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Rock Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 40.07724, -106.62313
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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 Rock Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,751 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 · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- RxPharmacy12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- EVEV fast charger12 mi
- ShShower19 mi
- DDump19 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- WWater29 mi
- OOutfitter30 mi
- MMechanic30 mi
- LLaundry32 mi
- AAir-up42 mi
- PPropane43 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 29-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Rock Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,751 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
40.07724, -106.62313
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Rock Creek · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRock Creek (river) · nearby
- Nearest townRadium · ~9.2 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~9.2 mi
- FuelKremmling Mercantile · ~11.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~18.9 mi
- GroceriesKremmling Mercantile · ~11.9 mi
- PharmacyKremmling Mercantile · ~11.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicMiddle Park Health - Kremmling · ~12.4 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~12.5 mi
EV charging — from Rock Creek · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger12.5 mi straight-line E — Kremmling, CO - Park Avenue - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 37 within 50 · 307 within 100 · 439 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO29.1 mi — MAVERIK SB SPRINGS PL2, Steamboat Springs
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)12.2 mi — Town of Kremmling - Town Park (at a park) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-11-06 · 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 165579 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Rock Creek · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRock Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBlacktail Creek · ~2.4 mi E · USFS
- RestroomLagunita Lake · ~3.6 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomLynx Pass · ~3.7 mi NW · USFS
Open Rock Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Rock Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Blacktail Creek~2.4 mi · fee
- Lynx Pass~3.7 mi · fee
- Red Dirt Reservoir~7.5 mi
- Upper Colorado River Recreation Area~8.8 mi
The unit that manages Rock Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Rock Creek are set by Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Lynx Pass at 8,910 ft, about 3 miles 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.
How we know this — Rock Creek
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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.
- 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 — Rock Creek
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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