Agency-listedUSFSFee
Soldier Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NE · 42.69890, -103.57640
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. 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 Soldier Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,259 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Soldier 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 Soldier Creek · Nebraska National Forest · NE
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- ShShower6 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- WWater20 mi
- DDump28 mi
- GGrocery30 mi
- MMechanic30 mi
- FFuel30 mi
- HHardware30 mi
- EVEV fast charger30 mi
- LLaundry30 mi
- RxPharmacy31 mi
- +Urgent care53 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 20-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 30 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: 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 — Soldier Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,259 ft
State
NE
Coordinates
42.69890, -103.57640
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Soldier Creek · Nebraska National Forest · NE (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMiddle Fork Soldier Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townGlen · ~6.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~28.5 mi · permit required · Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
- GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~29.5 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Soldier Creek · Nebraska National Forest · NE — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger29.8 mi straight-line E — NPPD EV STATION CHDRN BGBTS DCS, Chadron, NE · 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 15 within 100 · 47 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)44.7 mi — Lusk, WY - Tesla Supercharger, Lusk
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)29.8 mi — CCH 825 CCH 2, Chadron, NE · ChargePoint Network · 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 311796 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Soldier Creek · Nebraska National Forest · NE — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSoldier Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomHudson-Meng · ~9.0 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletToadstool · ~11.0 mi N · USFS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~20.5 mi SW · NPS
Open Soldier Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Soldier Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Peterson WMA~4.0 mi
- Fort Robinson WMA~4.4 mi
- Fort Robinson SP~6.0 mi · fee
- Toadstool~11.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Soldier Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Soldier Creek are set by Nebraska National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Soldier Creek
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Agency-confirmed — The managing agency's own record names this as a campsite and puts it at these coordinates. About as good as it gets short of standing here.
How it was placed
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | nightshift-verified 2026-08-18: PROMOTED later -> approved. The old note said only "Developed FEE campground (not free) - review" with no source. Sourced today from the Forest Service itself: the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands camping index https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/nebraska/recreation/camping-cabins and the site page https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/nebraska/recreation/soldier-creek-campground. Listed "Site Open", year-round. 8 sites with picnic table and fire ring plus at least 3 further camping areas large enough for a horse trailer or RV; 3 vault toilets, garbage cans and a 15-paddock corral system. Overnight Use: Single Site $15/night including one vehicle, additional vehicle $7.50/night. Adjacent to the 7,794-acre Soldier Creek Wilderness (motorized vehicles prohibited inside it), Fort Robinson SP to the east. Boots & Saddle Trail 7.1 mi from the North Fork Trailhead at campsite 1; Trooper Trail Loop 9.7 mi from the Middle and South Fork Trailheads in the campground. FS note: a State Park pass is NOT required to reach National Forest land so long as you do not stop inside Fort Robinson SP. FS-published coordinate 42.69888889,-103.5763889 matches our stored point to ~1 m. WATER: The Forest Service states "Potable water is available at this site" -- a hand pump well in the campground. Treat the nearby creeks as NOT potable; the FS itself says stock water must be hauled to the corral from the creeks or the pump.
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 Soldier 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 — Soldier Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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