Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Jellico Creek 1
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · KY · 36.60137, -84.24825
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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 Jellico Creek 1
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smoke — around Jellico Creek 1NIFC · 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 Jellico Creek 1 · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail6 mi
- DDump6 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- HHardware7 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- WWater8 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- OOutfitter17 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- AAir-up26 mi
- ShShower31 mi
- PPropane50 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 — Jellico Creek 1
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
State
KY
Coordinates
36.60137, -84.24825
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Jellico Creek 1 · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStream · nearby
- Nearest townAyers · ~2.3 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.0 mi
- FuelShell · ~7.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~30.7 mi
- GroceriesSave-A-Lot · ~6.8 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~15.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicBig South Fork Medical Center · ~16.3 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~16.7 mi
EV charging — from Jellico Creek 1 · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.3 mi straight-line NE — Walmart 1048 (Williamsburg, KY) · Electrify America · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 21 within 50 · 100 within 100 · 310 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)38.6 mi — London, KY - Tesla Supercharger, London
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.0 mi — Indian Mountain State Park, Jellico, TN (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 121797 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Jellico Creek 1 · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaNHS Welcome Center, I-75 · ~7.9 mi E
- Highway rest areaI-75 North Whitley County Welcome Center · ~8.0 mi E
- Vault / pit toiletAppletree Shooting Range · ~13.7 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomStearns Visitor Contact Station · ~14.0 mi NW · NPS
Open Jellico Creek 1 elsewhere
Other camps near Jellico Creek 1
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Jellico#1 Dispersed Camping~0.3 mi
- Jellico Creek 4~0.6 mi
- North Cumberland WMA - Dispersed Camping (Royal Blue Unit access)~15.0 mi
- Barren Fork Horse Camp~17.1 mi · fee
The unit that manages Jellico Creek 1
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Jellico Creek 1 are set by Daniel Boone National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Jellico Creek 1
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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Jellico Creek 1
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 — Jellico Creek 1
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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