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Brookchar Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 33.87550, -109.41306
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Brookchar Cg · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ
No road within 1 mi of the pin in the national MVUM layer — and that layer carries no data at all for this forest (unit 0301), so this is the layer's silence, not the ground's. Access may be a county road or unmapped.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Brookchar Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,991 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Brookchar CgNIFC · 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 Brookchar Cg · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery0 mi
- WWater0 mi
- ShShower0 mi
- DDump0 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- FFuel15 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- LLaundry19 mi
- +Urgent care39 mi
- EVEV fast charger43 mi
- RxPharmacy44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 0 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 43-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Brookchar Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,991 ft
Ground slope
0.3% · flat
State
AZ
Coordinates
33.87550, -109.41306
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Brookchar Cg · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBig Lake · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townGreer · ~9.4 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.4 mi
- FuelThe Tackle Shop · ~15.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~0.5 mi
- GroceriesBig Lake Store & Marina · ~0.0 mi
- HardwareMountain Hardware · ~15.5 mi
EV charging — from Brookchar Cg · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger43.4 mi straight-line NW — HT02038 ABB STATION 1, Show Low, AZ · ChargePoint Network · CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 2 within 50 · 7 within 100 · 127 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)83.4 mi — Holbrook, AZ, Holbrook
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO88.9 mi — Major Market Inc, Zuni
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)34.6 mi — CHARLIE CLARKS C.C. CHARGING 1, Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Hampton Inn & Suites Show Low-Pinetop, Show Low, 42.9 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use only; see front desk for access · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 450693 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Brookchar Cg · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomBrookchar Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomBig Lake Marina · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Lake Boating/Launch Site · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomGrayling Cg · at this camp · USFS
Coming out here — Brookchar Cg · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Big Lake as a perennial lake or pond, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 0.3% — flat. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Brookchar Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Brookchar Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Grayling Cg~0.2 mi · fee
- Cutthroat Cg~0.4 mi · fee
- Apache Trout Campground~0.5 mi · fee
- Rainbow Cg~0.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Brookchar Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Brookchar Cg are set by Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Brookchar Cg
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Brookchar Cg
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 — Brookchar Cg
When the high country opens →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →