Deepwater Creek WMA (McLean County)
IMPORTANT -- THIS ONE IS NOT OPEN EVERY NIGHT. North Dakota Game and Fish closes Deepwater Creek WMA to camping on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (except holidays); it is open to camping Thursday through Monday, and ALL your equipment must be off the area on the closed days. Plan around that or you will be moved along. Deepwater Creek Wildlife Management Area is 1,564 acres of state wildlife land in McLean County, managed by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, and you may camp on it free. That is not a rumour off a listing site -- it is how the state rule works: North Dakota Administrative Code 30-04-02-01 opens every WMA to 'public hunting, fishing, and trapping, or other compatible public use', and 30-04-02-11 sets the only real limit, 'camping for longer than ten consecutive days on any wildlife management area is prohibited'. There is no camping fee and, unlike South Dakota and Oklahoma, North Dakota does NOT make you buy a license or a conservation pass just to be on the land. Now the honest part: this is primitive dispersed camping on a wildlife area, not a campground. Assume NO toilets, NO drinking water, NO tables, NO fire rings and no marked sites unless you happen to find them. You may gather downed wood for a campfire, but you may not mow or cut vegetation to clear a campsite, you may not leave a trailer or tent set up unless you are actually sleeping in it, and you may not dump holding tanks on the area. Vehicles must stay on the constructed roads, established trails and parking areas that a passenger car would normally use -- do not drive out across the grass. Camping is also prohibited on any WMA where it is posted as such at the road entry, so READ THE SIGN at the entrance you use; the posted sign beats anything we can tell you here. These are working wildlife areas, so expect hunters in season and plan your visibility accordingly. The pin is a representative point inside the unit boundary, not a campsite -- you will need to find your own spot off an established access. Confirm current rules with ND Game and Fish at (701) 328-6300 before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Deepwater Creek WMA (McLean County) · North Dakota Game & Fish · ND
- FFuel13 mi
- MMechanic24 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- @Mail26 mi
- GGrocery26 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- OOutfitter42 mi
- LLaundry44 mi
- RxPharmacy51 mi
- WWater52 mi
- EVEV fast charger53 mi
- AAir-up54 mi
The read: water is a real 52-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 13 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 53-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: 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); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Deepwater Creek WMA (McLean County)
Nearby & resupply — around Deepwater Creek WMA (McLean County) · North Dakota Game & Fish · ND (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townRaub · ~7.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~24.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Groceriesnone within 30 mi
- HardwareSatermo's · ~24.0 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Deepwater Creek WMA (McLean County) · North Dakota Game & Fish · ND — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger52.8 mi straight-line NE — Pinnacle Express, Minot, ND (at a gas station) · Non-Networked · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-06-06 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 15 within 100 · 19 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)54.8 mi — Minot, ND - Tesla Supercharger, Minot
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)54.0 mi — Minot Automotive Center (at an auto repair) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-07-03 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.39 per minute (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 256632 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Deepwater Creek WMA (McLean County) · North Dakota Game & Fish · ND — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- No mapped restroom within 30 miles — plan to pack it out.
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How we know this — Deepwater Creek WMA (McLean County)
What we don’t know about Deepwater Creek WMA (McLean County)
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