Mule Creek Ranch WHMA Campground
FIRE BAN: WGFD flags this area as 'Fire Ban is in Effect for this Area' -- check before you plan on any open flame. SEASONAL CLOSURE -- READ THIS FIRST: Winter closure January 1 through April 30. Wyoming closes many of these areas in winter and spring to protect wintering big game, and a closure is not advisory. Confirm the current dates with Game and Fish before you drive out. This is a designated campground on the Mule Creek Ranch Wildlife Habitat Management Area in Albany County, land acquired or administered by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission. The area runs about 10,106 acres. Camping here is genuinely free and first come, first served -- and unlike neighbouring states, Wyoming does NOT make you buy a license or a habitat/entrance pass simply to be on the land or to camp. (If you intend to hunt or fish while you are there, that is a different matter: you need the appropriate Wyoming license and a conservation stamp for that activity.) STAY LIMIT IS 5 DAYS HERE, NOT 14. Wyoming's statewide cap is 14 consecutive days, but Game and Fish posts a shorter 5-day camping limit for this specific area, and the posted limit is the one that binds. You also cannot leave a camp unattended more than 48 hours, and once you hit the limit you must be off that same Game and Fish land for at least 72 hours before returning. Area-specific regulations from Game and Fish: Closed Jan. 1 - April. 30. Overnight camping (5-day limit) and parking permitted at corrals. Mule Creek HMA permission slip required to hunt the 88 Ranch property from November 1 - December 31. No off-road vehicles; access road and parking not plowed during winter. Open fires, fireworks, and littering are strictly prohibited. Exceptions noted for this area: Access is restricted to licensed big game hunters with a valid HMA permission slip from WGFD on the 88 Ranch. Amenities listed by Game and Fish for the area: Horse Corrals, Comfort Station, Parking Note on this campground: Camping permitted with valid Mule Creek Ranch HMA permission slip. These are working wildlife areas first and campgrounds second -- they exist for habitat, so expect gravel, expect stock, and leave it cleaner than you found it. We have not visited; confirm current conditions and closures with the Wyoming Game and Fish Laramie regional office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Mule Creek Ranch WHMA Campground · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY
- FFuel30 mi
- GGrocery35 mi
- MMechanic42 mi
- DDump42 mi
- +Urgent care43 mi
- @Mail43 mi
- EVEV fast charger46 mi
- HHardware46 mi
- RxPharmacy48 mi
- OOutfitter48 mi
- WWater48 mi
- LLaundry56 mi
The read: water is a real 48-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 30 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 46-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 — Mule Creek Ranch WHMA Campground
Nearby & resupply — around Mule Creek Ranch WHMA Campground · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY (OpenStreetMap)
- Resupply lookup unavailable — try the map links below.
EV charging — from Mule Creek Ranch WHMA Campground · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger46.1 mi straight-line NW — Evansville, WY - Tesla Supercharger (at a rest stop) · 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 4 within 50 · 20 within 100 · 86 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS47.3 mi — Target T0164 (Casper, WY), Casper
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO114.1 mi — NPPD EV STATION SB SINCLAIR DCN, Scottsbluff
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)64.1 mi — BESTWESTERNLAR STATION 1, Laramie, WY · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Hampton Inn & Suites Douglas - Tesla Destination, Douglas, 42.1 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 164001 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Mule Creek Ranch WHMA Campground · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCampbell Creek · ~14.9 mi N · USFS
- Flush restroomLaprele Guard Station · ~15.1 mi N · USFS
- RestroomCow Creek · ~15.1 mi E · USFS
- RestroomCurtis Gulch · ~15.8 mi NE · USFS
Coming out here — Mule Creek Ranch WHMA Campground · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY
- No named surface water mapped within 1 mi of the pin in USGS's National Hydrography Dataset (data refreshed October 2022), and none within about a mile and a half in our OpenStreetMap pull — which is not proof there is none, only that neither map has one. Plan to carry washing water as well as drinking water.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 3.2% — gentle. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Mule Creek Ranch WHMA Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Mule Creek Ranch WHMA Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cow Creek Mountain PAA — Cow Creek Mountain Trail head~12.6 mi
- Campbell Creek~14.9 mi · fee
- Curtis Gulch~15.9 mi · fee
- Friend Park~18.0 mi · fee
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Windy Peak at 7,890 ft, about 14 miles away. It sits about 684 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 — Mule Creek Ranch WHMA Campground
What we don’t know about Mule Creek Ranch WHMA 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.
- Whether the fire rule stated above still stands today — what we have is a dated reading of the agency's listing, not a live restriction feed
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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