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Mill Creek Campground
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · CO · 37.90659, -107.39056
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 Mill Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,470 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Mill 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 Mill Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- HHardware17 mi
- OOutfitter17 mi
- ShShower21 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- WWater23 mi
- MMechanic46 mi
- PPropane54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 23-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — Mill Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
9,470 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
37.90659, -107.39056
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Mill Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLake Fork Gunnison River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townHenson · ~7.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelConoco · ~18.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~9.1 mi
- GroceriesGet Some Groceries · ~9.3 mi
- PharmacySunshine Pharmacy · ~23.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicLake City Area Medical Center · ~9.7 mi
- HardwareOuray Hardware and Mercantile · ~17.3 mi
EV charging — from Mill Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.1 mi straight-line NE — GCEA EV STATION DCFC LAKE CITY · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 17 within 50 · 68 within 100 · 176 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)25.4 mi — Mountain Village, CO - Tesla Supercharger, Mountain Village
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.3 mi — Lake City EV · 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 163730 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Mill Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomMill Creek Restroom West · at this camp · BLM
- RestroomMill Creek Restroom East · at this camp · BLM
- RestroomBent Creek Restroom · ~0.5 mi E · BLM
- RestroomCataract Gulch Restroom · ~2.3 mi W · BLM
Open Mill Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Mill Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Williams Creek Campground~3.2 mi · fee
- Burrows Park Dispersed Camping~4.4 mi
- Hinsdale County~8.0 mi
- Lost Trail~9.8 mi · fee
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Wager Gulch at 11,110 ft, about 2 miles away. It sits about 1,640 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 — Mill 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.
Agency page
blm.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
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 Mill 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 — Mill Creek Campground
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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