Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Governors Landing Dispersed Camping
Drive-up · public land · TX · 29.47672, -101.01560
Inside a national park unit
Governors Landing Dispersed Camping sits inside Amistad National Recreation Area — a national recreation area run by the National Park Service.
Park rules apply, and they are stricter than dispersed camping: inside a National Park Service unit you camp in a designated campground or on a backcountry permit, not wherever you find a flat spot. Check the park before you go: nps.gov/amis ↗
This page calls it a dispersed camp because that is what the source record says. Inside a park unit that word does not mean camp anywhere.
Placed by point-in-polygon against the National Park Service’s own boundary layer (NPS Land Resources Division, 442 units, fetched 18 Sep 2026; this unit’s polygon edited 2024-09-06). Nothing about the price or the legal status on this page was changed by it.
Ask an AI about this campsiteOpens Grok already loaded with this site. It reads the same records this page is built from, and links whatever it tells you.
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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Governors Landing Dispersed Camping
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,170 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Governors Landing Dispersed CampingNIFC · 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 Governors Landing Dispersed Camping · public land · TX
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel1 mi
- LLaundry4 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- ShShower6 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: fuel & food sit about 1 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Water, Dump, 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 — Governors Landing Dispersed Camping
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
1,170 ft
Ground slope
9.9% · noticeable
Nearest rail line
~0.9 mi · passing siding
State
TX
Coordinates
29.47672, -101.01560
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Governors Landing Dispersed Camping · public land · TX (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWalk Lake · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelExxon · ~0.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesHookers One Stop · ~7.4 mi
- PharmacyH-E-B Pharmacy · ~10.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicMedical · ~6.2 mi
- HardwareThe Home Depot · ~8.7 mi
- Nearest rail line~0.9 mi · passing siding
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
EV charging — from Governors Landing Dispersed Camping · public land · TX — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.9 mi straight-line SE — Del Rio, TX - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · 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 · 3 within 50 · 7 within 100 · 66 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS9.5 mi — HYUNDAI DEL RIO HDR 2, Del Rio
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO9.5 mi — HYUNDAI DEL RIO HDR 2, Del Rio
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.4 mi — Cecil Atkission Ford, Del Rio, TX · Blink Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port 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 398477 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Governors Landing Dispersed Camping · public land · TX — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomDE/Ramp Comfort Station · at this camp · NPS
- RestroomDE/Marina Comfort Station · at this camp · NPS
- RestroomDE/ View Point Vault Toilet #2 · ~0.6 mi NE · NPS
- RestroomGL/ Vault Toilet #4 · ~0.7 mi W · NPS
Coming out here — Governors Landing Dispersed Camping · public land · TX
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Walk Lake as a perennial lake or pond, under 0.1 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 9.9% — noticeable. 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 ~0.9 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a passing siding. 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.
- 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 Governors Landing Dispersed Camping elsewhere
Other camps near Governors Landing Dispersed Camping
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Amistad NRA Rock Quarry Dispersed Camping~1.8 mi
- San Pedro Campground~3.9 mi · fee
- Spur 406 Campground~5.1 mi · fee
- 277 North Campground~6.9 mi · fee
Who holds the land at Governors Landing Dispersed Camping
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Amistad National Recreation Area, manager on record: National Park Service (federal). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Governors Landing Dispersed Camping
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
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 Governors Landing Dispersed Camping
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