North Platte River-Treasure Island PAA — Designated Camping Area
ACCESS DATES: Open year round Confirm with Game and Fish before you go -- these areas commonly close seasonally for wintering wildlife. This is a designated campground on the North Platte River-Treasure Island Public Access Area in Carbon County, land acquired or administered by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission. The area runs about 243 acres. Note what a Public Access Area is: Game and Fish describes PAAs as "permanent or long-term easements, or Wyoming Game and Fish Commission-owned land managed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department for allowing public access for recreational purposes." So the ground under you may belong to a private landowner or to another agency -- several PAAs sit on federal land -- while Game and Fish holds the public-access right and its rules are the ones that govern your stay. Do not be surprised by another owner's signage, and respect any posted boundary. 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: Limited to WGFC Land or easement marked with signs 5 Day Camping Limit in designated area only. Access road and parking not plowed during winter. Exceptions noted for this area: Private landowners own the streambed on their property. Wading, anchoring or beaching on private lands is prohibited without written permission. Easement on the east side of the island only goes to midstream. Amenities listed by Game and Fish for the area: Handicap Accessible Comfort Station, Boat Ramp, Parking, Foot Bridges 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 North Platte River-Treasure Island PAA — Designated Camping Area · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY
- WWater8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- OOutfitter10 mi
- DDump38 mi
- LLaundry38 mi
- ShShower38 mi
- EVEV fast charger40 mi
- +Urgent care47 mi
- HHardware58 mi
- RxPharmacy59 mi
- AAir-up59 mi
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 40-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 — North Platte River-Treasure Island PAA — Designated Camping Area
Nearby & resupply — around North Platte River-Treasure Island PAA — Designated Camping Area · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCow Creek · ~0.2 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townRiverside · ~8.3 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.3 mi
- FuelRiverside Garage & Cabins · ~8.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesRiverside Garage & Cabins · ~8.3 mi
EV charging — from North Platte River-Treasure Island PAA — Designated Camping Area · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger40.4 mi straight-line NW — Rawlins, WY - 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. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 36 within 100 · 323 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS40.8 mi — Kroger-City Market 412 (Rawlins, WY), Rawlins
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO59.9 mi — MAVERIK SB SPRINGS PL1, Steamboat Springs
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)38.0 mi — Steamboat Lake State Park, Steamboat Springs, CO (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
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Copperline Lodge, Saratoga, 9.8 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guests only · AFDC lists it “Free; donations accepted”
- 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 102518 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around North Platte River-Treasure Island PAA — Designated Camping Area · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomBennett Peak Toilet · ~8.2 mi SE · BLM
- RestroomCorral Creek Toilet · ~9.3 mi SE · BLM
- RestroomEncampment T/H South Toilet · ~10.8 mi S · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletLincoln Park · ~11.5 mi E · USFS
Coming out here — North Platte River-Treasure Island PAA — Designated Camping Area · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Cow Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.2 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 2.5% — flat. 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 North Platte River-Treasure Island PAA — Designated Camping Area elsewhere
Other camps near North Platte River-Treasure Island PAA — Designated Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bennett Peak Campground~8.3 mi
- Town of Encampment RV Park (Encampment)~8.9 mi
- Corral Creek Recreation Site~9.4 mi
- Pennock Mountain WHMA Campground~10.8 mi
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is South Brush Creek at 8,480 ft, about 12 miles away. It sits about 1,543 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 — North Platte River-Treasure Island PAA — Designated Camping Area
What we don’t know about North Platte River-Treasure Island PAA — Designated Camping Area
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
- 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