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Cherry Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 32.91462, -108.22398
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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 6,801 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 · Gila National Forest · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- +Urgent care8 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- WWater9 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- OOutfitter9 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- MMechanic49 mi
- DDump49 mi
- RxPharmacy52 mi
- ShShower53 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, 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
6,801 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
32.91462, -108.22398
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Cherry Creek Campground · Gila National Forest · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCherry Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townRedstone · ~2.3 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.8 mi
- FuelFuel · ~8.9 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~9.4 mi
- GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~8.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicGila Regional Medical Center · ~8.4 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~8.8 mi
EV charging — from Cherry Creek Campground · Gila National Forest · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.2 mi straight-line S — Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM · VIALYNK · CCS · 8 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 · 22 within 100 · 51 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)48.8 mi — Lordsburg, NM - Tesla Supercharger, Lordsburg
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO52.5 mi — Walmart 5166 (Deming, NM), Deming
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)48.1 mi — Smith Ford, Lordsburg, NM · Blink Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port 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 335770 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cherry Creek Campground · Gila National Forest · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCherry Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMcmillen · ~1.0 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomBen Lilly Memorial · ~1.7 mi SW · USFS
- RestroomBear Creek - Cdnst · ~2.2 mi S · USFS
Open Cherry Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Cherry Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- McMillan Campground~1.0 mi
- In Gila National Forest~5.7 mi
- Upper End~8.8 mi · fee
- Mesa~9.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Cherry Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cherry Creek Campground are set by Gila National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Signal Peak at 8,390 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 1,589 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 — Cherry 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 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
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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