★ Field-verified · Dave's ownPublic land · dispersedFree
Washington County
Drive-up · public land · Washington County, UT · 37.15204, -113.03061
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A high-elevation, primitive campsite with a fire ring on public land only a short distance from Springdale, Utah, and Zion National Park. Very convenient, especially considering how crowded and costly it is to camp in Zion. Great view. Had a little trouble with bugs. Be discreet as I believe they are trying to discourage tourist traffic here. Dry, so use great care with campfires. Zion Nation Park is spectacular. Highly recommended. Excellent cell service.
A night on record
Dave slept here on 21 June 2017. 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 Washington County
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,350 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Washington CountyNIFC · 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 Washington 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
- @Mail1 mi
- FFuel2 mi
- GGrocery2 mi
- WWater3 mi
- HHardware3 mi
- LLaundry3 mi
- OOutfitter3 mi
- DDump4 mi
- ShShower4 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- AAir-up25 mi
- PPropane60 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Washington County
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
4,350 ft
Ground slope
7.3% · gentle
County
Washington County, UT
Coordinates
37.15204, -113.03061
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Washington County · public land · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureVirgin River · ~0.4 mi · USGS: perennial river
- Nearest townRockville · ~1.4 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~3.0 mi
- FuelChevron Springdale · ~2.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~4.0 mi
- GroceriesTerrible's · ~2.2 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~12.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicHurricane Valley Clinic · ~16.6 mi
- HardwareSol Foods Hardware · ~3.0 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
Had a signal
Getting there
Any vehicle managed it
Fire ring
Yes
Toilet on site
No
Tent friendly
Yes
Verdict
Highly recommended
EV charging — from Washington County · public land · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.5 mi straight-line NW — Toquerville, UT - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-04-21 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 16 within 50 · 32 within 100 · 123 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS27.0 mi — Walmart 1439 (Washington, UT), Washington
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO31.3 mi — EV EXPERIENCE FAST CHARGER1, St. George
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)2.4 mi — Driftwood Lodge, Springdale, UT · Blink Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Best Western Plus Zion Canyon Inn & Suites, Springdale, 3.3 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; guest use only · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 450027 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Washington County · public land · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRomtec Aspen Vault · ~0.3 mi S · BLM
- RestroomWACA B146 Watchman Campground B Loop Comfort Station S · ~3.7 mi NE · NPS
- RestroomWACA B147 Watchman Campground E Loop Comfort Station · ~3.8 mi NE · NPS
- RestroomWACA B149 Watchman Campground D Loop Comfort Station · ~3.9 mi NE · NPS
Coming out here — Washington County · public land · UT
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Virgin River as a perennial river, ~0.4 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 7.3% — gentle. 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.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on 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 Washington County elsewhere
Other camps near Washington County
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Washington County~7.3 mi
- BLM Dispersed Camping~8.6 mi
- BLM dispersed camp — Washington County, UT~8.8 mi
- Canaan Mountain Wilderness~9.8 mi
Who holds the land at Washington County
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as St. George Field Office, manager on record: Bureau of Land Management (federal). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Washington 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 (Washington 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 21 June 2017. Conditions still change — confirm before you commit.
What we don’t know about Washington 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