Hille WMA (Mercer County)
IMPORTANT -- THIS ONE IS NOT OPEN EVERY NIGHT. North Dakota Game and Fish closes Hille WMA to camping on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (except holidays); it is open to camping Thursday through Monday, and ALL your equipment must be off the area on the closed days. Plan around that or you will be moved along. Hille Wildlife Management Area is 1,964 acres of state wildlife land in Mercer County, managed by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, and you may camp on it free. That is not a rumour off a listing site -- it is how the state rule works: North Dakota Administrative Code 30-04-02-01 opens every WMA to 'public hunting, fishing, and trapping, or other compatible public use', and 30-04-02-11 sets the only real limit, 'camping for longer than ten consecutive days on any wildlife management area is prohibited'. There is no camping fee and, unlike South Dakota and Oklahoma, North Dakota does NOT make you buy a license or a conservation pass just to be on the land. Now the honest part: this is primitive dispersed camping on a wildlife area, not a campground. Assume NO toilets, NO drinking water, NO tables, NO fire rings and no marked sites unless you happen to find them. You may gather downed wood for a campfire, but you may not mow or cut vegetation to clear a campsite, you may not leave a trailer or tent set up unless you are actually sleeping in it, and you may not dump holding tanks on the area. Vehicles must stay on the constructed roads, established trails and parking areas that a passenger car would normally use -- do not drive out across the grass. Camping is also prohibited on any WMA where it is posted as such at the road entry, so READ THE SIGN at the entrance you use; the posted sign beats anything we can tell you here. These are working wildlife areas, so expect hunters in season and plan your visibility accordingly. The pin is a representative point inside the unit boundary, not a campsite -- you will need to find your own spot off an established access. Confirm current rules with ND Game and Fish at (701) 328-6300 before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Hille WMA (Mercer County) · North Dakota Game & Fish · ND
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- HHardware15 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- MMechanic34 mi
- DDump38 mi
- RxPharmacy44 mi
- WWater48 mi
- +Urgent care50 mi
- AAir-up51 mi
- EVEV fast charger52 mi
The read: water is a real 48-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 12 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 52-mi run (and back).
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 — Hille WMA (Mercer County)
Nearby & resupply — around Hille WMA (Mercer County) · North Dakota Game & Fish · ND (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townTruax · ~9.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~11.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesTeresa's Grocery · ~11.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicSakakawea Medical Center · ~14.3 mi
EV charging — from Hille WMA (Mercer County) · North Dakota Game & Fish · ND — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger51.5 mi straight-line N — Pinnacle Express, Minot, ND (at a gas station) · Non-Networked · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-06-06 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 15 within 100 · 26 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)53.3 mi — Minot, ND - Tesla Supercharger, Minot
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)33.8 mi — Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Washburn, ND (at a museum) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-07-03 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.39 per minute (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 256632 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Hille WMA (Mercer County) · North Dakota Game & Fish · ND — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~13.7 mi E · FWS
- RestroomRomtec, Vault Toilet @ Two Rivers Trailhead · ~18.0 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomRomtec, Vault Toilet @ Awitixa Trail Head · ~18.3 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomVisitor Center · ~18.8 mi SE · NPS
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Other camps near Hille WMA (Mercer County)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
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- Riverdale WMA (McLean County)~13.4 mi
- North Beulah Mine WMA (Mercer County)~13.8 mi
- de Trobriand WMA (McLean County)~17.3 mi
How we know this — Hille WMA (Mercer County)
What we don’t know about Hille WMA (Mercer County)
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