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Burnet County
Drive-up · public land · Burnet County, TX · 30.56292, -98.19081
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Ask about this camp →Dave's been here. A spot from Dave's own travels on public land — a fee site. Conditions still change, so confirm access, stay limits and fire rules before you go.
An exquisite campground next to the Colorado River near Marble Falls, Texas. Most sites are equipped with fire rings and picnic tables. There are a number of beautiful, grassy sites suitable for vehicle-supported camping, and the rest are walk-in tent camping. Clean, safe, with vault toilets. You can tell the campground is loved and is well cared for. Not much to explore in the surrounding area. Strongly recommended. Excellent cell service.
A night on record
Dave slept here, but his diary does not date the night: this entry carries only a timestamp it shares with 50 other entries in eight states, all written within the same three seconds — a file being saved, not a night. So it says nothing about season.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Burnet County
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 693 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Burnet CountyNIFC · 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 Burnet County · public land · TX
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- ShShower4 mi
- AAir-up4 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- +Urgent care5 mi
- LLaundry5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- WWater8 mi
- DDump17 mi
- PPropane21 mi
- EVEV fast charger21 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out.
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 — Burnet County
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
693 ft
Ground slope
14% · noticeable
Nearest rail line
~5.4 mi · main line
County
Burnet County, TX
Coordinates
30.56292, -98.19081
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Burnet County · public land · TX (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLake Travis · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Also mapped (OSM)Camp Creek (river) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townBigs Bend · ~2.5 mi
- Nearest rail line~5.4 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.1 mi
- FuelExxon · ~5.1 mi
- Propane / LPGTerry Garnett's Propane · ~26.3 mi
- Dump station~17.0 mi
- GroceriesSutliff & Stout Injury & Accident Law Firm - Marble Falls · ~5.0 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~5.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicBaylor Scott & White Medical Center – Marble Falls · ~7.6 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~21.8 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
Had a signal
Getting there
Any vehicle managed it
Fire ring
Yes
Toilet on site
Yes
Tent friendly
Yes
Verdict
Highly recommended
EV charging — from Burnet County · public land · TX — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger20.9 mi straight-line E — EV CHARGERS HYU CPE250.2, Leander, TX · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach13 within 25 mi · 107 within 50 · 222 within 100 · 316 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)20.9 mi — TXB #63 STATION 2, Spicewood
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)5.1 mi — La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Marble Falls - Tesla Destination · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 391654 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Burnet County · public land · TX — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~8.0 mi NE · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~10.6 mi E · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~10.6 mi E · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~13.2 mi E · FWS
Coming out here — Burnet County · public land · TX
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Lake Travis as a perennial lake or pond, 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 14% — noticeable. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (3 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 ~5.4 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.
Open Burnet County elsewhere
Other camps near Burnet County
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Burnet County~0.3 mi · fee
- Grelle Recreation Area Dispersed Camping~6.3 mi
Who holds the land at Burnet County
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Camp Creek, manager on record: Lower Colorado River Authority (local government). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Burnet County
Source
Dave's own travels
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
FIELD VERIFIED by Dave Lalande -- he has stood on this site. Coordinates are his own GPX track point, not a geocode. County and state confirmed against the FCC Census Block API (Burnet County, TX). Everything under 'From the field' is a direct observation; nothing here is inferred from a land record.
A night on record
Dave's own GPS diary, 2017–2020: the date of the waypoint he saved here. The timestamp is UTC, so an entry saved in the evening carries the next morning's date. An observation of one night, never a forecast.
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
Verified on the ground. Dave has stood on this one. His diary does not date the night. Conditions still change — confirm before you commit.
What we don’t know about Burnet County
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.
- How many rigs actually fit
- 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