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Government Mineral Springs Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 45.88298, -121.99782
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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 — Government Mineral Springs Cg · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 3065000 (Govt Minl Sps), 10 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
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 Government Mineral Springs Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,251 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Government Mineral Springs 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 Government Mineral Springs Cg · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery12 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- DDump14 mi
- EVEV fast charger14 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- WWater16 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- +Urgent care24 mi
- AAir-up25 mi
- OOutfitter27 mi
- PPropane29 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 — Government Mineral Springs Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,251 ft
Ground slope
14.8% · noticeable
State
WA
Coordinates
45.88298, -121.99782
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Government Mineral Springs Cg · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureTrapper Creek · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townCarson · ~13.2 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~13.0 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~29.2 mi
- Dump stationStevenson Trailer Sewage Dump Station · ~14.1 mi
- GroceriesEagle Cliff General Store · ~12.4 mi
- PharmacyWind River Pharmacy · ~14.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicTrout Lake Clinic · ~23.9 mi
- HardwareCarson Hardware · ~13.8 mi
EV charging — from Government Mineral Springs Cg · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger14.1 mi straight-line SE — Stevenson Library · FLO · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 142 within 50 · 335 within 100 · 634 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)15.8 mi — Thunder Island Brewing - Charli Charging, Cascade Locks
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.1 mi — Stevenson Library · FLO · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 Level 2 port 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 390186 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Government Mineral Springs Cg · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGovernment Mineral Springs Cg · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomGovernment Mineral Springs Gs · ~0.3 mi SE · USFS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~1.5 mi SE · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~1.6 mi SE · FWS
Coming out here — Government Mineral Springs Cg · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Trapper 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 14.8% — 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 Government Mineral Springs Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Government Mineral Springs Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Camp Howe~0.9 mi
- Beaver Cg~2.7 mi · fee
- Paradise Creek Cg~5.5 mi · fee
- Mowich Camp~6.6 mi
The unit that manages Government Mineral Springs Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Government Mineral Springs Cg are set by Gifford Pinchot National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Government Mineral Springs Cg
Longest rig
18 ft (Maximum vehicle length is 18 feet.)
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 2026-08-23: $10 per night, single site; cash, check or Scan & Pay. Worth knowing before you book: the agency's own site record links this campground to recreation.gov facility 234091, which is the Government Mineral Springs GUARD STATION -- a $100 per night cabin rental about a quarter mile away -- not the campground. The $10 here is the campground's own forest page. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/giffordpinchot/recreation/campground-government-mineral-springs; the mis-linked cabin is https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234091.
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 Government Mineral Springs 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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- 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 — Government Mineral Springs Cg
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Off-grid communication →All field notes →