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Crooked Creek Dispersed Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 37.79138, -107.16210
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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 Crooked Creek Dispersed Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,084 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Crooked Creek Dispersed 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 Crooked Creek Dispersed Area · Rio Grande National Forest · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater14 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- DDump18 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- +Urgent care19 mi
- LLaundry19 mi
- HHardware32 mi
- ShShower36 mi
- MMechanic36 mi
- RxPharmacy37 mi
- PPropane55 mi
- AAir-up57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 14 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 — Crooked Creek Dispersed Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
9,084 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
37.79138, -107.16210
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Crooked Creek Dispersed Area · Rio Grande National Forest · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townCity of Creede · ~13.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~13.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~18.3 mi
- GroceriesKentucky Bell Market · ~13.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicLake City Area Medical Center · ~18.6 mi
EV charging — from Crooked Creek Dispersed Area · Rio Grande National Forest · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.4 mi straight-line NW — GCEA EV STATION DCFC LAKE CITY · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 12 within 50 · 68 within 100 · 207 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)37.2 mi — CENTENNIAL PARK PAGOSA SPGS PL2, Pagosa Springs
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.5 mi — Lake City EV · Blink 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 163730 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Crooked Creek Dispersed Area · Rio Grande National Forest · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCrooked Creek Dispersed Area · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSpring Creek Reservoir · ~1.2 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomTexas Creek · ~1.7 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRoad Canyon · ~1.9 mi SW · USFS
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Other camps near Crooked Creek Dispersed Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bristol Head Campground~2.1 mi · fee
- Bristol Head~2.2 mi · fee
- Silver Thread Campground~2.5 mi · fee
- Road Canyon Campground~3.0 mi
The unit that manages Crooked Creek Dispersed Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Crooked Creek Dispersed Area are set by Rio Grande National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Upper Rio Grande at 9,370 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 286 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 — Crooked Creek Dispersed Area
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 Crooked Creek Dispersed 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 — Crooked Creek Dispersed Area
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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