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King Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 37.61242, -112.24730
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at King Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,878 ft.
Fire & smoke — around King Creek CampgroundNIFC · 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 King Creek Campground · Dixie National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater4 mi
- DDump5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- LLaundry5 mi
- ShShower5 mi
- PPropane6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- EVEV fast charger6 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- OOutfitter31 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- AAir-up42 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — King Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,878 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
37.61242, -112.24730
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around King Creek Campground · Dixie National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townBryce Canyon · ~6.7 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~4.4 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~6.5 mi
- Propane / LPGSinclair · ~6.5 mi
- Dump station~4.6 mi
- GroceriesGeneral Store · ~4.7 mi
- PharmacyPanguitch Drug Co · ~17.8 mi
- HardwareTrue Value · ~9.1 mi
EV charging — from King Creek Campground · Dixie National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.5 mi straight-line NE — Bryce Canyon City, UT - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · 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 reach1 within 25 mi · 8 within 50 · 33 within 100 · 53 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS44.9 mi — Cedar City Motor Company - DCFC, Cedar City
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO46.0 mi — Walmart 1438 (Cedar City, UT), Cedar City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.1 mi — Bryce Canyon Inn & Bryce Canyon Coffee Company - Tesla Destination, Tropic, UT (at a hotel) · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 5 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 417111 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around King Creek Campground · Dixie National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletKing Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTropic Reservoir Boat Ramp · ~0.4 mi SW · USFS
- Flush restroomKing Creek Group Area A · ~0.7 mi W · USFS
- RestroomB-44 Sscg Comfort Station B Loop · ~4.0 mi E · NPS
Open King Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near King Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- East Fork Designated Dispersed~0.7 mi
- King Creek Group Area A~0.7 mi · fee
- King Creek Campground~0.8 mi
- King Creek Group Area B~0.9 mi
The unit that manages King Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at King Creek Campground are set by Dixie National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Agua Canyon at 8,890 ft, about 6 miles away. It sits about 1,012 ft higher than this camp, so treat it as a guide rather than a reading for this spot. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.
How we know this — King 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
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 2026-08-24: $25.00 per night for a single site, which the Dixie NF defines as 1-8 people with one vehicle included; an additional vehicle is $10, and the dump station is included with the camping fee ($10 for non-campers). The forest also prices day-use group site #23 at $45 per day for 1-50 people -- that is DAY USE, not an overnight rate. Note the Forest Service spells it "Kings Creek Campground" while our pin reads "King Creek". Do not budget from the recreation.gov listing the forest links: 231914 "KINGS CREEK" sits 0.83 mi from our pin and its current 2026-05-22 to 2026-09-07 table contains only two rows, a KING-GROUP RV AREA and a KING-GROUP TENT ONLY AREA, both at $0.00 -- there is no single-site row in it at all. Sources: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/dixie/recreation/kings-creek-campground (Dixie NF, last updated July 1, 2026) and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/231914 .
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 King 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 — King Creek Campground
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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