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Cold Spring Indian Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 46.08058, -121.75088
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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 Cold Spring Indian Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,887 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cold Spring Indian CgNIFC · 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 Cold Spring Indian Cg · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater8 mi
- DDump12 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- +Urgent care12 mi
- GGrocery13 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- PPropane22 mi
- ShShower25 mi
- EVEV fast charger27 mi
- RxPharmacy28 mi
- AAir-up28 mi
- OOutfitter45 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Cold Spring Indian Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,887 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
46.08058, -121.75088
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Cold Spring Indian Cg · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureNorth Fork Meadow Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townGuler · ~11.5 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.1 mi
- FuelAndy's Valley Services · ~12.2 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~12.9 mi
- Dump station~11.9 mi
- GroceriesWind River Market · ~23.7 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~27.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicMid Columbia Medical Center · ~28.0 mi
EV charging — from Cold Spring Indian Cg · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger27.4 mi straight-line S — Stevenson Library · FLO · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 46 within 50 · 338 within 100 · 650 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)27.7 mi — Hood River, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Hood River
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)26.5 mi — Lakeside 24 Hour Fuel, Cougar, WA (at a gas station) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-06-06 · hours: 6am-7pm daily; summer, 7am-6pm daily; winter
- 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 390186 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cold Spring Indian Cg · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBerry Fields Interp · ~0.7 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCultus Creek Cg · ~2.3 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTillicum Cg · ~3.3 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLone Butte Sp · ~5.8 mi SW · USFS
Open Cold Spring Indian Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Cold Spring Indian Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Surprise Lakes~0.7 mi
- Cultus Creek Cg~2.3 mi · fee
- Tillicum Cg~3.3 mi · fee
- Steamboat Lake Campground~4.0 mi
The unit that manages Cold Spring Indian Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cold Spring Indian Cg are set by Gifford Pinchot National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Cold Spring Indian Cg
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
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 Cold Spring Indian Cg
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 — Cold Spring Indian Cg
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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