Agency-listedBLM Eastern Interior Field OfficeFee
Cripple Creek Campground (Steese Highway MP 60)
Drive-up · public land · AK · 65.27618, -146.64785
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Weather outlook — at Cripple Creek Campground (Steese Highway MP 60)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,208 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cripple Creek Campground (Steese Highway MP 60)NIFC · 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 Cripple Creek Campground (Steese Highway MP 60) · public land · AK
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater22 mi
- FFuel34 mi
- GGrocery36 mi
- MMechanic39 mi
- ShShower40 mi
- LLaundry40 mi
- @Mail42 mi
- HHardware42 mi
- +Urgent care42 mi
- OOutfitter42 mi
- EVEV fast charger43 mi
- DDump44 mi
- RxPharmacy44 mi
- AAir-up46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 34 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 43-mi run (and back).
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 — Cripple Creek Campground (Steese Highway MP 60)
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
1,208 ft
State
AK
Coordinates
65.27618, -146.64785
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Cripple Creek Campground (Steese Highway MP 60) · public land · AK (OpenStreetMap)
- Resupply lookup unavailable — try the map links below.
EV charging — from Cripple Creek Campground (Steese Highway MP 60) · public land · AK — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger42.8 mi straight-line SW — Golden Valley Electric Fairbanks · FLO · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 2 within 50 · 4 within 100 · 8 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)45.6 mi — Fairbanks, AK - Tesla Supercharger, Fairbanks
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)120.1 mi — Three Bears Healy (at a fuel reseller) · Non-Networked · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-02-12 · 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 200475 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cripple Creek Campground (Steese Highway MP 60) · public land · AK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCripple Creek Campground Vault Toilet #1--Nearest Campsite 11 · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletCripple Creek Campground Vault Toilet #2--East Of T-1 By Campsite 1 · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletCripple Creek Campground Vault Toilet #4--East At River Access Day Use Area · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletCripple Creek Campground Vault Toilet #3--West At River Access Day Use Area · at this camp · BLM
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How we know this — Cripple Creek Campground (Steese Highway MP 60)
Source
public land records
Confidence
Agency-confirmed — The managing agency's own record names this as a campsite and puts it at these coordinates. About as good as it gets short of standing here.
How it was placed
https://www.blm.gov/visit/cripple-creek-campground (read 2026-08-17). THIS IS A FEE SITE -- FEE: $12 per night for vehicle sites, $6 per night for walk-in sites. 12 first-come universal-design campsites plus 6 walk-in sites, with a riverside day-use area and fishing access on the Chatanika River, and a short interpretive trail. Maintained end of May through mid-September. Hand pump well, trash cans, outhouse-style toilets; each site has parking, picnic table and fire ring. Blacktop highway accessible at mile 60 of the Steese Highway. Nearest town/services per the page: Fairbanks, via the Steese Highway (paved to the campground). | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
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 Cripple Creek Campground (Steese Highway MP 60)
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 — Cripple Creek Campground (Steese Highway MP 60)
Finding water out here →Dumping grey & black →Cold-weather camping →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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