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Rush Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · GA · 33.25499, -83.78368
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Rush Creek Campground · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 1013 (Rush Creek), 150 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
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 Rush Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 469 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Rush 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 Rush Creek Campground · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery5 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- HHardware7 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- WWater10 mi
- OOutfitter11 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- AAir-up16 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- DDump20 mi
- PPropane55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Rush Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
469 ft
Ground slope
5.3% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~4.6 mi · main line
State
GA
Coordinates
33.25499, -83.78368
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Rush Creek Campground · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRush Creek · ~0.2 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townMcElheneys Crossroads · ~1.6 mi
- Nearest rail line~4.6 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~9.7 mi
- FuelFuel · ~6.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~26.8 mi
- GroceriesBig Dam Store · ~5.7 mi
- PharmacyIngles Pharmacy · ~22.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicJasper County Health Department · ~6.8 mi
- HardwareJasper County Lumber Company · ~6.7 mi
EV charging — from Rush Creek Campground · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.5 mi straight-line W — Flying J 630, Jackson, GA · eVgo Network · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach15 within 25 mi · 141 within 50 · 398 within 100 · 596 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)20.7 mi — Walmart EV Charging, Locust Grove
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO17.4 mi — Walmart 907 (Forsyth, GA), Forsyth
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.0 mi — Wellness Cottage and Day Spa, Monticello, GA · VIALYNK · J1772 · 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 330679 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Rush Creek Campground · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~11.7 mi SE · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~11.8 mi S · FWS
- Highway rest areaGeorgia Weigh Station Region 6 North(Monroe) · ~16.8 mi SW
- Highway rest areaGeorgia Weigh Station Region 6 South (Monroe) · ~16.9 mi SW
Coming out here — Rush Creek Campground · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · GA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Rush Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.2 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 5.3% — 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.
- Rail line mapped ~4.6 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in 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 Rush Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Rush Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Concord Campground~2.8 mi
- Gladesville Campground~3.0 mi
- Ocmulgee Flats Camp~5.6 mi
- Cedar Creek WMA - Hadaway~13.2 mi
The unit that manages Rush Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Rush Creek Campground are set by Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Rush 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.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Rush 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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- 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 — Rush Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Power off-grid →All field notes →