Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Clear Creek Campground Group Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 35.99735, -106.82721
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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 Clear Creek Campground Group Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,404 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Clear Creek Campground Group AreaNIFC · 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 Clear Creek Campground Group Area · Santa Fe National Forest · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater1 mi
- +Urgent care7 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- DDump34 mi
- ShShower50 mi
- AAir-up52 mi
- OOutfitter53 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Clear Creek Campground Group Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,404 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
35.99735, -106.82721
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Clear Creek Campground Group Area · Santa Fe National Forest · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureClear Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townDeer Lake · ~1.8 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~1.0 mi
- FuelShell · ~7.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~7.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicDialysis Clinic · ~7.7 mi
EV charging — from Clear Creek Campground Group Area · Santa Fe National Forest · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.7 mi straight-line W — Mel's Drive Thru Chicken and BBQ, Cuba, NM · FCN · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 11 within 50 · 109 within 100 · 152 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)51.7 mi — Santa Fe, NM - Cerrillos Road - Tesla Supercharger, Santa Fe
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)30.0 mi — PONDEROSA PINES STATION 01, Los Alamos, NM · 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 371957 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Clear Creek Campground Group Area · Santa Fe National Forest · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomClear Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletClear Creek · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomClear Creek · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomRio De Las Vacas · ~1.1 mi E · USFS
Open Clear Creek Campground Group Area elsewhere
Other camps near Clear Creek Campground Group Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Rio De Las Vacas~1.1 mi · fee
- Rio Puerco Campground~9.1 mi
- Resumidero Camping Area~9.3 mi
- Coyote Canyon Camping Area~12.2 mi
The unit that manages Clear Creek Campground Group Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Clear Creek Campground Group Area are set by Santa Fe National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Senorita Divide #2 at 8,560 ft, less than a mile 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 — Clear Creek Campground Group Area
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 Clear Creek Campground Group Area
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 — Clear Creek Campground Group Area
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
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