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Swift Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WY · 42.72507, -110.90454
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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 Swift Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,412 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Swift Creek CampgroundNIFC · 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 Swift Creek Campground · Bridger-Teton National Forest · WY
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery1 mi
- RxPharmacy1 mi
- FFuel2 mi
- MMechanic2 mi
- OOutfitter2 mi
- @Mail2 mi
- EVEV fast charger2 mi
- HHardware2 mi
- LLaundry3 mi
- DDump14 mi
- ShShower31 mi
- +Urgent care31 mi
- WWater51 mi
- AAir-up54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 51-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 1 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 — Swift Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,412 ft
State
WY
Coordinates
42.72507, -110.90454
Cost
Free · Forest Service inventory: no fee
Nearby & resupply — around Swift Creek Campground · Bridger-Teton National Forest · WY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSwift Creek Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townAfton · ~1.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMaverik · ~1.5 mi
- Propane / LPGSuburban Propane · ~1.9 mi
- Dump station~14.2 mi
- GroceriesMaverik Adventure's First Stop · ~1.4 mi
- PharmacyOur Valley Pharmacy | Afton · ~1.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicStar Valley Health Hospital · ~1.4 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~1.6 mi
EV charging — from Swift Creek Campground · Bridger-Teton National Forest · WY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger1.5 mi straight-line W — BATTERY PARK 2, Afton, WY · 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 2 within 50 · 39 within 100 · 101 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)51.3 mi — Jackson, WY - Tesla Supercharger, Jackson
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)36.2 mi — Caribou Ford, Soda Springs, ID · Blink Network · J1772 · 3 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 236939 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Swift Creek Campground · Bridger-Teton National Forest · WY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSwift Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomNorth Fork Swift Creek Trailhead · ~2.4 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSwift Creek-Periodic Spring Trailhead · ~2.8 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomPeriodic Spring Picnic Area · ~2.8 mi NE · USFS
Open Swift Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Swift Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Swift Creek Campground~0.1 mi
- Cottonwood Lake Campground~7.4 mi · fee
- Salt River-Diversion PAA — Diversion~11.8 mi
- Forest Park Campground~13.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Swift Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Swift Creek Campground are set by Bridger-Teton National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Cottonwood Creek at 7,710 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 1,298 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 — Swift Creek Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Swift Creek Campground
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 — Swift Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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