Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Forest Service
Hike-in · U.S. Forest Service · MO · 37.54410, -92.08326
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. 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 Forest Service
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,200 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Forest ServiceNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Forest Service · Mark Twain National Forest · MO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- EVEV fast charger19 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- HHardware20 mi
- DDump23 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- WWater30 mi
- OOutfitter45 mi
- AAir-up54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 30-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Forest Service
Access
Hike-in
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
1,200 ft
State
MO
Coordinates
37.54410, -92.08326
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Forest Service · Mark Twain National Forest · MO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLittle Paddy Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townLadd · ~3.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~12.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~23.1 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~12.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicGeneral Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital · ~15.4 mi
EV charging — from Forest Service · Mark Twain National Forest · MO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger19.0 mi straight-line N — Saint Robert, MO - Tesla Supercharger, St Robert, MO (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 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 reach3 within 25 mi · 8 within 50 · 56 within 100 · 242 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS22.9 mi — DNR MSP MONT DCFC EV2, Salem
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO22.9 mi — DNR MSP MONT DCFC EV2, Salem
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)19.1 mi — 150 E 19th, Mountain Grove, MO · CHARGELAB · J1772 · 8 Level 2 ports 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 375835 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Forest Service · Mark Twain National Forest · MO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPaddy Creek · ~2.2 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPaddy Creek Trailhead · ~2.2 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPaddy Creek · ~2.4 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBig Piney Trail Camp · ~2.6 mi NE · USFS
Open Forest Service elsewhere
Other camps near Forest Service
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Big Piney trail primitive~0.6 mi
- Established Primitive Campsite~1.1 mi
- Big Piney trail primitive~1.1 mi
- USFS dispersed camp #2 — Texas County, MO~1.4 mi
The unit that manages Forest Service
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Forest Service are set by Mark Twain National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Forest Service
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
auto: hike (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 Forest Service
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 — Forest Service
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