About this place
This campground was closed in 2026 because of the Cottonwood Fire. Check with Fishlake National Forest before you go.
This is the Birch Creek group campground, with a pavilion beside it. RVs can pull straight into the spots.
There is a vault toilet. There is no drinking water, so bring your own.
The facts
- Cost
- Free to camp
- Roads around it
- Some need high clearance
- Stay limit
- 16 days
- Drinking water
- No, bring your own
- Toilet
- Yes
- Type
- Specific campsite
- Managed by
- Fishlake National Forest
The roads around this place are not maintained for a regular car. That comes from the US Forest Service, who grade every road by the kind of vehicle it is looked after for. Those records cover the roads nearby. They do not cover the last stretch in to the campsite, and nobody has checked that part. Treat this as a warning. We are not promising what you will find when you get there. If you have driven it, tell us what it was like and we will say so here.
Rules and restrictions
You can camp here for 16 days.
Getting there
From the corner of Center Street and Main Street in Circleville, go south on US-89 for about 2.1 miles. Turn right onto FR121 for 0.3 miles, then turn right to stay on FR121 for another 4.1 miles to the campground.
Coordinates 38.174512, -112.362187
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What is near here
This is a good base for somewhere people travel a long way to see.
- Delano Peak Directions
- Bryce Canyon National Park Directions
- Cedar Breaks National Monument Directions
- Little Creek Peak Directions
Every distance on this page is the driving distance. A short distance can still take a long time. The road may be closed for the season, covered in snow, or washed out. Many of these roads are dirt. Plan your route before you leave home. Out here there is often no phone signal to look it up on the way.
Nearest town and supplies
- Circleville, UT Directions
- Beaver, UT Directions
Beaver is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.
Why the drive to town is usually twice what the map says — what we found measuring every campsite in this guide.
When it’s time to move on
You can camp here for 16 days. After that you have to move on. This is Forest Service land, and each forest sets its own rule for how far you have to go, so check before you travel.
The nearest other free campsite in this guide is Koosharem Reservoir, Utah — 41 miles in a straight line, but a 56 mile drive. Three more sit closer than 25 miles, if the rule here allows them.
This guide covers five states and does not list every free campsite, so there may be something closer that we do not hold. Check this site’s own rule before you rely on it.
Have you been here?
Fees and access change, and the records do not always keep up. If you have been, tell us what you found.
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The thing we cannot get from any government record is what the drive in is actually like. If you have done it, this is the most useful thing you can leave behind. We read everything before it appears, and we print a first name with it if you give one.
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Where this information comes from
The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Forest Service’s own records, read in August 2026.