Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree

Pacific Creek 5

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WY · 43.92460, -110.46159

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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

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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,971 ft.

Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp

Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer

Nearest of each

@Mail6 mi
FFuel6 mi
GGrocery7 mi
WWater9 mi
DDump9 mi
LLaundry9 mi
ShShower9 mi
OOutfitter22 mi
+Urgent care30 mi
AAir-up32 mi
RxPharmacy34 mi
HHardware34 mi
MMechanic36 mi

≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out.

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). Open in Google Maps ↗

The site

Access

Drive-up

Land

U.S. Forest Service · dispersed

Elevation

6,971 ft

State

Coordinates

43.92460, -110.46159

Cost

Free

Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)

Water featurePacific Creek (river) · nearby
Nearest townMoran · ~6.2 mi
Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.4 mi
FuelFuel · ~6.4 mi
Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
Dump stationDump station · ~9.0 mi
GroceriesColter Bay Convenience Store · ~8.4 mi
Hospital / clinicHospital · ~6.4 mi

Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

Vault / pit toiletPacific Creek Campground · ~1.4 mi NE · USFS
RestroomB - B2023 Vault Toilet Two Ocean Lake · ~2.6 mi SW · NPS
RestroomB - Accessible Single Vault Toilet Two Ocean Lake · ~2.6 mi SW · NPS
RestroomB - Vault Toilet Pilgrim Creek Trailhead · ~5.1 mi W · NPS

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Other camps nearby

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

The unit that manages this camp

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

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Snow, and when this opens

The nearest automatic snow station is Base Camp at 7,040 ft, about a mile away. That is about the height of this camp, so it is a fair proxy. 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.

Base Camp snowpack, from NRCS →

How we know this

Source

U.S. Forest Service recreation data

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

USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).

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

A land record can put you within a few metres 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

Before you go

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