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Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 39.18835, -111.53984
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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 Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground
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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 Upper Six Mile Ponds 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 Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- HHardware7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- WWater8 mi
- OOutfitter12 mi
- ShShower23 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- DDump24 mi
- EVEV fast charger24 mi
- AAir-up46 mi
- PPropane56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 7 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 — Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
State
UT
Coordinates
39.18835, -111.53984
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureUpper Six Mile Pond (water) · nearby
- Nearest townManti Canyon Summer Homes · ~4.8 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~7.8 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~7.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~24.3 mi
- GroceriesMarket Fresh · ~7.4 mi
- PharmacySalina Pharmacy · ~23.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicMain Street Family Clinic · ~7.5 mi
- HardwareJJWD Hardware · ~23.7 mi
EV charging — from Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger24.5 mi straight-line SW — Love's 581 (Salina, UT) · Electrify America · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 18 within 50 · 75 within 100 · 164 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)31.2 mi — Scipio, UT - Tesla Supercharger, Scipio
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)22.9 mi — Big Mountain Lodge, Ferron, UT (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports 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 163553 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSix Mile Ponds · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSpring Hill · ~2.9 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletYearns Reservoir · ~4.6 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDuck Fork Fishing Site · ~5.0 mi E · USFS
Open Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Spring Hill~2.9 mi
- Manti Community Campground~4.5 mi · fee
- Twelve Mile Flat Campground~5.3 mi · fee
- Ferron Reservoir Campground~5.4 mi · fee
The unit that manages Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground are set by Manti-La Sal National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Thistle Flat at 8,790 ft, about 4 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 — Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Upper Six Mile Ponds 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 — Upper Six Mile Ponds Campground
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
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