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Deer Creek Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 39.50824, -105.55402
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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 Deer Creek Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,086 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek Cg · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail7 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- WWater8 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- DDump23 mi
- PPropane25 mi
- ShShower26 mi
- AAir-up29 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 7 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 — Deer Creek Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
9,086 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
39.50824, -105.55402
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Deer Creek Cg · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townBrook Forest · ~9.6 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~8.3 mi
- FuelFuel · ~7.1 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~25.1 mi
- Dump station~23.0 mi
- GroceriesLoaf 'N Jug · ~7.1 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~16.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicCentura Health Primary Care Idaho Springs · ~16.3 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~13.5 mi
EV charging — from Deer Creek Cg · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.7 mi straight-line SE — CORE SEDALIA BAILEY1 · 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 reach22 within 25 mi · 239 within 50 · 390 within 100 · 459 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)14.3 mi — Conifer, CO - Conifer Road - Tesla Supercharger, Conifer
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.2 mi — Staunton State Park, Pine, CO (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · 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 327546 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Deer Creek Cg · Pike and San Isabel National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomDeer Creek Cg · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomDeer Creek Th · ~0.7 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMeridian Cg · ~1.0 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSummit Of Mount Blue Sky · ~7.2 mi NW · USFS
Open Deer Creek Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Deer Creek Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Meridian Campground~1.0 mi
- Burning Bear Cg~8.5 mi · fee
- Geneva Park~9.8 mi · fee
- Echo Lake~10.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Deer Creek Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Deer Creek Cg are set by Pike and San Isabel National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Echo Lake at 10,660 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 1,574 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 — Deer Creek Cg
Area rules
First-come first-served sites must be occupied the same night
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 2026-08-22: $28 per site per night, confirmed by two sources: the Pike-San Isabel NF campground page (updated Jan 23 2026) and recreation.gov, which charges $28 for a standard non-electric site all year in 2026. Two vehicles or one RV per site are included; a third vehicle is $11, and day use without camping is $11. Cash, check or money order; scan-and-pay is available and first-come first-served sites must be occupied the same night. South Platte Ranger District. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/psicc/recreation/deer-creek-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10165255.
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 Deer Creek 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 — Deer Creek Cg
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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