Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Sugar Creek 3
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · KY · 37.12333, -83.50291
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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 Sugar Creek 3
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,312 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sugar Creek 3NIFC · 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 Sugar Creek 3 · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail4 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- ShShower13 mi
- EVEV fast charger15 mi
- MMechanic19 mi
- HHardware20 mi
- AAir-up20 mi
- +Urgent care23 mi
- OOutfitter33 mi
- WWater34 mi
- LLaundry36 mi
- DDump46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 34-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Sugar Creek 3
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
1,312 ft
State
KY
Coordinates
37.12333, -83.50291
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Sugar Creek 3 · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSugar Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townBobs Fork · ~2.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~5.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesSpeedway · ~14.7 mi
- PharmacyClay Community Pharmacy · ~14.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicMary Breckinridge ARH Hospital · ~7.4 mi
- HardwareSouthern Wholesale · ~22.2 mi
EV charging — from Sugar Creek 3 · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger14.6 mi straight-line W — PowerUp Manchester · POWERUP · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-10 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 94 within 100 · 263 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO27.7 mi — BARBOURVILLE CITY HALL, Barbourville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)19.0 mi — FAKY LEVEL 2 FAKY LEFT, Hazard, KY · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port 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 462295 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sugar Creek 3 · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSugar Creek Ohv Trailhead · ~1.2 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Double Picnic Area · ~4.8 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPeabody Ohv Trailhead · ~5.1 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBear Creek Ohv Trailhead · ~7.3 mi S · USFS
Open Sugar Creek 3 elsewhere
Other camps near Sugar Creek 3
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Gilberts Creek 2~1.4 mi
- Gilberts Creek 7~1.7 mi
The unit that manages Sugar Creek 3
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sugar Creek 3 are set by Daniel Boone National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Sugar Creek 3
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 Sugar Creek 3
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 — Sugar Creek 3
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →How to read this page →All field notes →
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