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Cherry Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MT · 44.75092, -111.26402
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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 Cherry Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,551 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cherry 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 Cherry Creek Campground · Custer Gallatin National Forest · MT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel9 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- DDump10 mi
- OOutfitter10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- WWater21 mi
- MMechanic21 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- RxPharmacy58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — Cherry Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,551 ft
State
MT
Coordinates
44.75092, -111.26402
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Cherry Creek Campground · Custer Gallatin National Forest · MT (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCherry Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townRomsett Summer Home Area · ~1.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelExxon · ~9.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~10.2 mi
- GroceriesFood Roundup Supermarket · ~10.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicOld Faithful Clinic · ~29.4 mi
EV charging — from Cherry Creek Campground · Custer Gallatin National Forest · MT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.4 mi straight-line SE — West Yellowstone, MT - Tesla Supercharger (at an other entertainment) · 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 6 within 50 · 29 within 100 · 54 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS23.3 mi — Island Park City Offices, Island Park
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO23.3 mi — Island Park City Offices, Island Park
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)22.9 mi — SpringHill Suites Island Park Yellowstone · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Holiday Inn West Yellowstone - Tesla Destination, West Yellowstone, 10.1 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · 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 102267 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cherry Creek Campground · Custer Gallatin National Forest · MT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSpring Creek Camp Area · ~2.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBasin Station · ~3.2 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHorse Butte · ~3.3 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRainbow Point Campground · ~4.7 mi NE · USFS
Open Cherry Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Cherry Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cherrycr Disp 1~0.4 mi
- Cherrycr Disp 2~0.5 mi
- Old Rumbaugh 1~0.5 mi
- Old Rumbaugh Camp 2~0.6 mi
The unit that manages Cherry Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cherry Creek Campground are set by Custer Gallatin National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is West Yellowstone at 6,680 ft, about 11 miles away. That is about the height of this camp, so it is a fair proxy. 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 — Cherry Creek Campground
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 || Water: Custer Gallatin National Forest's own site page for Cherry Creek Campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/custergallatin/recreation/cherry-creek-campground (read 2026-08-13; page "Last updated" May 1, 2026), "Facility and Amenity Information > Water": "Potable water is not available at this site.". Corroborated by the USFS EDW Recreation Sites layer (apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0, queried 2026-08-13), WATER_AVAILABILITY = "No drinking water is available". Both channels agree; nightshift fire 610.
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 Cherry 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 — Cherry Creek Campground
Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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