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Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)

Dispersed · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN · 38.15532, -86.25243

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Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources lists this site. Someone from the agency inventoried it, so it is a real camp — not a spot we guessed at. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.

Harrison-Crawford State Forest office address is Corydon, IN (DNR property page).

USGS topo — contours & terrain

USGS topographic map of Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)

Aerial — USGS / NAIP

Aerial image of Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)

Weather outlook — at Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)

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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 604 ft.

Fire & smoke — around Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)NIFC · 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 Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest) · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN

Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer

Nearest of each

FFuel6 mi
@Mail8 mi
EVEV fast charger8 mi
GGrocery8 mi
RxPharmacy8 mi
MMechanic8 mi
LLaundry9 mi
HHardware14 mi
OOutfitter19 mi
AAir-up20 mi
WWater22 mi
+Urgent care23 mi
ShShower26 mi
DDump28 mi
PPropane56 mi

≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)

Access

Dispersed

Land

Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · dispersed

Elevation

604 ft

State

Coordinates

38.15532, -86.25243

Cost

Free

Nearby & resupply — around Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest) · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN (OpenStreetMap)

Water featureIndian Creek (river) · nearby
Nearest townDixie · ~2.2 mi
Drinking waternone within 10 mi
FuelShell · ~5.8 mi
Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
Dump station~27.7 mi
GroceriesJayC · ~8.1 mi
PharmacyWalgreens · ~20.7 mi
Hospital / clinicHarrison County Hospital · ~8.1 mi
HardwareGeorgetown Feed & Farm Supply · ~17.6 mi

EV charging — from Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest) · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearest public DC fast charger7.8 mi straight-line NE — Corydon · EV Connect · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
Public DC fast stations within reach5 within 25 mi · 32 within 50 · 114 within 100 · 340 within 150
Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)28.3 mi — Meijer - Tesla Supercharger, New Albany
Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.4 mi — Heritage Ford Of Indiana - Series, Corydon, IN · Blink 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 329669 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center

Nearby restrooms — around Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest) · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

Vault / pit toiletBuzzard Roost Campground · ~12.2 mi W · USFS
Vault / pit toiletMano Point Boat Ramp · ~16.5 mi SW · USFS
Vault / pit toiletRainbow Lake · ~17.6 mi SW · USFS
Vault / pit toiletIndian Celina Recreation Area · ~19.0 mi W · USFS

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How we know this — Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)

Stay limit

14 nights (limited to 14 consecutive days)

Source

public land records

Confidence

Agency-confirmed — The managing agency's own record names this as a campsite and puts it at these coordinates. About as good as it gets short of standing here.

How it was placed

IDNR camping GIS layer types this point "Primitive" and describes it as a "Primitive shelter". The DNR property page says the Adventure Trail has "four shelters, two primitive sites"; this is the primitive site 1.1 miles west of Indian Creek Shelter and 2.5 miles from the Homestead Overnight Shelter. IDNR maps only one primitive site, so the second one on the page is unlocated - a reviewer should not assume this row covers both. On the Adventure Trail, Harrison-Crawford State Forest. The DNR property page (read 2026-08-14 at https://www.in.gov/dnr/forestry/properties/harrison-crawford-state-forest/) states: "Overnight backpack camping is permitted (the Adventure Trail is the only trail along which camping is permitted). There are four shelters, two primitive sites, and four road crossings along the trail. Shelters are first-come, first-served and only available to those hiking the Adventure Trail." No dispersed camping is allowed on the section of the trail inside O'Bannon Woods State Park. Indiana state forest dispersed-camping rules (read 2026-08-14 at https://www.in.gov/dnr/forestry/properties/recreation/): dispersed camping is allowed only along the named trails; "No permit is required"; registration is required only at Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood; stays limited to 14 consecutive days; group size limited to 6 persons per campsite; pack out all trash; no camping on sections of trail crossing a dedicated nature preserve or private land. IDNR publishes no charge for dispersed / backcountry camping on state forests, and the project rule (not National Forest and not developed => free) is applied here. Coordinate is Indiana DNR's own, unrounded, from the DNR hosted "Camping Sites" layer https://gisdata.in.gov/server/rest/services/Hosted/Camping_Sites_RO/FeatureServer/0 (read 2026-08-14). | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.

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 Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)

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 — Adventure Trail Primitive Site (Harrison-Crawford State Forest)

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