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Evans Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 46.93973, -121.93752
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Evans Creek · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA
No MVUM road within a quarter mile of the pin; the nearest mapped segment is FR 7920000 (Poch Peak), 0.3 mi away. Access may be a county road or unmapped.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Evans Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,610 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Evans 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 Evans Creek · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- @Mail11 mi
- WWater12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- MMechanic13 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- OOutfitter13 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- DDump14 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- AAir-up17 mi
- PPropane21 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Evans Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,610 ft
Ground slope
12.5% · noticeable
State
WA
Coordinates
46.93973, -121.93752
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Evans Creek · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureEvans Creek · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townCarbonado · ~11.2 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFlying K · ~13.4 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~20.8 mi
- Dump station~13.7 mi
- GroceriesWilkeson Grocery · ~12.5 mi
- PharmacyChuck's Drug · ~16.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicRainier Natural Health Clinic · ~16.0 mi
- HardwareArrow Lumber & Hardware · ~16.1 mi
EV charging — from Evans Creek · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.2 mi straight-line S — Rainier Basecamp LLC, Ashford, WA · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach14 within 25 mi · 169 within 50 · 428 within 100 · 635 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)19.2 mi — Walmart EV Charging, Bonney Lake
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.2 mi — Rainier Basecamp LLC, Ashford, WA · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Alexander's Lodge & Restaurant - Tesla Destination, Ashford, 13.0 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 461760 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Evans Creek · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletEvans Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletEvans Creek · ~0.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletEvans Creek Picnic · ~0.3 mi W · USFS
- RestroomBLDG C124 Carbon River (Paul Peak Vault Toilet) · ~1.4 mi E · NPS
Coming out here — Evans Creek · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Evans Creek as a perennial stream, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 12.5% — noticeable. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (10 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Evans Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Evans Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Carbon River Dispersed Roadside Camping~3.9 mi
- Cayada Creek Road Dispersed Camping~5.6 mi
- Twin Lake Backcountry Camp~8.4 mi
- Summit Lake Camping Area~8.6 mi
The unit that manages Evans Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Evans Creek are set by Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Evans Creek
Closures
Closed due to no access. EMERGENCY CLOSURE: SR-165 MP 11.5 Fairfax Bridge is closed to traffic. Access to this site is unavailable at this time. (checked 2026-08-22)
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: no nightly camping rate published by the agency. The only amount on the forest page is a $5 day use fee, which it says is required at the trailhead, campground and picnic area; a valid Recreation Pass covers it. The page also carries an emergency closure -- the Fairfax Bridge at SR-165 MP 11.5 is closed and the site is listed as unreachable. Checked https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/mbs/recreation/evans-creek-campground.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Evans 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 — Evans Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →