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Jack Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AR · 35.03393, -93.84851
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Jack Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 651 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Jack 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 Jack Creek · Ouachita National Forest · AR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- MMechanic17 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- HHardware17 mi
- RxPharmacy19 mi
- WWater22 mi
- DDump30 mi
- ShShower30 mi
- EVEV fast charger34 mi
- OOutfitter36 mi
- AAir-up49 mi
- PPropane54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 34-mi run (and back).
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 — Jack Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
651 ft
State
AR
Coordinates
35.03393, -93.84851
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Jack Creek · Ouachita National Forest · AR (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townGrayson · ~1.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelA-1 Super Stop · ~8.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~30.1 mi
- GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~7.9 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~19.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicMercy Hospital Booneville · ~8.8 mi
- HardwareScott County Hardware · ~17.3 mi
EV charging — from Jack Creek · Ouachita National Forest · AR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger33.9 mi straight-line N — Ozark, AR - Tesla Supercharger (at a rest stop) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 62 within 100 · 153 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS36.2 mi — Walmart 66 (Clarksville, AR), Clarksville
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO36.2 mi — Walmart 66 (Clarksville, AR), Clarksville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)32.1 mi — ATU OZARK · ChargePoint 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 166861 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Jack Creek · Ouachita National Forest · AR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletJack Creek Trailhead · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJack Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDutch Creek Ccc · ~8.3 mi S · USFS
- Flush restroomMagazine Lodge Complex · ~14.5 mi NE · USFS
Open Jack Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Jack Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cove Lake Recreation Area~18.3 mi · fee
The unit that manages Jack Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Jack Creek are set by Ouachita National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Jack Creek
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
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 Jack 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 — Jack Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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