Clear Creek WMA
Nebraska Wildlife Management Area (NGPC) — 6,118 acres, Garden & Keith County. Free primitive camping is allowed — no park permit and no fee — for up to 14 days in any 30, unless the area posts otherwise. Facilities are minimal (parking, sometimes a boat ramp); bring water; fires only in provided rings/grills. Confirm on-site; the mapped point is an area centroid and may sit off the access point on long river-corridor WMAs.
Everything you need — measured from camp
- FFuel24 mi
- GGrocery24 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- @Mail25 mi
- MMechanic30 mi
The read: fuel & food sit about 24 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Water, Dump, 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). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureClear Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townRuthton · ~1.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFlying J · ~17.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesBig Springs Truck & Travel · ~17.0 mi
- PharmacySafeway · ~19.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicRegional West Garden County · ~18.4 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaOgallala Rest Area Eastbound · ~19.2 mi SE
- Highway rest areaInterch. 101 EB & WB Truck Parking no services · ~20.0 mi SW
- Highway rest areaOgallala Rest Area Westbound · ~25.2 mi SE
Open this spot elsewhere
Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Ogallala Strip WMA~18.9 mi
How we know this
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres 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