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Soap Creek Corral
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 38.54330, -107.31512
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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 Soap Creek Corral
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,689 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Soap Creek CorralNIFC · 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 Soap Creek Corral · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- EVEV fast charger6 mi
- WWater6 mi
- DDump10 mi
- FFuel15 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- @Mail15 mi
- HHardware20 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- MMechanic21 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- OOutfitter29 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- ShShower30 mi
- PPropane60 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 15 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 — Soap Creek Corral
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,689 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
38.54330, -107.31512
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Soap Creek Corral · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSoap Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townSapinero · ~5.8 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.4 mi
- FuelFuel · ~14.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~9.5 mi
- GroceriesNewberry's Store · ~14.8 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~21.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicGunnison Valley Hospital · ~21.1 mi
- HardwareTrue Value · ~21.1 mi
EV charging — from Soap Creek Corral · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.1 mi straight-line S — GCEA EV STATION CPE250TEST, Gunnison, CO · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 20 within 50 · 109 within 100 · 303 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)30.7 mi — Montrose, CO - N 1st St - Tesla Supercharger, Montrose
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.1 mi — Lake Fork Campground, Gunnison, CO (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · 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 229427 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Soap Creek Corral · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSoap Creek Corral / Coal Mesa · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSoap Creek · ~0.3 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomPonderosa Restroom · ~1.2 mi S · NPS
- RestroomPonderosa Restroom · ~1.5 mi S · NPS
Open Soap Creek Corral elsewhere
Other camps near Soap Creek Corral
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Soap Creek Corral / Coal Mesa~0.1 mi
- Soap Creek Campground~0.4 mi
- Dispersed camp — Gunnison County, CO~14.2 mi
- Red Bridge Campground~15.9 mi
The unit that manages Soap Creek Corral
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Soap Creek Corral are set by Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Soap Creek Corral
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
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 Soap Creek Corral
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 — Soap Creek Corral
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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