Agency-listedUSFSFree
Camp Mystery
Hike-in · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 47.81714, -123.12421
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Ask about this camp →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

Aerial — USGS / NAIP

Weather outlook — at Camp Mystery
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,431 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Camp MysteryNIFC · 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 Camp Mystery · Olympic National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- ShShower12 mi
- DDump14 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
- AAir-up15 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- WWater21 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- PPropane23 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 11 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 — Camp Mystery
Access
Hike-in
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,431 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
47.81714, -123.12421
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Camp Mystery · Olympic National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCopper Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townQuilcene · ~11.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelQuilcene Village Store · ~11.3 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~27.0 mi
- Dump station~13.5 mi
- GroceriesQuilcene Village Store · ~11.3 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~18.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicClinic · ~21.0 mi
- HardwareEarth CPR Supplies · ~18.2 mi
EV charging — from Camp Mystery · Olympic National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.7 mi straight-line N — Sequim, WA - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 183 within 50 · 349 within 100 · 427 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS21.9 mi — Walmart 5272 (Poulsbo, WA), Poulsbo
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO21.9 mi — Walmart 5272 (Poulsbo, WA), Poulsbo
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.1 mi — Discovery Bay Welcome Center, Port Townsend, WA (at a parking lot) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2023-12-13 · 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 102492 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Camp Mystery · Olympic National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBig Quilcene (Upper) · ~3.9 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDungeness (Upper) · ~4.2 mi N · USFS
- RestroomBldg 1453 Dosewallips Handicapped Vault Toilet · ~5.8 mi S · NPS
- RestroomTunnel Creek (Via Dosewallips) · ~6.0 mi SE · USFS
Open Camp Mystery elsewhere
Other camps near Camp Mystery
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Shelter Rock Camp~1.8 mi
- Elkhorn~6.2 mi
- Elkhorn Dispersed Campground~6.3 mi
- Falls View~9.4 mi · fee
The unit that manages Camp Mystery
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Camp Mystery are set by Olympic National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Camp Mystery
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: hike (road/trail right there)
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 Camp Mystery
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 — Camp Mystery
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →