U.S. Forest Service · Sawtooth National Forest · Utah

Clear Creek Campground

Clear Creek Campground is a non-fee campground and picnic area composed of 12 individual units and reservations are not required. This area is accessible for a season that varies usually between June through October. Campground amenities include toilets and the campground is well suited for tent and RV camping. Sites are handicapped accessible. Bull Flat (#001) and Lake Fork (#004) trails are popular with horseback riders, and hikers.

Open nowFirst-come, first-served

More like this: first-come in Utah

1fire
active
Stinson Creek Rx 2026 (prescribed burn) · 27 mi away · 450 acres
Interagency incident data as of 2026-10-16
Incident details ↓

Season & status

StatusOpen
ForestSawtooth National Forest
FeesNo Fee
RulesOccupancy: The following act is prohibited within the Minidoka Ranger District: Pursuant to 36 CFR 262.58 (a), camping in any area including a developed recreation site or an undeveloped/dispersed recreation site for more than 14 (fourteen) days in a 28 (twenty-eight) day period.

Sawtooth National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Clear Creek Campground20°30°40°50°60°70°80°January: 1.18 inches of precipitationFebruary: 0.92 inches of precipitationMarch: 0.84 inches of precipitationApril: 1.10 inches of precipitationMay: 1.50 inches of precipitationJune: 0.99 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.82 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.75 inches of precipitationSeptember: 1.06 inches of precipitationOctober: 0.87 inches of precipitationNovember: 0.60 inches of precipitationDecember: 1.26 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 25.1°F averageFebruary: 29.2°F averageMarch: 37.5°F averageApril: 43.9°F averageMay: 53.1°F averageJune: 62.4°F averageJuly: 72.3°F averageAugust: 70.9°F averageSeptember: 61.0°F averageOctober: 47.8°F averageNovember: 34.9°F averageDecember: 25.8°F average0 in0.5 in1 in1.5 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Rosette, 10 miles from the campground at 5,685 feet, station USC00427408 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 12 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates41.9528° N, 113.3198° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Stinson Creek Rx 2026

    27 mi from the campground · 450 acres

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Dump stationDump station ↗18.5 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule, no directions or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.

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Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 0.1 mi
    Bull Flat ↗
    5.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more
  • 0.6 mi
    Lake Fork
    3.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle and 1 more

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Clear Creek Campground?

No. Clear Creek Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service

How much does it cost to camp at Clear Creek Campground?

No Fee

Source: Forest Service

Is Clear Creek Campground open right now?

Open as of Oct 16, 2026.

Source: Forest Service status

What if Clear Creek Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Smoky Mountain Campground (19 mi, first-come), City Of Rocks Campground (21.1 mi, first-come), and Independence Lakes Campground (25.8 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby