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Ranger Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 47.01877, -121.53496
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Ask about this camp →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 — at Ranger Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,562 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Ranger 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 Ranger Creek Campground · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery1 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- WWater9 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- ShShower11 mi
- DDump16 mi
- @Mail23 mi
- MMechanic23 mi
- AAir-up23 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- RxPharmacy24 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- OOutfitter25 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- PPropane36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 1 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 — Ranger Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,562 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
47.01877, -121.53496
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Ranger Creek Campground · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureDoe Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townSunrise · ~8.8 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.8 mi
- FuelGull · ~11.2 mi
- Propane / LPGBlack Bear Outpost Propane · ~30.3 mi
- Dump station~15.6 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~0.9 mi
- PharmacySafeway · ~24.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicAspire Physcial Therapy · ~24.6 mi
- HardwareCutters Supply · ~24.4 mi
EV charging — from Ranger Creek Campground · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger27.5 mi straight-line NE — WCEH Cle Elum · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 108 within 50 · 375 within 100 · 617 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)29.8 mi — Cle Elum, WA - West Davis Street - Tesla Supercharger, Cle Elum
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.3 mi — Crystal Mountain, Enumclaw, WA · FLO · J1772 · 8 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 73431 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Ranger Creek Campground · Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRanger Creek · ~0.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBuck Creek Horse Camp · ~0.3 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRanger Creek Airstrip · ~0.4 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRanger Creek · ~0.4 mi N · USFS
Open Ranger Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Ranger Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Pierce County~0.2 mi
- Silver Springs~1.7 mi · fee
- Huckleberry Creek Dispersed Camping~4.4 mi
- Huckleberry Creek Dispersed Camping~4.5 mi
The unit that manages Ranger Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Ranger Creek Campground are set by Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Ranger 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
fs.usda.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 Ranger 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 — Ranger Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
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