Agency-listedVillage of WonewocFree
Baker's Field Campground
Drive-up · Village of Wonewoc · WI · 43.65755, -90.22485
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FREE primitive camping at Baker's Field in the village of Wonewoc, Juneau County, southwest-central Wisconsin -- right on the '400' State Trail, one of the classic old-railroad bike trails. Wisconsin's own state tourism site says 'Free public camping is available on the 400 Trail with a firepit and free wood,' and Wonewoc runs the only public campgrounds on the trail between Elroy and Reedsburg. The camping is primitive (fire ring, firewood, a covered shelter and restrooms nearby; small RVs only, roughly 15 ft) -- carry in what you need and pack out your trash. This is the honest camp-free, shop-and-eat-in-town spirit: the village welcomes trail travelers hoping they'll spend a little in town. One thing to know: if you plan to RIDE the 400 Trail you need a Wisconsin State Trail Pass (cyclists 16+), but that's a trail-riding pass, not a fee to camp -- the campsite is free. Please confirm the current rules (nights allowed, RV size) with the Village of Wonewoc (608-464-3114) before you go, be self-contained, and leave it better than you found it.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Baker's Field Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 913 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Baker's Field 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 Baker's Field Campground · Village of Wonewoc · WI
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- FFuel0 mi
- GGrocery0 mi
- DDump3 mi
- LLaundry3 mi
- RxPharmacy6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- +Urgent care7 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- AAir-up15 mi
- HHardware15 mi
- ShShower18 mi
- OOutfitter20 mi
- PPropane46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 0 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 — Baker's Field Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
Village of Wonewoc
Elevation
913 ft
Ground slope
1.8% · flat
State
WI
Coordinates
43.65755, -90.22485
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Baker's Field Campground · Village of Wonewoc · WI (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBaraboo River · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial river
- Nearest townWonewoc · ~0.3 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.1 mi
- FuelFuel · ~2.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~3.0 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~5.1 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~26.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicGundersen St. Joseph's Hospital · ~6.0 mi
- HardwareDirect Tools · ~22.7 mi
EV charging — from Baker's Field Campground · Village of Wonewoc · WI — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger12.6 mi straight-line NE — Mauston, WI - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 6 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 reach7 within 25 mi · 14 within 50 · 135 within 100 · 379 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS13.0 mi — Pilot Travel Center 164, Mauston
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO24.1 mi — HCGWD ABB T-184KW 2, Baraboo
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)21.2 mi — ORGANIC VALLEY HQ EV 2, LaFarge, WI · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Reedsburg Area Medical Center - Tesla Destination, Reedsburg, 13.8 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 102498 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Baker's Field Campground · Village of Wonewoc · WI — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaRest Area #9 · ~14.4 mi NE
- Highway rest areaRest Area #10 · ~15.2 mi NE
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~27.6 mi N · FWS
Coming out here — Baker's Field Campground · Village of Wonewoc · WI
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Baraboo River as a perennial river, ~0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 1.8% — flat. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
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How we know this — Baker's Field Campground
Source
municipal park records
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
Source: Travel Wisconsin -- the STATE's own tourism site -- travelwisconsin.com/road-multi-use-trails/bakers-field-recreation-area-and-campground-196321 (read 2026-07-27): 'Free public camping is available on the 400 Trail with a firepit and free wood' (explicit no-fee statement, official state source). Village of Wonewoc's own page wonewocwisc.com/tourism-and-recreation/ (read 2026-07-27) confirms 'Camping is also available ... at Baker's Field' and that Wonewoc has 'the only public campgrounds on the trail between Elroy and Reedsburg' (establishes a real village park where camping is allowed; the village page itself prints no price). Coordinate 43.657554,-90.224850 = OSM node/7156176780 'Baker's Field' tourism=camp_site fee=no (api.openstreetmap.org, read 2026-07-27); the Village-operated camping polygon OSM way/362607380 (operator='Village of Wonewoc', fee=no) has an interior centroid 43.657909,-90.225805 ~0.06 mi away = same spot. Nominatim reverse -> Wonewoc, Juneau County, WI. fee=0, dispersed=0, camp_type NULL, water='yes' (restrooms/park water), status pending. Note: the '400' State Trail requires a WI State Trail Pass to BIKE (age 16+), which is a cycling trail-use pass, NOT an entry/access fee to reach or camp at the village park -- camping itself is free. Ingest 2026-07-27.
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 Baker's Field 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 — Baker's Field Campground
Finding water out here →Cold-weather camping →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →All field notes →