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Third Creek Group Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 42.19126, -112.12281
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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 Third Creek Group Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,502 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Third Creek Group AreaNIFC · 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 Third Creek Group Area · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- WWater8 mi
- ShShower14 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- AAir-up31 mi
- EVEV fast charger32 mi
- OOutfitter33 mi
- PPropane34 mi
- DDump46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 32-mi run (and back).
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 — Third Creek Group Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,502 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
42.19126, -112.12281
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Third Creek Group Area · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townClifton · ~6.1 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~7.9 mi
- FuelMaverik · ~5.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesTop Stop · ~5.9 mi
- PharmacyPreston Drug · ~14.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicWillow Valley Family Medicine (Clinic) · ~14.3 mi
- HardwareWard's ACE & Country Store · ~5.9 mi
EV charging — from Third Creek Group Area · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger31.5 mi straight-line SE — MURDOCK CACHE V LOT WEST, Hyde Park, UT · 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 17 within 50 · 64 within 100 · 178 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)33.5 mi — Tremonton, UT - Tesla Supercharger, Tremonton
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)32.4 mi — SCO BEAR RIVER H 1, Tremonton, UT · 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 371862 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Third Creek Group Area · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletThird Creek Group Area · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDry Canyon · ~9.3 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMalad Summit Gs · ~13.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMalad Summit · ~13.5 mi NW · USFS
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Other camps near Third Creek Group Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dry Canyon~9.3 mi
- Heart Mountain Springs Recreation Site~13.1 mi
- Malad Summit~13.5 mi · fee
- Albert Moser~22.3 mi · fee
The unit that manages Third Creek Group Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Third Creek Group Area are set by Caribou-Targhee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Oxford Spring at 6,790 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 1,288 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 — Third Creek Group Area
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 2026-08-22: $80 per night for the whole group site -- this is a group-only area, so that is the price of the site, not a per-person or per-vehicle rate; current season 2026-05-22 to 2026-09-27. The Caribou-Targhee page publishes no rate of its own (it says only 'For current fees, please go to Recreation.gov'), so the figure comes from the camp's recreation.gov listing (id 233971, THIRD CREEK GROUP SITE, 0.02 mi from this pin). Sources: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233971 and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/caribou-targhee/recreation/third-creek-group-campground (page last updated May 15, 2026).
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 Third Creek Group Area
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 — Third Creek Group Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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