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Buck Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 48.26724, -121.33240
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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 Buck Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,087 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Buck 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 Buck Creek Campground · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- @Mail18 mi
- DDump19 mi
- ShShower19 mi
- WWater22 mi
- LLaundry26 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- OOutfitter33 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- PPropane40 mi
- AAir-up41 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Buck Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,087 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
48.26724, -121.33240
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Buck Creek Campground · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelShell · ~12.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~19.3 mi
- GroceriesMountain Loop Country Store · ~12.4 mi
- PharmacyDarrington Pharmacy · ~12.8 mi
- HardwareDarrington Hardware · ~12.9 mi
EV charging — from Buck Creek Campground · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger28.3 mi straight-line N — WCEH Seattle City Light, Newhalem, WA · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 66 within 50 · 318 within 100 · 402 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)38.8 mi — Walmart EV Charging, Marysville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.8 mi — Recreation Center Parking Lot, Darrington, WA · FLO · J1772 · 4 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 333299 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Buck Creek Campground · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBuck Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSuiattle Guard Station · ~0.7 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDowney Creek · ~5.1 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSulphur Creek · ~6.5 mi E · USFS
Open Buck Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Buck Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dispersed camp #6 — Snohomish County, WA~6.3 mi
- Sulphur Creek~6.5 mi · fee
- Round Lake Camping Area~10.1 mi
- Dispersed camp #7 — Snohomish County, WA~10.8 mi
The unit that manages Buck Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Buck Creek Campground are set by Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Buck 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.
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
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 Buck 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 — Buck Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →