Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Cobb Ridge
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MO · 36.89468, -93.09994
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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 — Cobb Ridge · Mark Twain National Forest · MO
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 559 (Cobb Ridge Recreation Area), 10 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as asphalt surface and maintenance level 4 – moderate degree of user comfort.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 559 (Cobb Ridge Recreation Area), 10 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 559 (Cobb Ridge Recreation Area): “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 Cobb Ridge
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,350 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cobb RidgeNIFC · 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 Cobb Ridge · Mark Twain National Forest · MO
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- ShShower0 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- EVEV fast charger14 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- WWater18 mi
- AAir-up19 mi
- OOutfitter20 mi
- DDump28 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Cobb Ridge
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,350 ft
Ground slope
2.7% · flat
Nearest highway
~7.9 mi · US Hwy 65
State
MO
Coordinates
36.89468, -93.09994
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Cobb Ridge · Mark Twain National Forest · MO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurenone named within 1 mi (USGS NHD)
- Nearest townSaddlebrooke · ~7.4 mi
- Nearest rail linenone mapped within 10 mi
- Nearest highway~7.9 mi · US Hwy 65
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~9.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~28.0 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~9.6 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~15.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicCoxHealth Urgent Care Ozark · ~13.9 mi
- HardwareLowe's · ~10.1 mi
EV charging — from Cobb Ridge · Mark Twain National Forest · MO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.9 mi straight-line NW — LIBERTY EMPIRE SIGNAL-OZARK-AB · ChargePoint Network · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach8 within 25 mi · 16 within 50 · 56 within 100 · 123 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)25.1 mi — Bucees Springfield MB.HPC, Springfield
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO17.0 mi — First Stop - Branson, Branson
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.1 mi — LIBERTY EMPIRE OZARKMO-THEOC1 · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · 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 316082 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cobb Ridge · Mark Twain National Forest · MO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCobb Ridge · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletKc Pavilion Trailhead · ~0.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCamp Ridge · ~1.6 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBar-K · ~5.6 mi SE · USFS
Coming out here — Cobb Ridge · Mark Twain National Forest · MO
- No named surface water mapped within 1 mi of the pin in USGS's National Hydrography Dataset (data refreshed October 2022), and none within about a mile and a half in our OpenStreetMap pull — which is not proof there is none, only that neither map has one. Plan to carry washing water as well as drinking water.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 2.7% — 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 is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) — abandoned, lifted and out-of-service track excluded, so a rail-trail does not count as one.
- US Hwy 65 is mapped ~7.9 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- 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 Cobb Ridge elsewhere
Other camps near Cobb Ridge
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bar-K Wrangler Camp~5.6 mi
- Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area~7.0 mi
- Dispersed camp #4 — Taney County, MO~17.0 mi
- Dispersed camp #3 — Taney County, MO~17.1 mi
The unit that manages Cobb Ridge
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cobb Ridge are set by Mark Twain National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Cobb Ridge
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified.
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 Cobb Ridge
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 — Cobb Ridge
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Camping with a dog →All field notes →