Utah · live data · one plan

The weekend, planned on what the mountains are doing right now.

Camp Forecast checks the weather, the campsite, the river, the birds, and the snow the moment you ask, then writes the plan.

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How it works

Ask like you would ask a friend who checks everything.

Say where, when, and what you want to do. Camp Forecast reads the National Weather Service, Recreation.gov, USGS stream gauges, eBird, and the Utah Avalanche Center, shows each check as it happens, and writes a plan you can save. Then keep the journal: catches, sightings, notes.

Try one

Start from a real question.

Camp“Two nights near Moab the first weekend of November, we have a dog”Fish“Fly fish the Middle Provo Saturday morning, camp nearby Friday night”Birds“Half-day birding at Farmington Bay this weekend, what should I expect”Snow“Ski tour in Little Cottonwood next week if the avalanche danger allows”

What it checks

7 live sources, one answer.

Same tools as the open-source MCP server.

  • 01Gazetteer

    resolve place

    Turn a Utah place name ("Big Cottonwood", "Moab", "Mirror Lake") into coordinates and the matching Utah Avalanche Center region.

  • 02NWS

    forecast

    National Weather Service forecast for a point.

  • 03RIDB

    campgrounds

    Search federal campgrounds (Forest Service, BLM, NPS, Corps of Engineers) within a radius of a point via the Recreation.gov RIDB API; the nearest 50 are sorted by distance and trimmed to your limit.

  • 04Recreation.gov

    campsite availability

    Check which sites at a Recreation.gov campground are open for every night of a stay.

  • 05UAC

    avalanche forecast

    Utah Avalanche Center daily forecast for a region: overall danger, danger by elevation band and aspect, bottom line, and avalanche problems.

  • 06USGS

    stream conditions

    USGS stream gauges near a point for fishing: current flow (cfs) with the 24-hour trend (rising, falling, steady), water temperature where measured, gage height, and ice or equipment flags.

  • 07eBird

    bird activity

    eBird activity near a point: species reported recently (most recent sighting each), notable or rare reports, and the top hotspots by all-time species count with links.