Found · unverifiedUSFS · dispersedFree
Big Piney trail primitive
Hike-in · U.S. Forest Service · MO · 37.55299, -92.06602
We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on U.S. Forest Service land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,013 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- MMechanic13 mi
- @Mail15 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- HHardware20 mi
- DDump22 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- WWater29 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- OOutfitter44 mi
- AAir-up54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 29-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 5 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). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Hike-in
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
1,013 ft
State
MO
Coordinates
37.55299, -92.06602
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLittle Paddy Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townSlabtown · ~2.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~12.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationDump station · ~22.4 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~12.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicGeneral Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital · ~15.0 mi
- HardwareRobert Judson Lumber Company · ~29.8 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPaddy Creek · ~1.0 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPaddy Creek Trailhead · ~1.1 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPaddy Creek · ~1.4 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Piney Trail Camp · ~1.5 mi NE · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- USFS dispersed camp #3 — Texas County, MO~0.6 mi
- Forest Service~1.1 mi
- USFS dispersed camp #4 — Texas County, MO~1.3 mi
- USFS dispersed camp #5 — Texas County, MO~1.4 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: hike (road/trail right there)
Field check
Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Researched until someone does.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
Before you go
Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →