Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFee
Himley Ca
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WI · 45.45709, -88.74969
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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 Himley Ca
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,621 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Himley CaNIFC · 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 Himley Ca · Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest · WI
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail4 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- ShShower12 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- DDump26 mi
- OOutfitter34 mi
- WWater40 mi
- PPropane54 mi
- AAir-up54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 40-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out.
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 — Himley Ca
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
1,621 ft
State
WI
Coordinates
45.45709, -88.74969
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Himley Ca · Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest · WI (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townWabeno · ~4.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelKrist · ~4.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~25.9 mi
- GroceriesKrist · ~4.9 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~8.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicBlackwell Job Corps Center Health & Wellness Center · ~8.2 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~15.6 mi
EV charging — from Himley Ca · Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest · WI — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.1 mi straight-line NW — Fireside Market Stone Lake, Crandon, WI (at a public site) · RED_E · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 13 within 50 · 62 within 100 · 128 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)35.2 mi — CULVERS KEMP 02, Rhinelander
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO46.6 mi — NORWAY MI DC FAST EV 1, Norway
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)33.7 mi — Rhinelander Cadillac · EV Connect · J1772, CCS · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Holiday Inn Express & Suites Antigo - Tesla Destination, Antigo, 27.8 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 451553 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Himley Ca · Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest · WI — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletAda Lake · ~6.1 mi S · USFS
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Other camps near Himley Ca
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Richardson Lake Campground~2.0 mi · fee
- Ada Lake~6.1 mi · fee
- Bear Lake~11.3 mi · fee
- Boot Lake Campground~14.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Himley Ca
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Himley Ca are set by Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Himley Ca
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-30: no rate published by the agency. This is a Forest Service 'CAMPING AREA' on the Lakewood-Laona District with no page of its own in the Chequamegon-Nicolet recreation directory (all 47 camping entries were walked; himley, himley-campground, himley-recreation-area and himley-camping-area all return 404), and no recreation.gov listing within 25 miles of this pin. Checked https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/chequamegon-nicolet/recreation/camping-cabins.
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 Himley Ca
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 — Himley Ca
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Cold-weather camping →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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