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Indian Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 34.48107, -112.49883
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. 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 — Indian Creek Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ
No MVUM road within a quarter mile of the pin; the nearest mapped segment is road 009406U [Private jurisdiction], 0.5 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 Indian Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,795 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Indian Creek CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Indian Creek Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- MMechanic4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- +Urgent care5 mi
- EVEV fast charger5 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- DDump33 mi
- ShShower33 mi
- AAir-up40 mi
- PPropane58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Indian Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,795 ft
Ground slope
12.4% · noticeable
State
AZ
Coordinates
34.48107, -112.49883
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Indian Creek Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureIndian Creek · under 0.1 mi · USGS: intermittent stream
- Nearest townPonderosa Park · ~0.9 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~3.6 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesSafeway · ~3.7 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~4.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicInject SkinCare · ~5.0 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight · ~5.9 mi
EV charging — from Indian Creek Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger5.1 mi straight-line NE — APS - Prescott (Prescott, AZ) · Electrify America · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach7 within 25 mi · 18 within 50 · 117 within 100 · 167 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)7.0 mi — Prescott, AZ - Tesla Supercharger, Prescott
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO46.6 mi — Walmart 5329 (Anthem, AZ), Anthem
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.7 mi — Hilton Garden Inn - Prescott · Blink 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 253937 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Indian Creek Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWhite Spar Campground · ~2.3 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLower Wolf Creek Campground · ~2.9 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Wolf Creek Group Campground · ~3.1 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGroom Creek Horse Camp · ~3.3 mi E · USFS
Coming out here — Indian Creek Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Indian Creek as an intermittent stream, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as intermittent — expect it dry for part of the year. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 12.4% — noticeable. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 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 Indian Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Indian Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Fdr64-Maripai Rd Designated Disp.~0.7 mi
- C64 Copper Basin Designated Disp.~2.1 mi
- White Spar Campground~2.3 mi
- Yavapai County~2.7 mi
The unit that manages Indian Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Indian Creek Campground are set by Prescott National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Indian Creek Campground
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Indian Creek Campground
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 — Indian Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →