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Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA)
Drive-up · Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife · OK · 34.68861, -95.55656
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Ask about this camp →Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife 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.
A designated primitive camping area on Gary Sherrer WMA, mapped by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation itself. There is no camping fee, but everyone 18 or older who enters ODWC land needs a Wildlife Conservation Passport ($26 for three days, $46 a year for residents) unless exempt. Camping is capped at 16 consecutive days and no more than 21 days in any 30. Expect nothing: bare ground. No drinking water is published here. Nearest town is Hartshorne, about 10.8 miles as the crow flies.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 703 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA)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 Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA) · Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife · OK
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- MMechanic11 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- +Urgent care11 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- EVEV fast charger19 mi
- RxPharmacy19 mi
- LLaundry21 mi
- DDump23 mi
- WWater25 mi
- ShShower25 mi
- OOutfitter47 mi
- AAir-up60 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 25-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 11 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 — Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA)
Access
Drive-up
Land
Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife
Elevation
703 ft
Ground slope
6.6% · gentle
State
OK
Coordinates
34.68861, -95.55656
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA) · Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife · OK (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBolen Creek · under 0.1 mi · USGS: intermittent stream
- Nearest townClayton · ~13.4 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~10.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~23.3 mi
- GroceriesFlash 'n' Dash · ~10.8 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~19.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicCaring Hands Healthcare Centers · ~10.7 mi
- HardwareTrue Value · ~10.7 mi
EV charging — from Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA) · Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife · OK — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.8 mi straight-line NW — Toliver Chevrolet Buick GMC, McAlester, OK · EV Connect · CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach5 within 25 mi · 8 within 50 · 81 within 100 · 330 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)19.0 mi — Walmart EV Charging, McAlester
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO19.7 mi — Kiamichi, Wilburton
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.3 mi — Patriot Dodge, McAlester, OK (at a car dealership) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · hours: During business hours
- 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 316626 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA) · Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife · OK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomMcGee Creek State Park Recreation Management Area-Block Restroom Building · ~25.7 mi SW · BoR
- RestroomGrassy Hollow-Restroom Building · ~28.6 mi SW · BoR
Coming out here — Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA) · Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife · OK
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Bolen Creek as an intermittent stream, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as intermittent — expect it dry for part of the year. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 6.6% — gentle. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (10 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.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on 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.
Open Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA) elsewhere
Other camps near Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Upper Campground (Pushmataha WMA)~15.3 mi
- Lower Campground (Pushmataha WMA)~15.4 mi
- Yourman WMA primitive camp #1~17.8 mi
- Atoka PHA Campground (Atoka PHA)~22.7 mi
Who holds the land at Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA)
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Gary Sherrer Wildlife Management Area, manager on record: a state fish and wildlife agency. That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA)
Fire rules
Fires shall be confined to those areas designated for camping and shall be contained in fireplaces, fire rings, grills, or other facilities designed for this purpose. Fires shall not be left unattended and must be completely extinguished prior to departure.
Stay limit
16 nights (limited to a maximum of 16 consecutive days)
Area rules
Hunter and angler camping is allowed in designated areas within 50 yards of open roads during open WMA hunting seasons.
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
AREA RULE (https://www.wildlifedepartment.com/hunting/regs/public-hunting-areas-special-regulations, read 2026-08-16): ODWC Special Regulations heading "Gary Sherrer WMA" (county: Pittsburg) -- Additional Restrictions, verbatim: "Hunter and angler camping is allowed in designated areas within 50 yards of open roads during open WMA hunting seasons." LEGAL BASIS -- ODWC Department-Managed Area Rules, https://www.wildlifedepartment.com/hunting/regs/department-managed-area-rules, read 2026-08-16, verbatim: "Camping is limited to a maximum of 16 consecutive days, and for no more than 21 days total in any 30-day period on the same WMA. Camping on these areas is limited to two days longer than the period the camper (hunter) is authorized to hunt. Leaving a campsite unattended for a period longer than 48 hours is prohibited. Unattended camp items will be removed. Quiet hours are enforced from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. All dogs or other pets must be kept on a leash or otherwise confined while in camping areas." FIRE -- same page, verbatim: "Fires shall be confined to those areas designated for camping and shall be contained in fireplaces, fire rings, grills, or other facilities designed for this purpose. Fires shall not be left unattended and must be completely extinguished prior to departure." ODWC does not publish a statewide seasonal fire ban on this page; Oklahoma county burn bans are issued separately and are not reflected here. Also verbatim from that page: "Public lands not specifically listed as open are closed." Read the area's own regulation before you go. THIS IS NOT A FEE-FREE PLACE TO ENTER -- fee=0 on this row means ODWC publishes NO per-night camping charge, not that access is free. ODWC's license fee table (https://www.wildlifedepartment.com/licensing/regs/license-fees, read 2026-08-16) states verbatim that an "Annual Wildlife Conservation Passport" is "Required of all persons 18 or older who enter Department owned lands, regardless of residency, unless exempt" at $46 for residents and $239 for nonresidents, and a "3-Day Wildlife Conservation Passport" at $26 / $51. A separate $100 / $200 "Land Access Permit" is "Required for residents ages 18 to 63, and nonresidents of any age, including lifetime license holders to access certain ODWC managed properties." ODWC's fee table says "unless exempt" but does not list the exemptions on that page, so we do not state who is exempt. Treat this as: budget for a permit, and check odwc before you drive. ODWC camp type: "Primitive". ODWC open dates: "year round". Restroom per ODWC: No. Showers per ODWC: No. Picnic area per ODWC: No. Grills per ODWC: No. ODWC directions, verbatim: "follow signs" WATER: ODWC's layer carries no drinking-water field for camping areas and this row claims none. Do not treat any lake, creek or pond near these sites as potable. COORDINATE PROVENANCE: latitude and longitude are ODWC's own, from its public ArcGIS service https://www.wildlifedepartment.com/server/rest/services/PublicWILMA/WILMAFeatures/MapServer/4 (layer 4, 'Camping Areas'), queried 2026-08-16 with where=1=1 outSR=4326. Every ingested point carries OPENTOPUBL='Yes' in that layer. No geocoding was used. Nearest town: Hartshorne ~10.8 mi. 'Nearest town' is STRAIGHT-LINE distance to the nearest OpenStreetMap place=city/town/village and is NOT a driving distance -- on a Corps lake shoreline or in the Ouachitas the road in is routinely two or three times longer. Ingest 2026-08-16. STATUS=pending: this is a lead for review, not published. | 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 Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA)
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.
- Whether the fire rule stated above still stands today — what we have is a dated reading of the agency's listing, not a live restriction feed
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- 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 — Gray Sherrer (Gary Sherrer WMA)
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