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Bob Scott Campground

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NV · 39.45511, -117.00111
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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
USGS topographic map of Bob Scott Campground
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Aerial image of Bob Scott Campground
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Weather outlook — at Bob Scott Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,248 ft.
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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 Bob Scott Campground · Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · NV

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 4 miWDump · 52 miDChamps · Fuel · 5 miFThe Stage Stop · Grocery · 25 miGAce Hardware · Hardware · 55 miHMechanic · 56 miMEureka Medical Center · Urgent care · 56 mi+Austin Post Office · Mail · 4 mi@Site #27 (Champ’s Chevron) · EV fast charger · 5 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • WWater4 mi
  • @Mail4 mi
  • FFuel5 mi
  • EVEV fast charger5 mi
  • GGrocery25 mi
  • DDump52 mi
  • HHardware55 mi
  • MMechanic56 mi
  • +Urgent care56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is basically at camp, 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); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗

The site — Bob Scott Campground

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,248 ft
State
NV
Coordinates
39.45511, -117.00111
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Bob Scott Campground · Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · NV (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featureStream · nearby
  • Nearest townAustin · ~4.6 mi
  • Drinking waterDrinking water · ~4.1 mi
  • FuelChamps · ~4.8 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • Groceriesnone within 30 mi

EV charging — from Bob Scott Campground · Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · NV — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Bob Scott Campground · Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · NV — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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The unit that manages Bob Scott Campground

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Bob Scott Campground are set by Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

How we know this — Bob Scott Campground

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 Bob Scott Campground

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.

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