Is There a Gas Station in Duck Creek Village, Utah?

Yes. Duck Creek Village has one gas station: Loose Wheels Service on Movie Ranch Road, a Phillips 66 with diesel, an ATM and a store attached. It opens at 9 in the morning and closes at 6 at night, seven days a week. The pumps sit about half a mile from the inn. Miss that 6 o’clock close and your next fuel is a 23 to 39 mile drive off the mountain.

Fuel in Duck Creek Village	Detail
Station	Loose Wheels Service, a Phillips 66
Address	835 Movie Ranch Road
Hours	9:00 am to 6:00 pm, seven days
Phone	435 682 2526
On site	Diesel, ATM, store, Polaris shop
From the inn	0.6 miles, a two minute drive

What you can get at the village pump

Loose Wheels has held the same corner for 32 years, and the business does double duty. Phillips 66 lists the site with diesel, an ATM and a convenience store. Polaris lists the same address as its dealer for Duck Creek Village, so the person filling a tank and the person with a dead machine walk through the same door. The Utah State Fire Marshal’s liquid propane list carries Loose Wheels at 835 East Movie Ranch under license P1344, which means cylinder fills happen there too. Call 435 682 2526 before you drive over with an empty bottle.

Two gaps matter as much as that list. No truck lanes. No brand page or business listing shows a card reader running past closing time, so treat the 9 to 6 window as the whole day.

Where the next pumps are, by direction

Every alternative is a real drive, and the distances below come from road routing off the inn rather than straight lines.

Direction from the village	Nearest fuel
West, down Highway 14	Cedar City, 30 miles, about 45 minutes
East, toward US 89	Hatch, 23 miles, about 30 minutes
South, toward Zion	Orderville, 29 miles, about 40 minutes
Southwest, on US 89	Mount Carmel Junction, 34 miles, about 45 minutes
North, toward Bryce	Panguitch, 39 miles, about 50 minutes

Highway 14 west is the stretch that catches people. Thirty miles of Dixie National Forest separate Cedar City from the village, with no fuel, no store and no restaurant in between. An OpenStreetMap query for every fuel station in a 55 mile box around the village returns nothing at all along that corridor, which matches what our Cedar City drive guide tells arriving guests: fill up before you turn east.

State Route 14 entering Duck Creek Village. Photo by An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

One caveat worth naming. Maps still show a station at Long Valley Junction, 11 miles east where Highway 14 meets US 89. The brand’s own station pages cover the other sites in Cedar City and Parowan and skip this one, and we could not confirm its hours from any current source. Take it as a bonus if the lights are on. Do not build a plan around it.

The 85 on the pump handle

Travelers from sea level get a surprise at the first Utah pump, and it shows up on the mountain too.

Utah pump grade	What it means
Regular	85 anti knock index, the state minimum
Most other states	87 regular
Turbo or premium engines	Buy the grade the fuel door asks for
Rental cars	Requirement sits on the fuel door label

Utah Administrative Code R70-940-2 sets the floor: gasoline sold in the state must carry a minimum anti knock index of 85. Thin air was the original argument, since less dense air at elevation reduces the risk of knock in an old carbureted engine. A KSL investigation makes the counterpoint for anything built in the last few decades. Modern engines run knock sensors that pull timing to protect themselves, and a turbo asks for more octane, not less. Read the label inside the fuel door and buy that grade.

Fuel for machines and not just cars

Duck Creek runs on side by sides from May into October, and a hard day on the Markagunt trails empties a tank faster than a highway day does. The same 9 to 6 window governs the machines, which makes the evening before a ride the right time to fill both the UTV and the spare cans. Riders picking up a rental should ask the outfitter whether the machine comes fueled and who pays for the top off, a question our guide to renting an ATV in Duck Creek Village walks through.

Groups towing trailers have a second problem. A truck with a loaded toy hauler leaves Cedar City at 5,844 feet, crosses higher ground on Highway 14 and parks at 8,400, then climbs again on every trail day. None of that resembles interstate mileage. Buy fuel in Cedar City on the way up, where the lanes are wide and the tank fills before the climb.

Quick answers about fuel up here

Is there a gas station in Duck Creek Village, Utah? Yes, one. Loose Wheels Service at 835 Movie Ranch Road, branded Phillips 66, with a convenience store, an ATM and diesel.

What time does the Duck Creek Village gas station close? 6:00 pm, seven days a week. It opens at 9:00 am.

Is there gas between Cedar City and Duck Creek Village on Highway 14? No. The 30 mile climb crosses Dixie National Forest with no fuel, no store and no restaurant, so fill the tank in Cedar City before you turn east.

Does Duck Creek Village have diesel? Yes, at the same pumps, inside the same 9 to 6 hours.

Can you buy propane in Duck Creek Village? The state fire marshal’s liquid propane list shows Loose Wheels licensed at the Movie Ranch Road address. Call 435 682 2526 to check cylinder sizes before you drive over.

What is the nearest 24 hour gas station to Duck Creek Village? Cedar City, 30 miles west on Highway 14, where several stations list 24 hour service.

Planning a stay around the fuel

Fuel shapes a Duck Creek itinerary more than most people expect. Top off in Cedar City, Orderville or Panguitch on the way in, keep the village pump for the mid week top up, and you never spend a morning driving 60 miles round trip for gas. Our Duck Creek Village guide covers the other village services, from the store to the kitchens that stay open past dark.

Sleeping half a mile from the only pumps in town has its advantages. See rooms at Duck Creek Village Inn and plan the drive up with a full tank.