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Tooele County
Drive-up · public land · Tooele County, UT · 40.39965, -112.22995
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A secluded primitive campsite in the mountains north of Ophir. Features fire ring, but no other amenities. Wooded area. Popular trailhead for equestrians. Next to a small mountain stream. Some lovely scenery and aspen trees in the area. Enough room for a few overland vehicles and no cell service. Recommended.
A night on record
Dave slept here on 13 May 2018. No agency publishes a season for this site, so that night is the only season evidence we have — what the site was then, not a forecast for this year.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Tooele County
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,052 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Tooele CountyNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Tooele County · public land · UT
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- OOutfitter11 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- AAir-up13 mi
- WWater13 mi
- LLaundry18 mi
- ShShower18 mi
- DDump18 mi
- PPropane19 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Tooele County
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
7,052 ft
Ground slope
12.6% · noticeable
Nearest rail line
~7.1 mi · other track
County
Tooele County, UT
Coordinates
40.39965, -112.22995
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Tooele County · public land · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurenone named within 1 mi (USGS NHD)
- Nearest townOphir · ~2.5 mi
- Nearest rail line~7.1 mi · other track
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~7.9 mi
- Propane / LPGSinclair · ~19.4 mi
- Dump station~18.3 mi
- GroceriesHome Town Grocery · ~9.7 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~9.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicOquirrih Family Practice · ~9.5 mi
- HardwareCAL Ranch Store · ~10.7 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
No signal
Getting there
Any vehicle managed it
Fire ring
Yes
Toilet on site
No
Tent friendly
Yes
Verdict
Recommended
EV charging — from Tooele County · public land · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.2 mi straight-line N — Tooele Motor Company (Level 3) · Blink Network · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach38 within 25 mi · 101 within 50 · 142 within 100 · 169 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO18.6 mi — LEHI POWER LEHI POWER DC, Lehi
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.2 mi — AIRPORT HOTELS TOOELE-H2S 4 · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port 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 448342 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Tooele County · public land · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletFive Mile Pass North Ohv Staging Area Double Vault -North · ~11.7 mi S · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletFive Mile Pass North Ohv Staging Area Double Vault -East · ~11.8 mi S · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletFive Mile Pass County Line Campground Double Vault · ~12.0 mi S · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletFive Mile Pass South Ohv Staging Area Double Vault · ~12.1 mi S · BLM
Coming out here — Tooele County · public land · UT
- No named surface water mapped within 1 mi of the pin in USGS's National Hydrography Dataset (data refreshed October 2022), and none within about a mile and a half in our OpenStreetMap pull — which is not proof there is none, only that neither map has one. Plan to carry washing water as well as drinking water.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 12.6% — noticeable. 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.
- Rail line mapped ~7.1 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as other track. No track the atlas classes as a main line is mapped within 10 mi. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in 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 Tooele County elsewhere
Other camps near Tooele County
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Pony Express National Historic Trail (Nht) Back Country Byway (Bcb)~11.9 mi
- Utah Trust Land Dispersed Camping — Tooele County, UT (40.2149, -112.1807)~13.0 mi
- North Oquirrh Management Area (Noma)~15.6 mi
- Cottonwood~18.7 mi · fee
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Rocky Basin-Settleme at 8,700 ft, about 3 miles away. It sits about 1,648 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 — Tooele County
Source
Dave's own travels
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
FIELD VERIFIED by Dave Lalande -- he has stood on this site. Coordinates are his own GPX track point, not a geocode. County and state confirmed against the FCC Census Block API (Tooele County, UT). Everything under 'From the field' is a direct observation; nothing here is inferred from a land record.
A night on record
Dave's own GPS diary, 2017–2020: the date of the waypoint he saved here. The timestamp is UTC, so an entry saved in the evening carries the next morning's date. An observation of one night, never a forecast.
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
Verified on the ground. Dave has stood on this one. He camped here on 13 May 2018. Conditions still change — confirm before you commit.
What we don’t know about Tooele County
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.
- How many rigs actually fit
- 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 — Tooele County
Water on public land →Stay limits →Your first dispersed night →Reading your camp page →All field notes →