Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA
Hike-in · public land · Snohomish County, WA · 47.98187, -121.47038
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Ask about this camp →A mapped lead, not an agency listing. Somebody marked this as a campsite; we could not match it to a land-manager record. Worth checking rather than counting on. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
What the record says about the site — Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA · public land · WA
- Listed as a backcountry site
- Informal, undeveloped site
From the OpenStreetMap contributors listing for this site — their words, not our visit. Records go stale; treat it as a starting point and confirm anything your trip depends on.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,589 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WANIFC · 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 Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA · public land · WA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater7 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
- ShShower14 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- HHardware17 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- LLaundry18 mi
- AAir-up24 mi
- PPropane25 mi
- DDump25 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA
Access
Hike-in
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
5,589 ft
Ground slope
12.5% · noticeable
County
Snohomish County, WA
Coordinates
47.98187, -121.47038
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Getting in
Park at Sunrise Mine Trailhead · ~2.98 mi in a straight line (trail will be longer)
Nearby & resupply — around Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA · public land · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureFoggy Lake · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Also mapped (OSM)Weeden Creek (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townGalena · ~6.1 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.6 mi
- FuelMann · ~13.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~25.1 mi
- GroceriesGold Bar Family Grocer · ~13.6 mi
- PharmacySultan Pharmacy · ~18.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicSky River Natural Health Center · ~16.6 mi
- HardwareBarmon Lumber · ~16.7 mi
EV charging — from Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA · public land · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.2 mi straight-line SW — WCEH Sultan - Chevron · EVCS · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 171 within 50 · 352 within 100 · 412 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)24.8 mi — Monroe, WA - Tesla Supercharger, Monroe
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.0 mi — WCEH Sultan · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 353431 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA · public land · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBarlow Pass · ~3.4 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMonte Cristo Town Site · ~3.6 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDickerman Mtn/Perry Creek · ~5.1 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletElliot/Goat Lake · ~5.7 mi NE · USFS
Coming out here — Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA · public land · WA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Foggy Lake 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 12.5% — noticeable. 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.
- 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.
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Other camps near Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dispersed camp #3 — Snohomish County, WA~0.1 mi
- Dispersed camp #4 — Snohomish County, WA~0.3 mi
- Dispersed camp — Snohomish County, WA~0.4 mi
- Dispersed camp #2 — Snohomish County, WA~0.5 mi
Who holds the land at Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Morning Star Natural Resources Conservation Area, manager on record: a state department of natural resources. That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA
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)
Site details
The OpenStreetMap contributors listing's own fields for this site (site type, whether tents or trailers fit, capacity, toilet, water, campfires, reservations). Printed as the record states them, unchecked by us, and never used to make a cost claim -- the cost verdict above is decided separately and audited before every deploy.
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
Contributed, not agency-listed. A mapper marked this as a campsite. We have not matched it to a land-manager record, so it stays at Likely.
What we don’t know about Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA
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 — Dispersed camp #5 — Snohomish County, WA
Finding water out here →Stay limits →Your first dispersed night →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →