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Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area
Drive-up · Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife · OK · 34.34977, -96.60071
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Ask about this camp →Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife lists this site. Someone from the agency inventoried it, so it is a real camp — not a spot we guessed at. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Oklahoma Public Fishing & Hunting Area (ODWC) — 3341 acres. Primitive camping is offered free of camping fees at 16 designated sites, but ODWC land access requires an Oklahoma hunting or fishing license OR a Wildlife Conservation Passport (a paid annual permit for non-anglers). 16-day stay limit (21 days in any 30). Confirm current rules with ODWC before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 831 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting AreaNIFC · 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 Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area · Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife · OK
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- +Urgent care9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- RxPharmacy9 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- ShShower23 mi
- WWater24 mi
- DDump24 mi
- LLaundry25 mi
- OOutfitter25 mi
- HHardware25 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 24-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 9 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 — Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife
Elevation
831 ft
State
OK
Coordinates
34.34977, -96.60071
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area · Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife · OK (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelHandi SHop · ~9.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~24.1 mi
- GroceriesDollar General Market · ~8.9 mi
- PharmacyGene Lafitte Pharmacy · ~9.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicTishomingo Health Clinic · ~8.7 mi
- HardwareDunn Lumber · ~25.4 mi
EV charging — from Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area · Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife · OK — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.1 mi straight-line SW — Tishomingo Chevrolet (at a car dealership) · IN_CHARGE · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · hours: 8am-5pm M-F, 8am-12pm Sat · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 18 within 50 · 171 within 100 · 420 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)27.9 mi — (Francis Energy) - Durant, OK - Tesla Supercharger, Durant
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO27.7 mi — City of Durant - Evergreen, Durant
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)24.5 mi — West Bay Casino and Resort, Kingston, OK (at an other entertainment) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.60 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 461316 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area · Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife · OK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomCXT Vault Toilet Veterans Lake Picnic · ~3.9 mi S · NPS
- RestroomCXT Vault Toilet Veterans Lake Pavilion · ~3.9 mi S · NPS
- RestroomCXT Vault Toilet Veterans Lake E Trailhead · ~3.9 mi S · NPS
- RestroomCXT Vault Toilet Veterans Lake Dam Trailhead · ~3.9 mi S · NPS
Open Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area elsewhere
Other camps near Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Blue River PFHA primitive camp #1~1.6 mi
- Blue River PFHA primitive camp #2~1.9 mi
- Area 6 (Blue River PFHA)~1.9 mi
- Blue River PFHA primitive camp #4~2.0 mi
How we know this — Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area
Permit
OK license/Conservation Passport required -- this area is NOT fee-free
Source
Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife (public fishing areas)
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
Location/acreage: ODWC Public_WMA_Boundaries FeatureServer (WMATYPE PFA/PFHA), WGS84 centroid. Camping: ODWC PublicWILMA camping layer, 16 on-site point(s). Access needs OK license/Conservation Passport (not fee-free). Pilot ingest 2026-07-19 13:12:50.
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 Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area
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 — Blue River Public Fishing & Hunting Area
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