Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Sht- Jackson Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MN · 47.92359, -89.91320
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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 Sht- Jackson Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smoke — around Sht- Jackson 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 Sht- Jackson Creek · Superior National Forest · MN
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail6 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- MMechanic19 mi
- HHardware22 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- OOutfitter23 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- +Urgent care24 mi
- WWater24 mi
- EVEV fast charger50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 24-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 10 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 50-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Dump, 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 — Sht- Jackson Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
State
MN
Coordinates
47.92359, -89.91320
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Sht- Jackson Creek · Superior National Forest · MN (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureJackson Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townHovland · ~6.4 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~9.7 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesIGA · ~22.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicNorth Shore Health Hospital and Care Center · ~23.0 mi
- HardwareSuperior Lumber · ~21.6 mi
EV charging — from Sht- Jackson Creek · Superior National Forest · MN — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger50.4 mi straight-line SW — Tofte, MN - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 8 within 100 · 29 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS82.7 mi — Keweenaw Co+op Market & Deli, Hancock
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO83.0 mi — CITY OF HANCOCK FRANKLIN ST, Hancock
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.4 mi — Grand Portage Casino, Hovland, MN (at an other entertainment) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-12-12 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Rockwood Lodge & Outfitters, Grand Marais, 29.5 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; customer use only
- 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 313097 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sht- Jackson Creek · Superior National Forest · MN — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomHeritage Center · ~10.8 mi E · NPS
- RestroomVisitor Comfort Station · ~10.9 mi E · NPS
- Vault / pit toiletMink Lake Day Use Site · ~14.7 mi W · USFS
- RestroomMink Lake Fishing Pier · ~14.8 mi W · USFS
Coming out here — Sht- Jackson Creek · Superior National Forest · MN
- Surface water mapped nearby: Jackson Creek (stream). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- 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 Sht- Jackson Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Sht- Jackson Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Sht- Woodland Caribou Pond~1.7 mi
- Sht- North Carlson Pond~2.7 mi
- Sht- South Carlson Pond~3.9 mi
- Sht- Hazel~5.5 mi
The unit that manages Sht- Jackson Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sht- Jackson Creek are set by Superior National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Sht- Jackson 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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Sht- Jackson 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 — Sht- Jackson Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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