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Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · KY · 36.62888, -84.72615
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. 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 Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,023 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Great Meadows Campground Raccoon LoopNIFC · 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 Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump7 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- ShShower7 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- HHardware15 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- MMechanic17 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- WWater24 mi
- EVEV fast charger32 mi
- AAir-up42 mi
- PPropane57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 24-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 13 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 32-mi run (and back).
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 — Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,023 ft
State
KY
Coordinates
36.62888, -84.72615
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBuffalo Branch (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townBell Farm · ~4.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelBeaty Wildwood Grocery · ~12.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~6.6 mi
- GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~14.6 mi
- PharmacyF&H Drugs · ~15.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicBig South Fork Medical Center · ~14.5 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~14.6 mi
EV charging — from Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger31.5 mi straight-line E — Walmart 1048 (Williamsburg, KY) · Electrify America · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 12 within 50 · 118 within 100 · 310 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)47.3 mi — Crossville, TN - Tesla Supercharger, Crossville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.0 mi — Pogue Creek Canyon State Natural Area - Astronomy Field, Jamestown, TN (at a park) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-12-12 · 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 121797 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGreat Meadows Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHemlock Grove Picnic Area · ~1.4 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomPeters Mountain Vault Toilet · ~2.1 mi E · NPS
- Vault / pit toiletBell Farm Horse Camp · ~4.2 mi NE · USFS
Open Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop elsewhere
Other camps near Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Rock Creek 2~0.3 mi
- Rock Creek 1~1.3 mi
- Rock Creek #3~1.7 mi
- Bell Farm Horse Camp~4.2 mi
The unit that manages Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop are set by Daniel Boone National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop
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
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 Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop
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 — Great Meadows Campground Raccoon Loop
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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