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Spruce
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WY · 41.31922, -106.15857
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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 Spruce
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,545 ft.
Fire & smoke — around SpruceNIFC · 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 Spruce · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · WY
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail2 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- WWater22 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- DDump28 mi
- RxPharmacy29 mi
- HHardware29 mi
- AAir-up29 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- LLaundry29 mi
- OOutfitter31 mi
- ShShower52 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 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 — Spruce
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,545 ft
State
WY
Coordinates
41.31922, -106.15857
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Spruce · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · WY (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townCentennial · ~1.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~13.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~28.5 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~13.9 mi
- PharmacyHebal Remedies · ~29.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicAlbany County Public Health · ~29.3 mi
- HardwareHomeBase · ~29.3 mi
EV charging — from Spruce · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · WY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger28.0 mi straight-line E — Laramie, WY - 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. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 77 within 100 · 346 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS31.6 mi — Laramie GM Auto Center, Laramie
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO68.4 mi — MAVERIK SB SPRINGS PL1, Steamboat Springs
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)27.5 mi — FIRE STATION 3 COL FS3 GW, Laramie, WY · 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 102516 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Spruce · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · WY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSpruce · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFir · ~0.3 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPine · ~0.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWillow · ~0.4 mi W · USFS
Open Spruce elsewhere
Other camps near Spruce
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Aspen~0.1 mi · fee
- Willow~0.4 mi · fee
- North Fork~3.0 mi · fee
- Nash Fork~4.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Spruce
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Spruce are set by Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Brooklyn Lake at 10,250 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 1,705 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 — Spruce
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-23: no rate published by the agency. The Forest Service's recreation-site record for SPRUCE (objectid 2556148, placed by the agency at 41.319217 / -106.158571, on our pin) flags a fee but carries no amount and no fee description at all; the Medicine Bow-Routt publishes no recreation page for this campground and does not list it on the forest's camping index; and a recreation.gov search around these coordinates returns no listing for it. Be careful with the neighbours rather than assuming a price from one: three different campgrounds sit within half a mile of this pin at three different rates -- Aspen at 0.14 mi, Pine at 0.35 mi and Willow at 0.41 mi -- and none of them is Spruce. Checked https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0/query?where=objectid%3D2556148&outFields=*&returnGeometry=false&f=json, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/recreation/camping-cabins and https://www.recreation.gov/api/search?lat=41.319217&lng=-106.158571&radius=6&size=40.
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 Spruce
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 — Spruce
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Water on public land →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →