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Big Piney trail primitive
Hike-in · U.S. Forest Service · MO · 37.54130, -92.09444
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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 Big Piney trail primitive
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,153 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Big Piney trail primitiveNIFC · 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 Big Piney trail primitive · Mark Twain National Forest · MO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- EVEV fast charger19 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- HHardware20 mi
- DDump24 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- RxPharmacy29 mi
- WWater31 mi
- OOutfitter45 mi
- AAir-up54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 31-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 3 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Big Piney trail primitive
Access
Hike-in
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,153 ft
State
MO
Coordinates
37.54130, -92.09444
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Big Piney trail primitive · Mark Twain National Forest · MO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLittle Paddy Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townRoby · ~3.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~13.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~23.6 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~13.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicGeneral Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital · ~15.6 mi
EV charging — from Big Piney trail primitive · Mark Twain National Forest · MO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger19.1 mi straight-line N — Saint Robert, MO - Tesla Supercharger, St Robert, MO (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 8 within 50 · 56 within 100 · 244 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS23.5 mi — DNR MSP MONT DCFC EV2, Salem
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO23.5 mi — DNR MSP MONT DCFC EV2, Salem
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.6 mi — 150 E 19th, Mountain Grove, MO · CHARGELAB · J1772 · 8 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 375835 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Big Piney trail primitive · Mark Twain National Forest · MO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPaddy Creek · ~2.8 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPaddy Creek Trailhead · ~2.8 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPaddy Creek · ~3.1 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Piney Trail Camp · ~3.2 mi NE · USFS
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Other camps near Big Piney trail primitive
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Forest Service~0.6 mi
- Established Primitive Campsite~0.7 mi
- USFS dispersed camp #2 — Texas County, MO~0.9 mi
- Dispersed camp — Texas County, MO~1.0 mi
The unit that manages Big Piney trail primitive
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Big Piney trail primitive are set by Mark Twain National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Big Piney trail primitive
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: hike (road/trail right there)
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 Big Piney trail primitive
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 — Big Piney trail primitive
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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