Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Unicorn Ridge Dispersed Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.02924, -111.28179
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. 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
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,583 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater9 mi
- ShShower12 mi
- DDump12 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- GGrocery13 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- PPropane18 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- HHardware20 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- @Mail20 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- AAir-up20 mi
- OOutfitter24 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 13 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
7,583 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
40.02924, -111.28179
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureOak Spring Canyon (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townMill Fork · ~4.7 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.0 mi
- FuelLodge Gas Station · ~18.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~12.0 mi
- GroceriesWalmart Neighborhood Market · ~18.2 mi
- PharmacyMaple Mountain Pharmacy · ~18.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicIntermountain Health Spanish Fork · ~20.2 mi
- HardwareLowe's · ~19.9 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletUnicorn Ridge · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletThree Forks · ~5.4 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDry Canyon (Diamond Fork) · ~5.6 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDiamond Fork Group Sites · ~6.7 mi NW · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Diamond Group Area~6.2 mi
- Lake Fork~9.6 mi
- Wasatch County~10.1 mi
- Jackson Camping Area~17.1 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Clear Creek #2 at 7,850 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 267 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
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
Before you go
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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