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Sugar Creek Hunter
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · LA · 32.96201, -92.79201
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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 Hunter
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 149 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sugar Creek HunterNIFC · 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 Hunter · Kisatchie National Forest · LA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail4 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- OOutfitter19 mi
- LLaundry20 mi
- MMechanic26 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- WWater29 mi
- EVEV fast charger30 mi
- AAir-up33 mi
- ShShower55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 29-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 30-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 — Sugar Creek Hunter
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
149 ft
State
LA
Coordinates
32.96201, -92.79201
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Sugar Creek Hunter · Kisatchie National Forest · LA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townScottsville · ~2.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~12.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~11.1 mi
- PharmacyBrookshire's Pharmacy · ~18.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicReeves Memorial Medical Center · ~12.4 mi
EV charging — from Sugar Creek Hunter · Kisatchie National Forest · LA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger30.5 mi straight-line S — Ruston, LA - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 4 within 50 · 26 within 100 · 76 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO37.5 mi — EVerCharge - Minden City Hall, Minden
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.0 mi — Trotter Nissan, El Dorado, AR (at a car dealership) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-02-12 · hours: Dealership business hours
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Karol Malone Ford, El Dorado, 18.1 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for customers with appointments only
- 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 225841 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sugar Creek Hunter · Kisatchie National Forest · LA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomCorney Lake Rec Area · ~4.8 mi SE · USFS
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Other camps near Sugar Creek Hunter
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Corney Lake Rec Area~4.8 mi
- Turkey Trot Hunter~10.4 mi
- Bucktail Hunter Camp~13.1 mi
The unit that manages Sugar Creek Hunter
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sugar Creek Hunter are set by Kisatchie National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Sugar Creek Hunter
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Hunter
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 Hunter
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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