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Trail Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WY · 43.53861, -111.03671
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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 Trail Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,698 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Trail 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 Trail Creek Campground · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · WY
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- WWater10 mi
- OOutfitter13 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- AAir-up14 mi
- DDump32 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, 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 — Trail Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,698 ft
State
WY
Coordinates
43.53861, -111.03671
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Trail Creek Campground · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · WY (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townVictor · ~5.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~5.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~5.2 mi
- PharmacyBlackburn Drug · ~14.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicTeton Therapy · ~5.9 mi
- HardwareWilson Hardware · ~8.5 mi
EV charging — from Trail Creek Campground · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · WY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.2 mi straight-line SE — Jackson, WY - Tesla Supercharger (at a grocery store) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 8 within 50 · 28 within 100 · 57 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS13.3 mi — Driggs Community Center, Driggs
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO13.3 mi — Driggs Community Center, Driggs
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.2 mi — THE LARKSPUR LARKSPUR EV#1A, Victor, ID · 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 122279 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Trail Creek Campground · Caribou-Targhee National Forest · WY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTrail Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMike Harris · ~2.1 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMike Harris Trailhead · ~2.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTrail Creek Trailhead · ~7.2 mi SE · USFS
Open Trail Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Trail Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Mike Harris~2.1 mi · fee
- Pine Creek Campground~8.8 mi · fee
- Palisades Creek~13.2 mi · fee
- Big Elk Creek Campground~15.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Trail Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Trail Creek Campground 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 Phillips Bench at 8,170 ft, about 6 miles away. It sits about 1,472 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 — Trail Creek Campground
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 2026-08-26: $17 per night for a standard non-electric site, 2026 season May 22 - Sep 6. That figure comes from recreation.gov, not from the forest: the Caribou-Targhee publishes a page for this camp that carries no amount at all and simply hands the reader to recreation.gov for reservations, and the Forest Service's own site record for it has an empty fee description. The forest does give the season as mid-May to late September, and says that after the season it is first come, first served. The recreation.gov record places itself 7 miles southeast of Victor, Idaho, adjacent to Wyoming Highway 22 and 2 miles south of Mike Harris Campground -- which is our pin, and which is how we know the listing is this camp and not the Mike Harris camp 2 miles up the road. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/caribou-targhee/recreation/trail-creek and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233844.
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 Trail 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 — Trail Creek Campground
Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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