East Meadow Creek Roadless Area

2 federal campgrounds, 1 of them with first-come, first-served sites, and 2 free to camp.

2Campgrounds

1With first-come sites

2Free to camp

4,970–7,900 ftElevation

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 2 of these 2 campgrounds

Where they are

2 of 2 mapped

Drawing the map

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 2

2 campgrounds

Poet Creek CampgroundEast Meadow Creek Roadless Area · IDFree · 4,970 ftFirst-comeOpen Dry Saddle TrailheadEast Meadow Creek Roadless Area · IDFree · 7,900 ft

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit

Roadless

East Meadow Creek96,720 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire

Scimitar fire · 17 mi from the nearest campground here · 334 acres · 0% contained

Wildfire

Cooper fire · 24 mi from the nearest campground here · 310 acres · 0% contained

Wildfire

Wolf Creek fire · 25 mi from the nearest campground here · 2,643 acres · 25% contained

Wildfire

Cascade fire · 26 mi from the nearest campground here · 7,475 acres · 50% contained

Wildfire

Three Links fire · 30 mi from the nearest campground here · 927 acres · 0% contained

Wildfire

Grotto fire · 37 mi from the nearest campground here · 3,856 acres · 0% contained

Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 8, 2026

Who answers for this land

East Meadow Creek Roadless Area’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Russ Fulcher (R)ID 1st · 2 campgrounds · grade F

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units

SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly