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Fernwood State Forest - Hidden Hollow Campground
Dispersed · Ohio Division of Forestry · OH · 40.33432, -80.76302
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Ask about this camp →Ohio Division of Forestry lists this site. Someone from the agency inventoried it, so it is a real camp — not a spot we guessed at. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest town per ODNR office/property address: Bloomingdale.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Fernwood State Forest - Hidden Hollow Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,159 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Fernwood State Forest - Hidden Hollow CampgroundNIFC · 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 Fernwood State Forest - Hidden Hollow Campground · Ohio Division of Forestry · OH
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- @Mail3 mi
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- AAir-up4 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- EVEV fast charger19 mi
- OOutfitter21 mi
- WWater21 mi
- DDump21 mi
- ShShower22 mi
- PPropane31 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Fernwood State Forest - Hidden Hollow Campground
Access
Dispersed
Land
Ohio Division of Forestry
Elevation
1,159 ft
Ground slope
16.3% · steep
Nearest rail line
~1.4 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~1.7 mi · US Hwy 22
State
OH
Coordinates
40.33432, -80.76302
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Fernwood State Forest - Hidden Hollow Campground · Ohio Division of Forestry · OH (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureGungeon Hollow Run · ~0.2 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Also mapped (OSM)Boich Mining Company Pond Number Two (water) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townValley View · ~1.5 mi
- Nearest rail line~1.4 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~1.7 mi · US Hwy 22
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSmith Oil Co. · ~3.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~21.4 mi
- GroceriesKroger · ~4.2 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~5.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicTrinity Work Care Occupational Health Services · ~5.9 mi
- HardwareBusy Beaver Building Center · ~11.9 mi
EV charging — from Fernwood State Forest - Hidden Hollow Campground · Ohio Division of Forestry · OH — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.7 mi straight-line S — Whiteside Chevrolet GMC, Clairsville, OH (at a public site) · RED_E · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach7 within 25 mi · 92 within 50 · 294 within 100 · 509 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)20.7 mi — Triadelphia, WV - Tesla Supercharger, Triadelphia
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.5 mi — TEAM AUTOMOTIVE CP6K STATION 1, Steubenville, OH · 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 396973 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Fernwood State Forest - Hidden Hollow Campground · Ohio Division of Forestry · OH — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaJefferson SR213 EB · ~17.0 mi N
- Highway rest areaWheeling Welcome Center WB · ~20.6 mi SE
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 35 · ~22.7 mi SE
- Highway rest areaBelmont I-70W · ~22.8 mi SW
Coming out here — Fernwood State Forest - Hidden Hollow Campground · Ohio Division of Forestry · OH
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Gungeon Hollow 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 16.3% — steep. 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 ~1.4 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.
- US Hwy 22 is mapped ~1.7 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.
- 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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Who holds the land at Fernwood State Forest - Hidden Hollow Campground
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Fernwood State Forest, manager on record: Ohio Department of Natural Resources (state). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Fernwood State Forest - Hidden Hollow Campground
Stay limit
14 nights (14 days in any 30-day period)
Source
public land records
Confidence
Agency-confirmed — The managing agency's own record names this as a campsite and puts it at these coordinates. About as good as it gets short of standing here.
How it was placed
22 family campsites with picnic tables, fire rings, non-potable water and vault latrines. Campers self-register at the comment box. ODNR: "There is no charge for camping." Hunting is prohibited inside the campground area (boundary marked in red paint). Source: https://ohiodnr.gov/go-and-do/plan-a-visit/find-a-property/fernwood-state-forest (read 2026-08-14). Coordinates from ODNR Points of Interest GIS layer, https://gis.ohiodnr.gov/arcgis/rest/services/OIT_Services/ODNR_POI/MapServer/0 (read 2026-08-14). State forest camping rule OAC 1501:3-3-06: no permit for more than 14 days in any 30-day period; max 10 persons per campsite. OAC 1501:3-3-01: camping only in designated areas. OAC 1501:3-3-07 caps state forest camping at $46/night and lets the chief waive fees - it is a ceiling, not the charged rate. Sources: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-1501:3-3-06 | https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-1501:3-3-01 | https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-1501:3-3-07 | 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 Fernwood State Forest - Hidden Hollow Campground
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 — Fernwood State Forest - Hidden Hollow Campground
Finding water out here →Fire rules & restrictions →How to read this page →Reading the aerial →All field notes →