Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 37.77300, -112.74900
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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 — at Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,237 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping AreaNIFC · 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 Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area · Dixie National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- +Urgent care6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- WWater11 mi
- DDump17 mi
- HHardware17 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- OOutfitter19 mi
- ShShower19 mi
- AAir-up20 mi
- PPropane33 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
8,237 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
37.77300, -112.74900
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area · Dixie National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBowery Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townParowan · ~6.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMaverik #231 · ~6.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~17.1 mi
- GroceriesParowan Market · ~6.8 mi
- PharmacyPanguitch Drug Co · ~17.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicCedar Valley Medical Clinic · ~17.5 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~18.7 mi
EV charging — from Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area · Dixie National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.9 mi straight-line W — Cedar City Motor Company - DCFC · Blink Network · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 13 within 50 · 35 within 100 · 47 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)19.4 mi — Cedar City, UT - South Main Street - Tesla Supercharger, Cedar City
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO20.2 mi — Walmart 1438 (Cedar City, UT), Cedar City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)17.5 mi — Two Sunsets Hotel - Tesla Destination, Panguitch, UT · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 6 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — The Grand Lodge at Brian Head - Tesla Destination, Brian Head, 7.3 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas 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 387332 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area · Dixie National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomYankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toilet5 Mile Picnic Site · ~2.8 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomBear Flat/Marathon Trailhead · ~6.4 mi E · USFS
- Flush restroomPanguitch Lake North · ~7.1 mi SE · USFS
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Other camps near Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Yankee Meadow Campground~0.8 mi · fee
- Yankee Meadow Campground~1.1 mi
- Panguitch Lake North Campground~7.0 mi · fee
- Panguitch Lake South Campground~7.1 mi
The unit that manages Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area are set by Dixie National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Yankee Reservoir at 8,680 ft, about 2 miles away. It sits about 443 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 — Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area
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)
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 Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area
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 — Yankee Designated Dispersed Camping Area
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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