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Black Kettle
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OK · 35.74530, -99.71402
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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 Black Kettle
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,083 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Black KettleNIFC · 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 Black Kettle · Black Kettle National Grassland · OK
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- RxPharmacy9 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- +Urgent care28 mi
- HHardware30 mi
- EVEV fast charger30 mi
- ShShower50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 9 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Dump, 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 — Black Kettle
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,083 ft
State
OK
Coordinates
35.74530, -99.71402
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Black Kettle · Black Kettle National Grassland · OK (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureDead Warrior Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townRoll · ~2.3 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.9 mi
- FuelFuel · ~9.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMarket Square · ~9.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicRoger Mills Memorial Hospital · ~9.7 mi
EV charging — from Black Kettle · Black Kettle National Grassland · OK — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger29.9 mi straight-line SE — Hutch's - Tesla Supercharger (Francis Energy), Elk City, OK (at a gas station) · Tesla · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-14 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 14 within 100 · 107 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO49.9 mi — Northwestern EC, Woodward
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)49.9 mi — Northwestern EC, Woodward, OK · FCN · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.48 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 466519 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Black Kettle · Black Kettle National Grassland · OK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBlack Kettle · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBlack Kettle Picnic · ~0.3 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBlack Kettle Boating Site · ~0.4 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSpring Creek Cg · ~7.3 mi W · USFS
Open Black Kettle elsewhere
Other camps near Black Kettle
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Black Kettle Campground~1.7 mi
- Spring Creek Campground~7.0 mi
- Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area~7.0 mi
- Spring Creek Cg~7.3 mi
The unit that manages Black Kettle
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Black Kettle are set by Black Kettle National Grassland, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Black Kettle
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Black Kettle
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 — Black Kettle
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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