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BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WI
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · Iron County, WI · 46.52004, -90.29082
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WI
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,073 ft.
Fire & smoke — around BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WINIFC · 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 BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WI · Bureau of Land Management · WI
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- @Mail6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- +Urgent care9 mi
- OOutfitter12 mi
- WWater20 mi
- ShShower20 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- LLaundry28 mi
- DDump29 mi
- AAir-up30 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WI
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
1,073 ft
Ground slope
0.3% · flat
Nearest rail line
~1.4 mi · main line
County
Iron County, WI
Coordinates
46.52004, -90.29082
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WI · Bureau of Land Management · WI (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMontreal River · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial river
- Nearest townKimball · ~2.7 mi
- Nearest rail line~1.4 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelBP · ~6.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationMadeline Island Sanitary Dump Station · ~29.1 mi
- GroceriesPat's Foods · ~6.2 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~7.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicAspirus Grand View Clinic - Ironwood · ~9.1 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~6.2 mi
EV charging — from BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WI · Bureau of Land Management · WI — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger27.9 mi straight-line W — VON HOLZEN CHEVROLET GMC INC., ASHLAND, WI · EV Connect · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 27 within 100 · 88 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)29.5 mi — Kwik Trip #110, Ashland
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO30.6 mi — Bay Area Rural Transit, Washburn, Washburn
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.4 mi — DOWNTOWN SQUARE STATION 1, Ironwood, MI · ChargePoint 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 323092 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WI · Bureau of Land Management · WI — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaRest Area #103 · ~6.0 mi SE
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 73 · ~6.3 mi SE
- Vault / pit toiletPotawatomi/Gorge Falls · ~14.1 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBlack River Harbor Camp · ~15.1 mi NE · USFS
Coming out here — BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WI · Bureau of Land Management · WI
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Montreal River as a perennial river, under 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 0.3% — 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.
- Rail line mapped ~1.4 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in 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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Other camps near BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WI
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Black River Harbor Camp~15.1 mi · fee
Who holds the land at BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WI
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Northeastern States District Office, manager on record: Bureau of Land Management (federal). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WI
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
no road or trail found nearby — check manually
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 BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WI
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 — BLM dispersed camp — Iron County, WI
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Cold-weather camping →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →