Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirmRoad season: open (MVUM)
Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · FL · 30.27593, -84.98606
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest · National Forests in Florida · FL
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 105-N (Camel Lake Campground Loop), 10 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 4 – moderate degree of user comfort.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 105-N (Camel Lake Campground Loop), 10 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 105-N (Camel Lake Campground Loop): “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 83 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National ForestNIFC · 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 Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest · National Forests in Florida · FL
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- ShShower0 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- WWater12 mi
- @Mail17 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- +Urgent care31 mi
- RxPharmacy32 mi
- DDump33 mi
- EVEV fast charger33 mi
- MMechanic33 mi
- AAir-up40 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 11 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 33-mi run (and back).
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 — Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
83 ft
Ground slope
0.8% · flat
State
FL
Coordinates
30.27593, -84.98606
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest · National Forests in Florida · FL (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCamel Pond · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townLake Mystic · ~8.0 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Groceriesnone within 30 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest · National Forests in Florida · FL — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger32.6 mi straight-line N — Marianna, FL - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 31 within 50 · 77 within 100 · 166 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS33.3 mi — Pilot Travel Center 374, Marianna
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO33.3 mi — Waffle House Marianna, Marianna
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)12.2 mi — THE CALHOUN CALHOUN 1, Blountstown, FL · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveDC fast, restricted access — Hampton Inn - Quincy, Quincy, 29.5 mi · CHAdeMO, CCS · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use only · AFDC lists it “$1.00 connection fee; $0.12 per min (75kW); $0.22 per min (100kW); $0.32 per min (150kW).”
- 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 183812 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest · National Forests in Florida · FL — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomCamel Lake Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomCamel Lake Day Use Area · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomCamel Lake Boat Launch · ~0.2 mi W · USFS
- Flush restroomWright Lake Day Use · ~19.1 mi S · USFS
Coming out here — Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest · National Forests in Florida · FL
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Camel Pond as a perennial lake or pond, ~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 0.8% — 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.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on 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 Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest elsewhere
Other camps near Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Big Gulley Hunt Camp & Boat Ramp~3.6 mi
- Cliff Lake Hunt Camp~10.0 mi
- Twin Poles Hunt Camp~13.3 mi
- Magnolia Hunt Camp~14.9 mi
The unit that manages Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest are set by National Forests in Florida, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Camel Lake Recreation Area Apalachicola National Forest
Camping near a reservoir →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →How to read this page →All field notes →