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Boswell Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 40.99860, -106.12891
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. 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 Boswell Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,611 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Boswell CreekNIFC · 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 Boswell Creek · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail15 mi
- GGrocery19 mi
- DDump20 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- FFuel20 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- WWater27 mi
- RxPharmacy35 mi
- EVEV fast charger35 mi
- HHardware35 mi
- AAir-up36 mi
- ShShower36 mi
- OOutfitter36 mi
- PPropane60 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 27-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 19 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 35-mi run (and back).
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 — Boswell Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,611 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
40.99860, -106.12891
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Boswell Creek · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWater · nearby
- Nearest townMountain Home · ~2.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~19.9 mi
- GroceriesNorth Park Super's · ~18.6 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Boswell Creek · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger34.9 mi straight-line NE — Laramie, WY - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 178 within 100 · 372 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS36.9 mi — Laramie GM Auto Center, Laramie
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO51.8 mi — MAVERIK SB SPRINGS PL1, Steamboat Springs
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)31.3 mi — Red Feather Lakes Library (at a library) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-01-09 · hours: 10am-6pm 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 102516 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Boswell Creek · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMountain Home Snowmobile · ~2.3 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomPinkham Mountain · ~6.7 mi W · USFS
- RestroomNsh #1 - Powerline Restroom (New) · ~9.4 mi SW · BLM
- RestroomNsh #2 - Aspen Restroom (New) · ~9.5 mi SW · BLM
Open Boswell Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Boswell Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Jelm WHMA Campground~8.3 mi
- North Sand Hills Ohv Area~9.9 mi
- Lake Owen~10.3 mi · fee
- Pelton Creek~10.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Boswell Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Boswell Creek are set by Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Roach at 9,710 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 1,099 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 — Boswell Creek
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Boswell Creek
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 — Boswell Creek
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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