Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Rock Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 37.46902, -106.33233
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Rock Creek · Rio Grande National Forest · CO
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 265.2B (Rock Cr Cg), 80 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 265.2B (Rock Cr Cg), 80 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles May 15 – Dec 15. That season ends after Dec 15.
MVUM record for FR 265.2B (Rock Cr Cg): “05/15-12/15” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-27; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Rock Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,168 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Rock CreekNIFC · 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 Rock Creek · Rio Grande National Forest · CO
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- +Urgent care12 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- AAir-up23 mi
- RxPharmacy24 mi
- OOutfitter24 mi
- WWater33 mi
- DDump34 mi
- ShShower34 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 33-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 12 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); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Rock Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
9,168 ft
Ground slope
5.4% · gentle
State
CO
Coordinates
37.46902, -106.33233
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Rock Creek · Rio Grande National Forest · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSouth Fork Rock Creek · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townMonte Vista · ~12.5 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~12.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesTop Value Market · ~12.1 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~23.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicMonte Vista Clinic · ~12.2 mi
- HardwareMonte Vista CoOp · ~13.8 mi
EV charging — from Rock Creek · Rio Grande National Forest · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.1 mi straight-line NE — San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative, Monte Vista, CO · EV Connect · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach8 within 25 mi · 17 within 50 · 69 within 100 · 201 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)25.4 mi — Alamosa, CO - Tesla Supercharger, Alamosa
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.1 mi — San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative, Monte Vista, CO · EV Connect · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 2 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 116918 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Rock Creek · Rio Grande National Forest · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRock Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRock Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAlamosa / Comstock · ~2.3 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletComstock · ~2.3 mi SW · USFS
Coming out here — Rock Creek · Rio Grande National Forest · CO
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps South Fork Rock Creek as a perennial stream, under 0.1 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 5.4% — 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 Rock Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Rock Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Rock Creek Campground~0.2 mi · fee
- Comstock Campground~2.3 mi
- Alamosa Campground~6.2 mi
- Lake Fork Campground~13.7 mi
The unit that manages Rock Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Rock Creek are set by Rio Grande National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Grayback at 11,620 ft, about 11 miles away. It sits about 2,452 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 — Rock Creek
Stay limit
14 nights (14-day camping limit.)
Longest rig
35 ft (Maximum spur length is 35 feet.)
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-20: $10 per night for a single or a double site, paid by envelope at the collection box near the entrance; day use is $10 per vehicle per day. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/riogrande/recreation/rock-creek-campground.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Rock Creek
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 that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- 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
Before you go — Rock Creek
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →