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Sunrise Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 41.92160, -111.46072
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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 Sunrise Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,621 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sunrise 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 Sunrise Campground · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- +Urgent care4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- EVEV fast charger4 mi
- HHardware4 mi
- ShShower4 mi
- WWater5 mi
- OOutfitter5 mi
- DDump8 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- AAir-up21 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- PPropane23 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, 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 — Sunrise Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,621 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
41.92160, -111.46072
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Sunrise Campground · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townGarden · ~2.7 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~5.2 mi
- FuelChevron · ~3.2 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~23.0 mi
- Dump station~7.8 mi
- GroceriesFast Stop Express · ~3.2 mi
- PharmacyHigh Creek Pharmacy · ~18.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicBear Lake Community Health Center · ~3.5 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~3.9 mi
EV charging — from Sunrise Campground · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger3.8 mi straight-line NE — STATE OF UTAH GC EAST ST1, Garden City, UT · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach9 within 25 mi · 16 within 50 · 115 within 100 · 174 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)4.0 mi — Mike's Market - Tesla Supercharger (Car Charging Pros), Garden City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)20.9 mi — ASPIRE Research Center, Logan, UT (at a research facility) · Non-Networked · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 3 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-11-13 · hours: 8am-5pm 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 168180 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sunrise Campground · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSunrise Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRed Banks Campground · ~5.6 mi W · USFS
- Flush restroomLewis M. Turner Campground · ~6.2 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBeaver Creek · ~7.7 mi NW · USFS
Open Sunrise Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Sunrise Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Red Banks Campground~5.6 mi · fee
- Lewis M. Turner Campground~6.2 mi · fee
- Beaver Creek~7.7 mi · fee
- Tony Grove Lake Campground~9.4 mi · fee
The unit that manages Sunrise Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sunrise 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 Garden City Summit at 7,680 ft, less than a mile away. That is about the height of this camp, so it is a fair proxy. 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 — Sunrise Campground
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 2026-08-22: $24.06 per night for a standard non-electric site, for the current 2026-06-26 to 2026-09-20 peak season. The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache page publishes no amount and defers to recreation.gov, whose advertised $24.06 matches its own rate table. Sources: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232108 and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/uinta-wasatch-cache/recreation/sunrise-campground (last updated June 15, 2026).
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 Sunrise 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 — Sunrise Campground
When the high country opens →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →How to read this page →All field notes →
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