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Rose Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 33.82949, -110.97956
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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 Rose Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,438 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Rose 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 Rose Creek · Tonto National Forest · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater14 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- FFuel16 mi
- @Mail18 mi
- DDump30 mi
- MMechanic30 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- AAir-up31 mi
- EVEV fast charger32 mi
- ShShower33 mi
- HHardware33 mi
- +Urgent care34 mi
- RxPharmacy34 mi
- OOutfitter44 mi
- PPropane55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 32-mi run (and back).
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 — Rose Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,438 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
33.82949, -110.97956
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Rose Creek · Tonto National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRose Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townRose Creek Lodge · ~0.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuel24-7 Gas · ~23.1 mi
- Propane / LPGLPG · ~29.9 mi
- Dump station~29.9 mi
- GroceriesMarina Convenience Store · ~14.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicCobre Valley Regional Medical Center · ~30.5 mi
EV charging — from Rose Creek · Tonto National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger32.3 mi straight-line S — APS - Globe (Globe, AZ) · Electrify America · CCS · 3 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 11 within 50 · 125 within 100 · 176 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)34.6 mi — Payson, AZ - Tesla Supercharger, Payson
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO47.6 mi — Ridgeview Plaza (PHX), Mesa
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)30.5 mi — Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center, Globe, AZ (at a hospital) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 4 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 250746 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Rose Creek · Tonto National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletReynolds Creek · ~2.9 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSchoolhouse Boating · ~12.5 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSchoolhouse Cg · ~12.6 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWindy Hill Boating · ~12.6 mi SW · USFS
Open Rose Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Rose Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Sawmill Flats Dispersed~1.1 mi
- Falls~2.3 mi
- Reynolds Creek Campground~3.0 mi · fee
- Schoolhouse Cg~12.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Rose Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Rose Creek are set by Tonto National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Rose Creek
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.
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 Rose 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 — Rose Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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