Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Yuba Lake Recreation Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · UT · 39.38018, -112.02698
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 Yuba Lake Recreation Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,056 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Yuba Lake Recreation 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 Yuba Lake Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump0 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- WWater16 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- HHardware20 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- OOutfitter24 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- ShShower24 mi
- PPropane29 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- AAir-up34 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Yuba Lake Recreation Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
5,056 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
39.38018, -112.02698
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Yuba Lake Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSevier River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townMills · ~7.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSilver Eagle · ~22.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~0.1 mi
- GroceriesGunnison Market · ~19.7 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~25.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicGunnison Valley Hospital · ~19.1 mi
- HardwareChoice Hardware & Home Center · ~25.8 mi
EV charging — from Yuba Lake Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.8 mi straight-line SW — Scipio, UT - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 16 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 12 within 50 · 123 within 100 · 167 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS9.9 mi — Flying J Scipio (Scipio, UT), Scipio
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO32.4 mi — Love's 581 (Salina, UT), Salina
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)28.6 mi — SCO DELTA HOSP-1 · 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 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 448072 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Yuba Lake Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWest Beach Vault Toilet #7 · ~0.9 mi N · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletWest Beach Vault Toilet #6 · ~1.0 mi N · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletWest Beach Vault Toilet #5 · ~1.1 mi N · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletWest Beach Vault Toilet #4 · ~1.2 mi N · BLM
Open Yuba Lake Recreation Area elsewhere
Other camps near Yuba Lake Recreation Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Plantation Flats Camping Area~10.9 mi
- Big Springs Campground~12.3 mi
- Oak Creek Rec Site~12.9 mi · fee
- Chicken Creek Campground~17.0 mi
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Oak Creek at 7,840 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 2,784 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 — Yuba Lake Recreation Area
Source
Bureau of Land Management recreation data
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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Yuba Lake Recreation 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 — Yuba Lake Recreation Area
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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