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Bear Creek Campground
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · UT · 39.39240, -111.10100
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. 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 Bear Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,575 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Bear Creek CampgroundNIFC · 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 Bear Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- OOutfitter13 mi
- +Urgent care13 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- MMechanic13 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- WWater30 mi
- DDump44 mi
- LLaundry44 mi
- AAir-up55 mi
- PPropane56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 30-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Bear Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
6,575 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
39.39240, -111.10100
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Bear Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureHuntington Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townMohrland · ~5.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~8.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~8.3 mi
- PharmacySkyline Pharmacy · ~21.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicCastleview Hospital Surgery Center · ~20.3 mi
EV charging — from Bear Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.2 mi straight-line S — STATE OF UTAH CASTLE DALE 2 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach7 within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 102 within 100 · 178 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)20.3 mi — Price, UT - Tesla Supercharger, Price
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)20.9 mi — Big Mountain Lodge, Ferron, UT (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · 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 164837 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Bear Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLittle Bear Campground · ~4.2 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomNew Joes Toilet · ~6.5 mi S · BLM
- RestroomHorse Canyon Trailhead · ~7.5 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomTown Of Huntington Scenic Byway Kiosk Site · ~7.7 mi SE · USFS
Open Bear Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Bear Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- River Bend Campground~3.7 mi
- Lower Little Bear Campground~4.0 mi
- Little Bear Campground~4.2 mi · fee
- Little Bear Group Campground~4.3 mi · fee
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Upper Joes Valley at 8,600 ft, about 8 miles away. It sits about 2,025 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 — Bear Creek Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Bear Creek Campground
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 — Bear Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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