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Birch Creek Group Campground
OHV / 4×4 · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 38.17458, -112.36120
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service 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 Birch Creek Group Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,834 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Birch Creek Group 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 Birch Creek Group Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- EVEV fast charger17 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- MMechanic17 mi
- HHardware17 mi
- ShShower19 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- WWater26 mi
- DDump30 mi
- +Urgent care34 mi
- PPropane36 mi
- AAir-up46 mi
- OOutfitter50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 26-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Birch Creek Group Campground
Access
OHV / 4×4
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,834 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
38.17458, -112.36120
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Birch Creek Group Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBullberry Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townCircleville · ~4.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~30.0 mi
- GroceriesStan’s Merc · ~4.9 mi
- PharmacyPanguitch Drug Co · ~24.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~16.4 mi
EV charging — from Birch Creek Group Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.6 mi straight-line W — Beaver, UT - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 13 within 50 · 30 within 100 · 70 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS17.0 mi — Beaver, UT, Beaver
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO42.3 mi — Walmart 5168 (Richfield, UT), Richfield
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)24.6 mi — Two Sunsets Hotel - Tesla Destination, Panguitch, UT · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 6 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 102456 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Birch Creek Group Campground · Fishlake National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBirch Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLebaron Campground · ~4.0 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLebaron Trailhead · ~4.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAnderson Meadow Campground · ~4.5 mi NW · USFS
Open Birch Creek Group Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Birch Creek Group Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- LeBaron Lake~4.0 mi
- Anderson Meadow Rec Site~4.6 mi
- Betenson Flat Trailhead~4.6 mi
- Paiute Trail~4.7 mi
The unit that manages Birch Creek Group Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Birch Creek Group Campground are set by Fishlake National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Big Flat at 10,320 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 2,486 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 — Birch Creek Group 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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
likely OHV (only a rough 4wd track in) — confirm
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 Birch Creek Group 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 — Birch Creek Group Campground
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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