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South Creek (Lower) Trailhead
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 38.17567, -112.50468
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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 South Creek (Lower) Trailhead
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,432 ft.
Fire & smoke — around South Creek (Lower) TrailheadNIFC · 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 South Creek (Lower) Trailhead · Fishlake National Forest · UT
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- LLaundry10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- ShShower26 mi
- WWater27 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- DDump32 mi
- PPropane40 mi
- AAir-up47 mi
- OOutfitter47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 27-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — South Creek (Lower) Trailhead
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,432 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
38.17567, -112.50468
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around South Creek (Lower) Trailhead · Fishlake National Forest · UT (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townBeaver · ~10.1 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~5.9 mi
- FuelFuel · ~11.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesFood Mart · ~9.3 mi
- PharmacyPanguitch Drug Co · ~24.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~9.9 mi
EV charging — from South Creek (Lower) Trailhead · Fishlake National Forest · UT — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.5 mi straight-line NW — Beaver, UT - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 17 within 50 · 33 within 100 · 64 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS10.3 mi — Beaver, UT, Beaver
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO45.6 mi — Walmart 5168 (Richfield, UT), Richfield
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)24.6 mi — Two Sunsets Hotel - Tesla Destination, Panguitch, UT · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 6 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 102456 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around South Creek (Lower) Trailhead · Fishlake National Forest · UT — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSouth Creek (Lower) Trailhead · ~1.2 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBirch Creek Trailhead · ~2.9 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAnderson Meadow Rec Site · ~4.6 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAnderson Meadow Campground · ~4.6 mi NE · USFS
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Other camps near South Creek (Lower) Trailhead
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Anderson Meadow Rec Site~4.7 mi
- Tushar Lakeside Rec Site~4.7 mi
- Tushar Lakeside Campground-A~4.9 mi · fee
- Kents Lake Rec Site~4.9 mi
The unit that manages South Creek (Lower) Trailhead
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at South Creek (Lower) Trailhead are set by Fishlake National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Merchant Valley at 8,710 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 1,278 ft higher than this camp, so treat it as a guide rather than a reading for this spot. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.
How we know this — South Creek (Lower) Trailhead
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 South Creek (Lower) Trailhead
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 — South Creek (Lower) Trailhead
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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