Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · TX · 33.73720, -95.97380
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 517 ft.
Fire & smoke — around East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation AreaNIFC · 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 East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area · Caddo National Grassland · TX
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- +Urgent care25 mi
- OOutfitter27 mi
- ShShower32 mi
- DDump32 mi
- WWater34 mi
- AAir-up44 mi
- PPropane57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 34-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
517 ft
State
TX
Coordinates
33.73720, -95.97380
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area · Caddo National Grassland · TX (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCoffee Mill Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townCarson · ~3.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelValero · ~10.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~10.4 mi
- PharmacyBrookshire's · ~14.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicSam Rayburn Veterans Administration Hospital · ~15.2 mi
- HardwareFix & Feed · ~15.7 mi
EV charging — from East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area · Caddo National Grassland · TX — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger15.6 mi straight-line SW — TXB #5 STATION 1, Bonham, TX · ChargePoint Network · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 19 within 50 · 225 within 100 · 360 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO28.3 mi — Southeastern EC, Durant
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)25.5 mi — Paris Extended Stay Suites (at a hotel) · UNIVERSAL · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · 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 354824 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area · Caddo National Grassland · TX — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCoffeemill · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBois D' Arc · ~1.1 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWest Lake Davy Crockett · ~2.6 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletEast Lake Davy Crockett · ~3.0 mi E · USFS
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Other camps near East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bois D' Arc~1.1 mi · fee
- Fannin County~1.1 mi
- Fannin County~1.5 mi
- West Lake Crockett Recreation Area~2.6 mi
The unit that manages East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area are set by Caddo National Grassland, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area
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: drive (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 East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area
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 — East Coffee Mill Lake Recreation Area
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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