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Trout Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 40.23889, -107.09334
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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 Trout Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,089 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Trout 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 Trout Creek · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail8 mi
- EVEV fast charger12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- DDump13 mi
- ShShower13 mi
- WWater18 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- HHardware22 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- PPropane58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 12 mi out.
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 — Trout Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,089 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
40.23889, -107.09334
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Trout Creek · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townDunckley · ~6.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~11.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~12.7 mi
- GroceriesMarina Store · ~12.9 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~21.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicYampa Valley Medical Center · ~21.3 mi
- HardwareACE Hardware · ~22.0 mi
EV charging — from Trout Creek · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.5 mi straight-line SE — Helios Yampa CO (at a public site) · EVRANGE · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach4 within 25 mi · 19 within 50 · 102 within 100 · 410 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)30.2 mi — Craig, CO - Tesla Supercharger, Craig
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO21.1 mi — MAVERIK SB SPRINGS PL2, Steamboat Springs
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.4 mi — YVRA EMPLOYEE LOT 2, Hayden, CO · 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 448020 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Trout Creek · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTrout Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletChapman Reservoir · ~3.6 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDunckley Pass Overlook · ~4.3 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCrosho Lake · ~5.2 mi SE · USFS
Open Trout Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Trout Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Chapman Reservoir~3.6 mi · fee
- Crosho Lake~5.2 mi
- Sheriff'S Reservoir~7.0 mi · fee
- Vaughan Lake~11.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Trout Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Trout Creek are set by Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Crosho at 8,960 ft, about 5 miles away. It sits about 871 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 — Trout 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
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 Trout 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 — Trout Creek
When the high country opens →Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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