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Lost Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · TN · 35.15969, -84.46811
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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 Lost Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 946 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lost 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 Lost Creek Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- ShShower2 mi
- FFuel3 mi
- AAir-up4 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- OOutfitter10 mi
- WWater12 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- MMechanic13 mi
- DDump22 mi
- EVEV fast charger22 mi
- PPropane50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Lost Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
946 ft
State
TN
Coordinates
35.15969, -84.46811
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Lost Creek Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBig Lost Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townProbst · ~1.8 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.8 mi
- FuelFuel · ~2.8 mi
- Propane / LPGFreeman Gas Propane · ~18.5 mi
- Dump station~21.7 mi
- GroceriesCloer Mill General · ~10.0 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~12.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicBenton Family Health Care Center · ~9.7 mi
- HardwareSloan's Hardware · ~13.3 mi
EV charging — from Lost Creek Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger21.8 mi straight-line NW — Long Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Athens, TN · EV Connect · CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach5 within 25 mi · 39 within 50 · 294 within 100 · 626 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)22.9 mi — Cleveland, TN - Tesla Supercharger, Cleveland
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO23.6 mi — ATHENS UB STATION 3 (R), Athens
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.1 mi — Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park, Delano, 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 375240 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lost Creek Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPower House Launch · ~2.0 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTowee Creek Launch · ~2.6 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHiwassee River Picnic · ~5.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSpring Creek Shooting Range - East · ~5.3 mi N · USFS
Open Lost Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Lost Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Thunder Rock Cg~5.9 mi · fee
- Quinn Springs Campground~6.6 mi
- Parksville Campground~6.7 mi · fee
- Lost Corral Horse Camp~7.1 mi · fee
The unit that manages Lost Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lost Creek Campground are set by Cherokee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Lost Creek Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Lost 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 — Lost Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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