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Three Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 48.00951, -120.61071
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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 Three Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,892 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Three 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 Three Creek · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel14 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- WWater15 mi
- DDump15 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- LLaundry15 mi
- @Mail15 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- EVEV fast charger19 mi
- RxPharmacy28 mi
- MMechanic29 mi
- +Urgent care30 mi
- AAir-up40 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 14 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 — Three Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,892 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
48.00951, -120.61071
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Three Creek · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~13.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationTrailer Dump Area · ~14.6 mi
- GroceriesMidway Grocery · ~14.0 mi
- PharmacySafeway · ~28.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicLake Chelan Community Hospital Clinics · ~29.9 mi
- HardwarePlain Hardware · ~17.5 mi
EV charging — from Three Creek · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.6 mi straight-line S — Leavenworth, WA - US-2 - Tesla Supercharger (at a rest stop) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 21 within 50 · 298 within 100 · 437 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS28.5 mi — Albertsons Safeway 1589 (Leavenworth, WA), Leavenworth
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO28.7 mi — WCEH Leavenworth, Leavenworth
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.4 mi — 59er Diner, Leavenworth, WA (at a restaurant) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-01-09 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Mountain Springs Lodge - Tesla Destination, Leavenworth, 16.8 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 316903 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Three Creek · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletThree Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSpruce Grove · ~0.5 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCottonwood Guard Station · ~1.6 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCottonwood · ~1.6 mi NW · USFS
Open Three Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Three Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Spruce Grove~0.5 mi
- Cottonwood Campground~1.7 mi · fee
- North Fork~2.0 mi
- Snowshoe~2.2 mi
The unit that manages Three Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Three Creek are set by Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Three 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 2026-08-23: group camp only -- $40 per night for the whole site. Reservations are required. The forest says it suits a party of about 20 and takes up to 30, with five trailer parking areas, a 28-foot trailer limit, a vault toilet and no potable water. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/okanogan-wenatchee/recreation/three-creek-group-campground.
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 Three 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 — Three Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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