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Lake Marvin Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · TX · 35.88600, -100.18064
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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 Lake Marvin Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,277 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lake Marvin CampgroundNIFC · 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 Lake Marvin Campground · Black Kettle National Grassland · TX
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail12 mi
- GGrocery23 mi
- WWater33 mi
- FFuel34 mi
- RxPharmacy34 mi
- LLaundry34 mi
- MMechanic34 mi
- EVEV fast charger46 mi
- +Urgent care50 mi
- HHardware50 mi
- AAir-up55 mi
- ShShower56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 33-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 23 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 46-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Dump, 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 — Lake Marvin Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,277 ft
State
TX
Coordinates
35.88600, -100.18064
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Lake Marvin Campground · Black Kettle National Grassland · TX (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBoggy Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townGem · ~7.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesJunction General Store · ~22.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicHemphill County Hospital · ~11.7 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Lake Marvin Campground · Black Kettle National Grassland · TX — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger45.7 mi straight-line S — Shamrock, TX - Tesla Supercharger (at a municipal building) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 2 within 50 · 14 within 100 · 63 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS48.9 mi — Love's 253 (Erick, OK), Erick
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO57.6 mi — Northwestern EC, Woodward
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)50.2 mi — Museum of the Plains, Perryton, TX (at a museum) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Sleep Inn & Suites, Shamrock, 45.5 mi · J1772 · 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 102448 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lake Marvin Campground · Black Kettle National Grassland · TX — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLake Marvin Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLake Marvin Boating · ~0.5 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLake Marvin Picnic · ~0.5 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSpring Creek Cg · ~20.7 mi E · USFS
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Other camps near Lake Marvin Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Parker Place Camping (Ellis County WMA)~16.8 mi
- Earl's Point (Ellis County WMA)~17.0 mi
- Windy Road Camping (Ellis County WMA)~17.9 mi
- Cottonwood Camp (Ellis County WMA)~19.6 mi
The unit that manages Lake Marvin Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lake Marvin Campground are set by Black Kettle National Grassland, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Lake Marvin Campground
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 Lake Marvin Campground
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 — Lake Marvin Campground
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →How to read this page →All field notes →
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