Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFee
Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · KY · 36.97491, -88.15140
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · KY
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is road 108-A (D.B. Campsite Access), 0.2 mi from the pin. The MVUM record carries neither a surface type nor a maintenance level for it.
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 Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 367 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Demumbers Bay Backcountry CampingNIFC · 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 Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · KY
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater3 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- OOutfitter10 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- +Urgent care13 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- AAir-up33 mi
- DDump34 mi
- PPropane43 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 7 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 — Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
367 ft
Ground slope
3.5% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~4.3 mi · other track
Nearest highway
~6.2 mi · Interstate 69
State
KY
Coordinates
36.97491, -88.15140
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · KY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLake Barkley · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townGrand Rivers · ~4.9 mi
- Nearest rail line~4.3 mi · other track
- Nearest highway~6.2 mi · Interstate 69
- Drinking waterWater · ~2.6 mi
- FuelPilot · ~6.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesFive Star · ~8.4 mi
- PharmacyDraffenville Pharmacy · ~11.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~13.3 mi
- HardwareBenton Hardware · ~13.5 mi
EV charging — from Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · KY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.9 mi straight-line N — Kuttawa, KY - US62 - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 19 within 50 · 133 within 100 · 259 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS26.6 mi — Parker Ford, Murray
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO28.6 mi — LARRY STOVESAND STATION 1, Paducah
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.7 mi — GTB GTB 2, Grand Rivers, KY · 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 353801 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · KY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletDemumbers Bay Backcountry Camping · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletD.B. Boating Ramp · ~0.2 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletStar Camp-Picnic Area · ~1.7 mi S · USFS
- Flush restroomNorth Welcome Station · ~2.6 mi W · USFS
Coming out here — Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · KY
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Lake Barkley 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 3.5% — gentle. 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.
- Rail line mapped ~4.3 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as other track. The nearest track the atlas classes as a main line is ~4.5 mi from the pin. 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.
- Interstate 69 is mapped ~6.2 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.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- 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 Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping elsewhere
Other camps near Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Demumbers Bay Backcountry Area & Boat Ramp at Land Between The Lakes~0.2 mi
- Hillman Ferry Campground~2.7 mi · fee
- Pisgah Point Backcountry Camping~2.8 mi · fee
- Nickell Branch Campground~2.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping are set by Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping
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 Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping
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 — Demumbers Bay Backcountry Camping
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dumping grey & black →Reading the aerial →All field notes →