Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Brooks Lake
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WY · 43.74506, -110.00338
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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 Brooks Lake
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smoke — around Brooks LakeNIFC · 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 Brooks Lake · Shoshone National Forest · WY
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery6 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- EVEV fast charger23 mi
- @Mail23 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- WWater31 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- ShShower31 mi
- DDump34 mi
- OOutfitter36 mi
- AAir-up41 mi
- RxPharmacy42 mi
- MMechanic44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 31-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out.
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 — Brooks Lake
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
State
WY
Coordinates
43.74506, -110.00338
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Brooks Lake · Shoshone National Forest · WY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBrooks Lake Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townDuNoir · ~15.5 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~3.1 mi
- FuelExxon · ~11.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~6.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~29.9 mi
EV charging — from Brooks Lake · Shoshone National Forest · WY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger22.9 mi straight-line SE — Dubois Museum · EV Connect · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 4 within 50 · 20 within 100 · 50 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)44.1 mi — Jackson, WY - Tesla Supercharger, Jackson
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO42.3 mi — TOWN OF JACKSON GARAGE DC #2, Jackson
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)23.3 mi — Black Bear Inn, Dubois, WY (at an inn) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2023-03-08 · 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 302191 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Brooks Lake · Shoshone National Forest · WY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBrooks Lake · ~0.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBrooks Lake · ~0.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPinnacles · ~0.7 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWind River · ~2.8 mi W · USFS
Open Brooks Lake elsewhere
Other camps near Brooks Lake
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Brooks Lake~0.4 mi · fee
- Pinnacles~0.7 mi · fee
- Falls~3.2 mi · fee
- Snow Oval~8.8 mi
The unit that manages Brooks Lake
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Brooks Lake are set by Shoshone National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Togwotee Pass at 9,590 ft, about 3 miles away. 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 — Brooks Lake
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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Brooks Lake
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 — Brooks Lake
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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