Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Chicken Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 39.53020, -111.77348
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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 Chicken Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,103 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Chicken 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 Chicken Creek Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- DDump11 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- ShShower12 mi
- WWater13 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- RxPharmacy17 mi
- AAir-up36 mi
- PPropane40 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Chicken Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,103 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
39.53020, -111.77348
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Chicken Creek Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townLevan · ~5.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~10.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~11.3 mi
- GroceriesJuanita's · ~10.0 mi
- PharmacySkyline Pharmacy · ~17.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicCVMC Fountain Green Medical Clinic · ~9.7 mi
- HardwareChoice Hardware & Home Center · ~13.8 mi
EV charging — from Chicken Creek Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.8 mi straight-line N — Nephi, UT - 2120 S Main St - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 18 within 50 · 127 within 100 · 168 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS26.4 mi — Flying J Scipio (Scipio, UT), Scipio
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO41.6 mi — Love's 581 (Salina, UT), Salina
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.7 mi — SCO SANPETE VAL H 1, Mount Pleasant, UT · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 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 262360 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Chicken Creek Campground · Manti-La Sal National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletChicken Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletEast Camping Loop - Vault Toilet 6 · ~15.1 mi SW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletEast Camping Loop - Vault Toilet 4 · ~15.2 mi SW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletWest Camping Loop - Vault Toilet 1 · ~15.2 mi SW · BLM
Open Chicken Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Chicken Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Maple Canyon Campground~5.0 mi · fee
- Ponderosa~16.8 mi · fee
- Yuba Lake Recreation Area~17.0 mi
- Cottonwood~17.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Chicken Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Chicken Creek Campground are set by Manti-La Sal National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Rees Flat at 7,190 ft, about 3 miles away. It sits about 1,087 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 — Chicken 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.
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 Chicken 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 — Chicken Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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