Agency-listedBLM Eastern Interior Field OfficeFee
Mount Prindle Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA)
Drive-up · public land · AK · 65.36705, -146.59494
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USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Mount Prindle Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,487 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Mount Prindle Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA)NIFC · 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 Mount Prindle Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA) · public land · AK
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater27 mi
- FFuel39 mi
- GGrocery41 mi
- MMechanic45 mi
- ShShower46 mi
- LLaundry46 mi
- HHardware47 mi
- +Urgent care47 mi
- OOutfitter48 mi
- @Mail48 mi
- EVEV fast charger48 mi
- DDump50 mi
- RxPharmacy50 mi
- AAir-up51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 27-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 39 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 48-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Mount Prindle Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA)
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
2,487 ft
State
AK
Coordinates
65.36705, -146.59494
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Mount Prindle Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA) · public land · AK (OpenStreetMap)
- Resupply lookup unavailable — try the map links below.
EV charging — from Mount Prindle Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA) · public land · AK — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger48.3 mi straight-line SW — Golden Valley Electric Fairbanks · FLO · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 1 within 50 · 4 within 100 · 6 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)51.1 mi — Fairbanks, AK - Tesla Supercharger, Fairbanks
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)126.1 mi — Three Bears Healy (at a fuel reseller) · Non-Networked · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-02-12 · 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 200475 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Mount Prindle Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA) · public land · AK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMt Prindle Campground Vault Toilet #1--Closest To Entrance · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletMt Prindle Campground Vault Toilet #2--Middle One · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletMt Prindle Campground Vault Toilet #3--By Site #6 At End Of Loop · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletNome Creek Landing Vault Toilet · ~3.8 mi SW · BLM
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Other camps near Mount Prindle Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA)
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- Cripple Creek Campground (Steese Highway MP 60)~6.5 mi · fee
How we know this — Mount Prindle Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA)
Source
public land records
Confidence
Agency-confirmed — The managing agency's own record names this as a campsite and puts it at these coordinates. About as good as it gets short of standing here.
How it was placed
https://www.blm.gov/visit/mount-prindle-campground-old (read 2026-08-17). THIS IS A FEE SITE -- FEE: $12 per night per site, first-come, for individual sites. 13 sites among tall willow below alpine tundra meadows and Mount Prindle (5,286 ft), at the upper end of Nome Creek Valley on the southern edge of the White Mountains NRA. Gold panning in Nome Creek and the Quartz Creek Trail start here. Maintained June through mid-September. Hand pump wells, trash cans, outhouse-style toilets; firewood is not provided; nearest RV dump station is Fairbanks. Nearest town/services per the page: Fairbanks, via Steese Hwy mile 57 then U.S. Creek Road and Nome Creek Road. | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
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 Mount Prindle Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA)
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 — Mount Prindle Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA)
Finding water out here →Dumping grey & black →Cold-weather camping →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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