Likely.
What we don’t know about Strawberry Valley Free Campsite
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 — Strawberry Valley Free Campsite
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →