Best Dispersed Camping near Duchesne, UT
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Best Dispersed Sites Near Duchesne, UT (38)
1. Juniper Point — Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation
Duchesne, Utah2 Reviews•5 Photos•13 SavesPrimitive campground without individual sites. Campers are allowed to camp where they desire and may or may not have a picnic table. Two vault toilets dispersed throughout the campground. ALL GENERATORS AND MUSIC OFF (10pm-7am)
- Pets
- RVs
- Tents
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Dispersed
- Picnic Table
$15 - $25 / night
2. Knight Hollow — Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation
Duchesne, Utah1 Review•5 SavesPrimitive campground without individual sites. Campers are allowed to camp where they desire and may or may not have a picnic table. Three vault toilets dispersed throughout the campground. ALL GENERATORS AND MUSIC OFF (10pm-7am)
- RVs
- Tents
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Dispersed
- Picnic Table
- Toilets
$15 - $25 / night
3. Soapstone Basin Dispersed Camping
Kamas, Utah9 Reviews•50 Photos•393 Saves- Pets
- RVs
- Tents
- Group
- Equestrian
- Standard (Tent/RV)
4. McCoy Flats MTB Trailhead
Vernal, Utah9 Reviews•68 Photos•84 Saves- Pets
- Fires
- Phone Service
- RVs
- Tents
- Standard (Tent/RV)
6. Dispersed Camping--Mill Hollow/Utah FR054
Heber, Utah6 Reviews•39 Photos•433 Saves- Pets
- Fires
- Tents
- Group
- Dispersed
- Alcohol
7. Dispersed Camping Willow Spring (Wasatch)
Wallsburg, Utah11 Reviews•21 Photos•367 Saves- Pets
- Fires
- Phone Service
- RVs
- Tents
- Group
8. Pyramid Lake Dispersed Camping
Hanna, Utah5 Reviews•35 Photos•290 Saves- Pets
- Fires
- Electric Hookups
- Phone Service
- Dispersed
- Alcohol
$6 / night
9. Wolf Creek Pass Primitive Areas
Hanna, Utah5 Reviews•6 Photos•156 Saves- Pets
- Fires
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Dispersed
- Picnic Table
10. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Dispersed Camping
Kamas, Utah5 Reviews•37 Photos•277 SavesMany people enjoy the solitude and primitive experience of camping away from developed campgrounds and other campers. Dispersed camping is the term used for camping anywhere in the National Forest outside of a designated campground. Dispersed camping means no toilets, no treated water, and no fire grates are provided.
Camping in dispersed areas on the Forest is allowed for fourteen (14) days in any thirty (30) day consecutive period. Campers must move off Forest after reaching the 14-day limit. The stay limit also applies to all camping equipment (tents, chairs, ATVs, ATV trailers, etc.), even if used by a different person or group. Camping equipment must be removed by the end of the fourteen (14) day stay limit or the equipment may be impounded. Stay limits are implemented to reduce impacts to vegetation and wildlife habitat, as well as provide access to popular campsite areas for other visitors.
- Pets
- Fires
- Tents
- Group
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Dispersed
Recent Dispersed Reviews in Duchesne
109 Reviews of 38 Duchesne Campgrounds
Mason V.
Traveler
Skyline Drive
amazing spot
this place has lots of spots to park, river, trails, and amazing scenery.
Hannah N.Traveler
Canyon Rd Dispersed
Good spot to crash for the night!
We rented a van in SLC and needed a quick spot to spend the night on the way to Arches/canyon lands. This was easy to find at dusk with a clear road. LOTS of trash around. You could hear the highway a little bit but the noise wasn’t too bad. We only saw one other person who drove in and then left. There is a nice big gas station/truck stop about a mile away open 24 hours so we went there to use the bathroom and get gas. Not sure why this post calls it Canyon Road. It’s off of Consumers Road then Dump road. We did have service with T-Mobile and Verizon.
- BBlaine R.
Guide
McCoy Flats East Dispersed Camp
McCoy
Great area. Fun mountain biking trails. Couple of spots with fire rings. Only issue is someone is “camping” in their car right by the day use area, a non-camping area.
- CCallie F.Traveler
Dispersed Camping Willow Spring (Wasatch)
Rocky Rough Road
Great dispersed camping area with plenty of room! If going all the way to the marked location on the map, only attempt with a high clearance 4x4 or you will not make it! We have a TRX and overland camper and bottomed out on a culvert that dropped off sharply. We went to the marked location only to find a single camping spot on a moderate slope. Recommend stopping two miles earlier in the “Big Glade” meadow, flat and plenty of camping spots. We ended up a mile before that at a cross roads at 8900’. Concur with the ATv traffic from previous reviews, but overall relatively quiet
Floor V.TravelerMcCoy Flats East Dispersed Camp
Not allowed to camp here anymore
It’s not allowed to camp here anymore
- TTaylor I.
Scout
Soapstone Basin Dispersed Camping
Very busy, but beautiful
It was easy to find and the road can be a little scary when wet. There is a couple of miles with pretty rocky roads so i wouldn't risk a low clearance car. It was extremely busy when we went, but managed to find a spot mostly to ourselves. No bathrooms, primitive and huge families with atvs and dirt bikes everywhere nearby. They were polite and had reasonable time for no noise. Cool pathways to walk or ride on and very nice views even though most the wildflowers seemed to have just finished their blooms.
Donovan A.Traveler
Moosehorn Dispersed Camping
Mostly sloped, but can't beat the views
F150 with aftermarket tires - 19' travel trailer with 225/75/15 tires.
The initial road turn off is VERY easy to miss. If you're coming West on HWY150 and you see the brown Moosehorn sign, you've missed it. It's around Mile Marker 31 and the first 30' looks like it was paved at one point. It's just debris and potholes now.
The start is a little bit tight and rocky, but slow and steady gets you thru it. There is a first camp off to the right for an RV with level ground, loop to turn around. This one was taken and so I continued down towards the lake overlook. It's difficult to get level (I'm not really level right now lots of blocks, chocks, and rocks) but I don't care, the view is amazing. Great Starlink/Solar connection
High in August was getting to 75 and the low at night was not as cold as the lowlands of Uintas.
- EEmily L.Scout
Wolf Creek Pass Primitive Areas
Horrible, don’t bother coming here
Every site in every area from here to mill hollow is packed with swarms of biting flies. Seriously. Don’t come here.
Adam J.Guide
Currant Creek Rd Dispersed
Dispersed camping overlooking Currant Reservoir and Creek
Plenty of dispersed spots along the ridge road. Most have easy pull in access and fire rings. Beautiful views from multiple spots along the ridge but comes with the expected exposure to wind/sun. More privacy for the spots further along the road some nestled in beautiful aspen groves. It is a great area. We camped overnight and fly fished the currant the next day. It was July 4 weekend but still not crowded.
Corda B.Guide
Bull Mesa Pullout
Off Dump Road
This spot was a little hard to locate because it’s on trust land and the spots look like junk piles. Yuck! There was so much ammo casings on the ground it looked like a war zone. Obviously the locals use it as a shooting range and do not clean up after themselves. We went on down dump road a little bit and found a spot tucked in the canyon and out of site of the road for a little wind break and privacy. I added that location because it was not as bad. Still to much trash laying around though. I don’t understand why people can not take care of these free resources so they are not taken away.
- Adam J.Guide
Dispersed Camping--Mill Hollow/Utah FR054
Amazing spots the further up you go
Thoroughly enjoyed our stay here. Road was very accessible lower down with some more adventurous offshoots requiring higher clearance and likely 4x4. We went up an offshoot and navigated through and around some deeper ruts and snow drifts but found an amazing spot on the rim. Fewer people the more altitude we gained. Lots of spots here. Keep driving until you find one, closer in spots are usually taken up with trailers and small rvs. Highly recommend.
- CCaitlyn R.Guide
Dispersed Uinta Campsite
Open space, nature and road noise
Plenty of spots on an easy dirt road, campfire rings and lots of space. There's so many birds and critters so you get the nature sounds but it's close to the road so there's road noise all night. Beautiful space. I think I heard a moose in the night-possibly not, but possibly?
Gabe S.Traveler
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Dispersed Camping
Great spot!
Definitely rough reading for a portion of it. Lots of mosquitos. But super pretty and secluded. There were several spots that provide you with your own area and privacy. Bathrooms only about a 5 minute drive away. I had zero service though. Great spot and would come back again.
Samantha G.TravelerSkyline Drive
Great spot away from highway!
This spot was great. We arrived at dusk and it was still easy to find, although there was a long dirt road (about 2 miles) to get to spots marked with a campfire pit. Two or three cars drove by, but it was still secluded enough that we had no worries. We found a spot by a beautiful stream with cool water. Great stargazing. Safe!
- Corda B.Guide
Canyon Rd Dispersed
Great overnight stop
This is trust land so you will see where a lot of people come back here to target practice. Sadly they do not clean up any of their trash. The area is nice, large and very private.
Michael M.Traveler
McCoy Flats MTB Trailhead
Great quiet spot
Well off the beaten path. Nearest boondocking neighbor is over a mile away. Good att coverage
Chase R.Traveler
CO2 Road Dispersed Campsite
The Purple Sands
This camping spot is a good place to stay if passing through to Salt Lake or to Moab. There is not much out here; however, the gas station before Wellington, is nice! The gas station has amazing coffee, and we discovered it has showers and laundry. The gas station also had firewood for sale out front.
The camp spot has a couple of fire rings. You can still hear the traffic, although not terribly bad. There is broken glass in the surrounding area so be aware. Avoid this spot if it is raining at all as it will give your tires a nice coat of slick mud; even an off road tire can get stuck with this kind of sticky mud!! On the upside it’s a remote camping spot, and the shrubbery offers a good wind break.
- SShane W.
RangerCO2 Road Dispersed Campsite
Easy night of sleep
Found this area on the way through and decided to stop. There are plenty of trees around for firewood, the top 2 to 4 inches of topsoil are soft, which is nice for leveling out your camping in. There’s some ready stuff on the bottom but nothing I had to put, my rig into four-wheel-drive for. Make sure you get far enough away from the highway or you will hear the road noise that never stops. There are places to camp all over throughout the area. I left early the next morning and saw four other people out and about.
Greg L.
Legend
Green River Bridge
Green River bridge camping
A bit of a trashy area, glass, cans, shot shells, likely a weekend party spot for teen parties. No cell signal either.
This site is long ways from Vernal, so the McCoy flats BLM dispersed area is a much better option... Excellent cell signal, only a few miles into Vernal and a Walmart.. and it has new vault toilets and is free dispersed hanging with the MTB crowd
- Greg L.Legend
McCoy Flats East Dispersed Camp
East McCoy Flats dispersed
McCoy Flats BLM is a mt bike focus recreation area with a network of excellent nonmotorizrd singletrack trails. Dispersed free camping allowed, and currently there are several nice vault toilets scattered along the main access paved road.
This camping area is at the third new vault toilet. Lots of room for large TTs. No trash dumpsters and no water, but cell signal is excellent 5g five bars. Only few miles from main hwy on an old paved pothole filled road. And then only 3 miles back into Vernal and a Walmart on this end of town, so logistics are very good.
- Greg L.Legend
McCoy Flats Juniper Dispersed
Dispersed Juniper Camping
This McCoy Flats area is a mt bike non-motorized trails recreation focus area. This site is going to be a future developed BLM CG, but for now it is still free dispersed. There is an older vault toilet up in the junipers and a new vault toilet out by main paved road. New campers to this site should recon first before hauling a TT up these narrow entrenched two-track sandy roads. The right fork is best IMO. Only vault toilets here currently, no dumpsters, no water, but cell signal is good. This site is the first of three new vault toilets along the main road. Note: screenshot of BLM proposed CG map is attached here.
- DDebby S.Guide
Dog Valley Camp Near Vernal
Quiet and pretty secluded
Camped across the road from established free camping. Our site was private and no ATVs so it's pretty quiet too. Some road noise, but it drops off around 11 pm.
- Dominica T.Guide
McCoy Flats MTB Trailhead
Beautiful camping site
Very quiet, not a lot of other campers
3 bars verizon
Lots of mountain bikers
- TTiffany P.Traveler
Trial Lake Road Dispersed Camping
Trial Lake Road Dispersed Camping
Dispersed camping all along the road past the Washington Lake established campgrounds
- Rob F.Scout
Bull Mesa Pullout
Large campsite/pullout on the side if the road, the road in was a oittle rough but any adventure van or
Large campsite/pullout on the side if the road, the road in was a oittle rough but any adventure van or RV with a confident driver should be fine. Good stop between Moab and SLC.
- TThomas G.Scout
McCoy Flats MTB Trailhead
Dispersed campsite with great views
Amazing spot to relax and take in the views of the mountains and valleys in the distance.
Josh R.TravelerSkyline Drive
Easy to get to!
Easy to get to and got to camp next to a stream. Was just passing through so this was a great spot for the night.
Guide to Duchesne
Discover the beauty of dispersed camping near Duchesne, Utah, where nature enthusiasts can find serene spots to unwind and explore the great outdoors. With a variety of locations offering unique experiences, there's something for everyone.
Dispersed campers should check out Juniper Point
- Located at Juniper Point — Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation, this area is perfect for those who enjoy fishing and swimming in the reservoir, though be prepared for some pesky bugs.
- The site allows pets, making it a great choice for families looking to bring their furry friends along for the adventure.
- While there are no amenities like drinking water or electric hookups, the natural beauty and peaceful environment make it a worthwhile destination.
Knight Hollow for dispersed campers
- Knight Hollow — Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation is known for its clean facilities and spacious areas, making it ideal for larger groups seeking a fun outdoor experience.
- This location is big rig friendly, accommodating those with larger RVs while still providing a rustic camping experience.
- With no reservations required, you can enjoy the spontaneity of camping without the hassle of planning ahead.
Top activities while free camping near Duchesne
- At Currant Creek Rd Dispersed, visitors can enjoy stunning views and privacy, with many spots nestled among beautiful aspen groves.
- This area is perfect for fishing enthusiasts, as the nearby creek offers excellent fly fishing opportunities, making it a great spot for a weekend getaway.
- Campers can also enjoy campfires, as fires are allowed in this dispersed camping area, adding to the overall experience of outdoor living.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is the most popular dispersed campsite near Duchesne, UT?
According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular dispersed campground near Duchesne, UT is Juniper Point — Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation with a 4-star rating from 2 reviews.
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