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Elk State Forest roadside campsite 031 Dark Hollow (Dark Hollow Equestrian)
Drive-up · Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry · PA · 41.38979, -78.35999
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DCNR records: fire ring, picnic table, hitching post, trailer access, ADA site, group camping, 1 vehicle(s).
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Elk State Forest roadside campsite 031 Dark Hollow (Dark Hollow Equestrian)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,752 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Elk State Forest roadside campsite 031 Dark Hollow (Dark Hollow Equestrian)NIFC · 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 Elk State Forest roadside campsite 031 Dark Hollow (Dark Hollow Equestrian) · Elk State Forest · PA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- PPropane11 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- OOutfitter12 mi
- WWater15 mi
- DDump15 mi
- LLaundry15 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- AAir-up19 mi
- EVEV fast charger25 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Elk State Forest roadside campsite 031 Dark Hollow (Dark Hollow Equestrian)
Access
Drive-up
Land
Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
Elevation
1,752 ft
Ground slope
7.3% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~4.3 mi · main line
State
PA
Coordinates
41.38979, -78.35999
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Elk State Forest roadside campsite 031 Dark Hollow (Dark Hollow Equestrian) · Elk State Forest · PA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBells Branch Dents Run · ~0.2 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townSt. Marys · ~9.4 mi
- Nearest rail line~4.3 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelBenezetter Store · ~5.3 mi
- Propane / LPGSheetz · ~10.7 mi
- Dump station~15.3 mi
- GroceriesBenezette Store · ~5.3 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~10.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicCameron County Ealth Care Center · ~10.5 mi
- HardwareHardware · ~10.1 mi
EV charging — from Elk State Forest roadside campsite 031 Dark Hollow (Dark Hollow Equestrian) · Elk State Forest · PA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger24.6 mi straight-line S — Clearfield, PA - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 10 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 reach1 within 25 mi · 16 within 50 · 150 within 100 · 589 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS26.8 mi — Walmart 1769 (DuBois, PA), DuBois
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO26.8 mi — Walmart 1769 (DuBois, PA), DuBois
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)28.1 mi — Kinzua Bridge State Park, Kane, PA (at a park) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-04-14 · hours: 8am to sunset daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Super 8 by Wyndham Clearfield - Tesla Destination, Clearfield, 24.4 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 314457 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Elk State Forest roadside campsite 031 Dark Hollow (Dark Hollow Equestrian) · Elk State Forest · PA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLaurel Mill Trailhead · ~22.2 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBrush Hollow Mill Creek Trailhead · ~24.6 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTwin Lakes Campground · ~25.7 mi NW · USFS
- Portable toiletTwin Lakes Day Use Area · ~25.8 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Elk State Forest roadside campsite 031 Dark Hollow (Dark Hollow Equestrian) · Elk State Forest · PA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Bells Branch Dents Run as a perennial stream, ~0.2 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 7.3% — 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 a main line. 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.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- 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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The unit that manages Elk State Forest roadside campsite 031 Dark Hollow (Dark Hollow Equestrian)
Roadside campsite 031 Dark Hollow (Dark Hollow Equestrian) is in Elk State Forest, a state forest managed by PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry. Stay limits, permits, road closures and fire restrictions are set there, not at the campsite — check before you go. Its page maps every camp in it.
How we know this — Elk State Forest roadside campsite 031 Dark Hollow (Dark Hollow Equestrian)
Stay limit
7 nights (no more than seven consecutive nights)
Permit
You must have a valid camping permit and be at a designated campsite when roadside camping. A camping permit will not be issued to anyone under the age of 18. The permit holder must occupy the site listed on the camping permit within 24 hours of the arrival date listed on the camping permit. Most campsites in Pennsylvania state forests can be reserved 11 months in advance to noon of the day of arrival.
Area rules
Individuals must vacate a site for at least 48 hours before reapplying.
Source
public land records
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
PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry designated campsite, Elk State Forest (district 13), DCNR type "Motorized". Coordinate is DCNR's own, from its public Designated Campsites layer read 2026-08-15: https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/agsprod/rest/services/BOF/Camping/MapServer/0 (the layer behind https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/bof/camping/). DCNR records the positional source for this point as "NAIP". FEE. DCNR (read 2026-08-15 at https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/overnight-prices-and-policies): "Motorized roadside, hike-in roadside, equestrian, and rustic campsites can be reserved for a fee of $10.00 a night for Pennsylvania residents and $15.00 a night for non-residents. Additional taxes and fees may apply. These prices are effective as of November 3, 2022." Reserve through the PA State Parks and Forests reservation system (888-727-2757); this site carries a reservation system ID in DCNR's layer. Stay limit: DCNR (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/motorized-roadside-camping) - "A camping permit will be valid for no more than seven consecutive nights." and "Individuals must vacate a site for at least 48 hours before reapplying." "Roadside camping is required to be done at designated campsites that are identified by a name or number." Fire: DCNR (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/backpacking-and-primitive-camping) - "No campfires are permitted when the state forest district forester determines the forest fire danger to be high, very high, or extreme." From March 1 through May 25 you must have the district's permission to have a campfire at all. Check with the district before you go. DCNR Permit field: Yes. DCNR description: "Elk State Forest. Equestrian camping only. Visit the PA State Parks and Forests Reservation System to reserve and view additional details." Not field-checked by us. Seasonal road closures and district-level restrictions are not in this layer - check with the district office. Nearest USGS GNIS populated place: Wilmer, about 2.0 mi straight-line. | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
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 Elk State Forest roadside campsite 031 Dark Hollow (Dark Hollow Equestrian)
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
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