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Hopewell Boat To
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · PA · 41.91251, -78.93278
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Hopewell Boat To · Allegheny National Forest · PA
No MVUM road within a quarter mile of the pin; the nearest mapped segment is FR 615A (Roper Hollow - A), 1.0 mi away. Access may be a county road or unmapped.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Hopewell Boat To
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,359 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Hopewell Boat ToNIFC · 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 Hopewell Boat To · Allegheny National Forest · PA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater3 mi
- DDump4 mi
- ShShower6 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- RxPharmacy12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- PPropane14 mi
- AAir-up14 mi
- OOutfitter15 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- EVEV fast charger19 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 11 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 — Hopewell Boat To
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,359 ft
Ground slope
11.3% · noticeable
State
PA
Coordinates
41.91251, -78.93278
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Hopewell Boat To · Allegheny National Forest · PA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureAllegheny Reservoir · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townRussell · ~10.8 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~3.4 mi
- FuelKwik Fill · ~11.2 mi
- Propane / LPGCrosby's · ~14.2 mi
- Dump station~3.9 mi
- GroceriesALDI · ~11.2 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~11.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicApria Healthcare · ~15.0 mi
- HardwareLowe's · ~11.2 mi
EV charging — from Hopewell Boat To · Allegheny National Forest · PA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.6 mi straight-line SE — Kane, PA - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 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 reach10 within 25 mi · 26 within 50 · 172 within 100 · 479 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS19.9 mi — EVolve NY Jamestown, Jamestown
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO20.2 mi — JAMESTOWN BPU PREND.4TH #2, Jamestown
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.9 mi — Warren Midtown Motors Inc (at a car dealership) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-06-06 · 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 428670 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Hopewell Boat To · Allegheny National Forest · PA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHopewell Boat To · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHandsome Lake Boat To · ~0.7 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRoper Hollow Boat Launch · ~1.0 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPine Grove Boat To · ~2.7 mi S · USFS
Coming out here — Hopewell Boat To · Allegheny National Forest · PA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Allegheny Reservoir 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 11.3% — 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.
- 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 Hopewell Boat To elsewhere
Other camps near Hopewell Boat To
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Handsome Lake Boat To~0.7 mi · fee
- Pine Grove Boat To~2.7 mi · fee
- Hooks Brook Boat To~3.5 mi · fee
- Nct-Tracy Run North Shelter~3.5 mi
The unit that manages Hopewell Boat To
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Hopewell Boat To are set by Allegheny National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Hopewell Boat To
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.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Hopewell Boat To
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 — Hopewell Boat To
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Fire rules & restrictions →Off-grid communication →All field notes →