Utah Trust Land Dispersed Camping — Tooele County, UT (40.2149, -112.1807)

FREE dispersed camping on Utah STATE TRUST LAND (SITLA), Tooele County. OpenStreetMap maps 1 camp spot in this immediate area; the pin is on one of them. This spot is unnamed on the map -- there is no sign and nothing to ask for by name. This is genuinely free: Utah charges no fee, permit, licence or pass to camp on trust land. State rule R850-12-500 lets anyone maintain a non-commercial campsite here without written authorization, and the state's own Trust Lands page confirms no permit is needed for short-term, low-impact camping. THE RULES YOU MUST FOLLOW (R850-12): 15 days maximum in one spot within any 30 days, and once you leave you may not re-camp within a 5-mile radius for 15 days; camp at least 100 feet from any water; keep vehicles within 100 feet of an established (authorized) route and do NOT drive cross-country; campfires only inside an EXISTING fire ring (building a new ring needs agency permission), burning only clean dry firewood or charcoal, and you may gather downed wood but not cut standing trees; pack out all trash; bury human waste at least 8 inches deep and 200 feet from any camp or water and pack out all toilet paper; no fireworks; leave no property unattended over 72 hours. WHAT TO EXPECT: nothing built. Utah runs NO developed campgrounds on trust land, so this is primitive dispersed camping -- no toilet, no water, no table, no fee station. Bring your own water and pack everything out. IMPORTANT -- CHECKERBOARD LAND: Utah trust land is scattered one-square-mile sections mixed in with BLM, Forest Service and PRIVATE land, and the boundaries are invisible on the ground. Before you camp, confirm you are actually on trust land using a SITLA plat or the Utah Trust Lands map, respect any adjacent private, leased or grazing land, and obey any closure the agency has posted at the site or on its website (it may close areas at any time). Some parcels in this part of the state are inholdings inside a national monument -- the state rules above govern the parcel itself, but follow federal rules on the surrounding land. CAVEATS, honestly: we have not visited, and no source describes this particular spot -- the legal right to camp free here is very well documented, but how usable or pleasant the site is, is not. Confirm current rules and closures with the Utah Trust Lands Administration (trustlands.utah.gov, 801-538-5100) before you go.

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EV charging — from Utah Trust Land Dispersed Camping — Tooele County, UT (40.2149, -112.1807) · public land · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

• Nearest public DC fast charger18.3 mi straight-line NE — Walmart EV Charging, Saratoga Springs, UT (at a shopping center) · WALMART · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-14 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
• Public DC fast stations within reach11 within 25 mi · 100 within 50 · 138 within 100 · 171 within 150
• Nearest listing CHAdeMO21.1 mi — LEHI POWER LEHI POWER DC, Lehi
• Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.4 mi — NORAM STATION #1, Cedar Valley, UT · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
• Pricing at the fast charger$0.48 Peak / $0.29 Off-Peak per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
• 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 461473 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center

Nearby restrooms — around Utah Trust Land Dispersed Camping — Tooele County, UT (40.2149, -112.1807) · public land · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

• Vault / pit toiletFive Mile Pass Thrope Hills Campground Double Vault · ~0.6 mi N · BLM
• Vault / pit toiletFive Mile Pass County Line Campground Double Vault · ~1.1 mi N · BLM
• Vault / pit toiletFive Mile Pass South Ohv Staging Area Double Vault · ~1.5 mi NE · BLM
• Vault / pit toiletFive Mile Pass North Ohv Staging Area Double Vault -North · ~1.8 mi NE · BLM

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Other camps near Utah Trust Land Dispersed Camping — Tooele County, UT (40.2149, -112.1807)

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

• Pony Express National Historic Trail (Nht) Back Country Byway (Bcb)~1.1 mi
• Tooele County~13.0 mi
• BLM public land~15.4 mi
• Vernon Reservoir Campground~18.8 mi

How we know this — Utah Trust Land Dispersed Camping — Tooele County, UT (40.2149, -112.1807)

What we don’t know about Utah Trust Land Dispersed Camping — Tooele County, UT (40.2149, -112.1807)

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

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