Agency-listedUSFSFee
St. Louis Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 39.92311, -105.86111
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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 St. Louis Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,861 ft.
Fire & smoke — around St. Louis 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 St. Louis Creek · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- HHardware3 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- EVEV fast charger3 mi
- OOutfitter3 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- ShShower6 mi
- DDump18 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- AAir-up22 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- PPropane23 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — St. Louis Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,861 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
39.92311, -105.86111
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around St. Louis Creek · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townFraser · ~3.0 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.0 mi
- FuelFuel · ~3.8 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~23.1 mi
- Dump station~17.9 mi
- GroceriesSafeway · ~3.1 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~22.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicCentura Health Primary Care Idaho Springs · ~22.4 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~2.9 mi
EV charging — from St. Louis Creek · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger3.1 mi straight-line NE — TOWN OF FRASER LIONS PONDS · 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 reach26 within 25 mi · 173 within 50 · 381 within 100 · 441 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)14.9 mi — 420 E Park Ave, Empire
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)2.6 mi — Trailblazers, Fraser, CO · AMPUP · J1772 · 10 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-05-09 · hours: Contact site for information
- 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 169944 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around St. Louis Creek · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSt. Louis Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletIdlewild · ~4.6 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJim Creek · ~5.9 mi SE · USFS
- Portable toiletMidland · ~7.2 mi SE · USFS
Open St. Louis Creek elsewhere
Other camps near St. Louis Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Byers Creek~3.8 mi · fee
- Idlewild~4.6 mi · fee
- Strawberry~5.5 mi
- Midland~7.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages St. Louis Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at St. Louis Creek are set by Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Fool Creek at 11,130 ft, about 4 miles away. It sits about 2,269 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 — St. Louis Creek
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 2026-08-27: $29 per night for a single site. Confirmed three ways, which is as good as this audit gets: the Arapaho-Roosevelt NF campground page (updated May 21 2026); the forest-wide Campground Status table (updated Aug 24 2026), which lists 17 sites, a 32-foot maximum spur, both first-come first-served AND reservable, $29, season May 15 to Sept 20; and recreation.gov facility 10311430 'St. Louis Creek', 0.405 mi from this pin, which charges $29. Sulphur Ranger District, near Fraser. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/arp/recreation/st-louis-creek-campground, https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/arp/conditions and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10311430.
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 St. Louis 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 — St. Louis Creek
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →How to read this page →All field notes →
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