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Uinta Canyon
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.62356, -110.14443
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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 Uinta Canyon
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smoke — around Uinta CanyonNIFC · 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 Uinta Canyon · Ashley National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail14 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- FFuel20 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- MMechanic24 mi
- DDump27 mi
- WWater30 mi
- EVEV fast charger33 mi
- OOutfitter33 mi
- RxPharmacy33 mi
- PPropane34 mi
- LLaundry34 mi
- ShShower39 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 30-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 33-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 — Uinta Canyon
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
State
UT
Coordinates
40.62356, -110.14443
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Uinta Canyon · Ashley National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townNeola · ~14.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~19.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~26.8 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~14.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicThe Clinic · ~19.7 mi
- HardwareDuchesne County Library · ~23.8 mi
EV charging — from Uinta Canyon · Ashley National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger33.0 mi straight-line SE — Vernal, UT - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 117 within 100 · 192 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS34.3 mi — RMP Vernal (Vernal, UT), Vernal
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO34.9 mi — TriCounty Health Dep, Vernal
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)23.6 mi — L&L Motor Company, Roosevelt, UT · Blink 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 334568 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Uinta Canyon · Ashley National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletUinta Canyon · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUinta River · ~0.4 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUinta Trailhead · ~0.7 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPole Creek Lake · ~5.9 mi NE · USFS
Open Uinta Canyon elsewhere
Other camps near Uinta Canyon
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Uinta River Group Campground~0.4 mi
- Pole Creek Lake~5.9 mi · fee
- Reservoir~10.1 mi · fee
- Riverview~10.4 mi · fee
The unit that manages Uinta Canyon
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Uinta Canyon 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 Lakefork #3 at 8,430 ft, about 12 miles away. 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 — Uinta Canyon
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 2026-08-21: $5 per night for a single unit. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/ashley/recreation/uinta-canyon-campground (Ashley NF, last updated March 27, 2025 -- the forest has not refreshed the page since, so it is a 2025 rate).
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 Uinta Canyon
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 — Uinta Canyon
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Hot-weather camping →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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