Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Dispersed camp — Cortland County, NY
Drive-up · public land · Cortland County, NY · 42.77810, -75.99062
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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 — Cortland County, NY · public land · NY
- Tent camping
- 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 — Cortland County, NY
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,987 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Dispersed camp — Cortland County, NYNIFC · 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 — Cortland County, NY · public land · NY
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- WWater11 mi
- ShShower12 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- MMechanic15 mi
- AAir-up17 mi
- DDump19 mi
- PPropane26 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Cortland County, NY
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
1,987 ft
County
Cortland County, NY
Coordinates
42.77810, -75.99062
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Dispersed camp — Cortland County, NY · public land · NY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureShackham Brook (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townKeeney · ~1.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~7.6 mi
- Propane / LPGSyracuse Propane King · ~17.0 mi
- Dump station~19.1 mi
- GroceriesCLN Mercantile · ~4.0 mi
- PharmacyKinney Pharmacy Department · ~6.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicGuthrie Homer · ~14.5 mi
- HardwareCountryside Hardware · ~5.7 mi
EV charging — from Dispersed camp — Cortland County, NY · public land · NY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger6.7 mi straight-line W — Jack McNerney Chevrolet, Tully, NY (at a public site) · RED_E · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach34 within 25 mi · 105 within 50 · 244 within 100 · 569 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)6.8 mi — Tully, NY - Tesla Supercharger, Tully
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.1 mi — Southern Hills Veterinary Hospital, Tully, NY (at a parking lot) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-05-09 · 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 396999 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Dispersed camp — Cortland County, NY · public land · NY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaPreble · ~9.0 mi SW
- Highway rest areaDewitt Travel Plaza · ~22.3 mi N
- Highway rest areaChittenango Travel Plaza · ~22.3 mi N
- Highway rest areaWarners Travel Plaza · ~27.3 mi NW
Coming out here — Dispersed camp — Cortland County, NY · public land · NY
- Surface water mapped nearby: Shackham Brook (stream). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- 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 Dispersed camp — Cortland County, NY elsewhere
Other camps near Dispersed camp — Cortland County, NY
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dispersed camp #2 — Cortland County, NY~0.3 mi
- Dispersed camp — Onondaga County, NY~1.1 mi
- Dispersed camp #3 — Onondaga County, NY~1.2 mi
- Dispersed camp #2 — Onondaga County, NY~1.6 mi
How we know this — Dispersed camp — Cortland County, NY
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.
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 — Cortland County, NY
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 — Cortland County, NY
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