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Currant Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 40.33178, -111.06696
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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 Currant Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,885 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Currant CreekNIFC · 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 Currant Creek · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump0 mi
- GGrocery0 mi
- ShShower0 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- WWater14 mi
- @Mail15 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- OOutfitter21 mi
- RxPharmacy22 mi
- HHardware22 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- AAir-up32 mi
- EVEV fast charger32 mi
- PPropane33 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 0 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 32-mi run (and back).
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 — Currant Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,885 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
40.33178, -111.06696
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Currant Creek · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townIndependence · ~13.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelLodge Gas Station · ~10.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~0.0 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~0.0 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~21.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicWasatch County Family Clinic · ~21.4 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~21.5 mi
EV charging — from Currant Creek · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger32.1 mi straight-line W — SKY FORD PROVO LVL 3-4 · ChargePoint Network · 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 · 71 within 50 · 138 within 100 · 174 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)32.1 mi — Provo, UT - Tesla Supercharger, Provo
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO32.1 mi — VOLVO CAR USA PROVO DC4, Provo
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)21.0 mi — SCO HVH-2-EAST, Heber City, UT · 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 446302 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Currant Creek · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomCurrant Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomLodgepole · ~10.1 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWolf Creek · ~10.6 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMill Hollow · ~11.2 mi N · USFS
Open Currant Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Currant Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lodgepole~10.1 mi · fee
- Wolf Creek~10.6 mi · fee
- Mill Hollow Campground~11.1 mi · fee
- Strawberry Bay~11.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Currant Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Currant Creek are set by Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Currant Creek at 7,920 ft, about 2 miles 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 — Currant Creek
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-24: $30.14 per night for a standard non-electric or RV non-electric single site, for the current 2026-06-05 to 2026-09-19 peak season; the group site is $126.75, rising to $171.07 for the largest group tier. The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache page publishes no amount and defers to recreation.gov. Sources: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/231929 and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/uinta-wasatch-cache/recreation/currant-creek-campground (last updated June 5, 2026).
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 Currant Creek
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 — Currant Creek
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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