Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OK · 35.77244, -99.83411
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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 Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area
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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 Spring Creek Eastside Camp AreaNIFC · 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 Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area · Black Kettle National Grassland · OK
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail10 mi
- WWater13 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- +Urgent care34 mi
- HHardware36 mi
- EVEV fast charger36 mi
- ShShower51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 36-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 — Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
State
OK
Coordinates
35.77244, -99.83411
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area · Black Kettle National Grassland · OK (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSpring Creek Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townCrawford · ~4.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~14.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMarket Square · ~14.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicRoger Mills Memorial Hospital · ~14.5 mi
EV charging — from Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area · Black Kettle National Grassland · OK — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger35.8 mi straight-line SE — Hutch's - Tesla Supercharger (Francis Energy), Elk City, OK (at a gas station) · Tesla · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-14 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 4 within 50 · 13 within 100 · 102 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO51.1 mi — Northwestern EC, Woodward
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)51.1 mi — Northwestern EC, Woodward, OK · FCN · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.48 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 466519 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area · Black Kettle National Grassland · OK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSpring Creek Cg · ~0.3 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBlack Kettle Boating Site · ~6.7 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBlack Kettle Picnic · ~6.8 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBlack Kettle · ~7.0 mi E · USFS
Open Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area elsewhere
Other camps near Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Spring Creek Campground~0.1 mi
- Spring Creek Cg~0.3 mi
- Black Kettle~7.0 mi
- Black Kettle Campground~7.2 mi
The unit that manages Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area are set by Black Kettle National Grassland, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area
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 Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area
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 — Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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