Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Leaf River WMA camp site 4
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MS · 30.94478, -88.89931
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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 Leaf River WMA camp site 4
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 249 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Leaf River WMA camp site 4NIFC · 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 Leaf River WMA camp site 4 · U.S. Forest Service · MS
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- HHardware7 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- AAir-up28 mi
- LLaundry34 mi
- OOutfitter35 mi
- WWater38 mi
- DDump39 mi
- PPropane40 mi
- ShShower42 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 38-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Leaf River WMA camp site 4
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
249 ft
State
MS
Coordinates
30.94478, -88.89931
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Leaf River WMA camp site 4 · U.S. Forest Service · MS (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townDeep Creek · ~2.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~12.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~12.9 mi
- PharmacyGreer's Cash Saver · ~15.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicMemorial Hospital Stone County · ~14.6 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~28.4 mi
EV charging — from Leaf River WMA camp site 4 · U.S. Forest Service · MS — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.0 mi straight-line E — Walt Massey Chevrolet GMC of Lucedale · EV Connect · CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: Mon: 7:30am-7:00pm; Tue: 7:30am-7:00pm; Wed: 7:30am-7:00pm; Thu: 7:30am-7:00pm; Fri: 7:30am-7:00pm; Sat: 8:00am-7:00pm · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 18 within 50 · 72 within 100 · 152 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)33.6 mi — D'Iberville, MS - Tesla Supercharger, D'Iberville
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO37.4 mi — Gulfport Premium Outlets (Gulfport, MS), Gulfport
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.1 mi — Singing River Credit Union, Lucedale, MS · VIALYNK · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveDC fast, restricted access — Wiggins Star Chevrolet, Wiggins, 16.1 mi · CCS · hours: 8am-5pm M-Sat · AFDC lists it “$0.60 per kWh”
- 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 312599 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Leaf River WMA camp site 4 · U.S. Forest Service · MS — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomCypress Creek Landing · ~6.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJanice Landing · ~9.6 mi W · USFS
- Flush restroomMoodys Landing · ~15.0 mi NW · USFS
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Area Dizzy Dean Rest Area · ~16.7 mi W
Open Leaf River WMA camp site 4 elsewhere
Other camps near Leaf River WMA camp site 4
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Leaf River WMA camp site 3~0.5 mi
- Leaf River WMA camp site 5~0.5 mi
- Leaf River WMA camp site 2~0.9 mi
- Leaf River WMA camp site 1~1.0 mi
How we know this — Leaf River WMA camp site 4
Stay limit
30 nights (camp in a dispersed area for up to 30 days)
Source
public land records
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
Camp site mapped by MDWFP inside Leaf River WMA, which lies on U.S. Forest Service land. Camping here is governed by the U.S. Forest Service, not MDWFP: 40 Miss Admin Code Pt 2 Ch 1 Rule 1.2 M ('Camping is allowed subject to U.S. Forest Service regulations') and Rule 1.5 A, which records the 10 Apr 2002 MOU giving the Forest Service authority over WMAs inside National Forest land. Forest Service dispersed-camping rules for the National Forests in Mississippi (fs.usda.gov/r08/mississippi/recreation/camping-cabins, read 2026-08-13): 'You may camp in a dispersed area for up to 30 days. After 30 days, you must move at least 5 road miles for camping in another dispersed area.' Camp 'at least 100 feet from any stream or other water source'; use existing fire rings; no wood permit needed; bury human waste in a cathole 200 ft from water or pack it out. Dispersed camping means 'no services (such as trash removal) and little or no facilities'. No fee. Coordinate is MDWFP's own GIS: public ArcGIS service https://arcgis.mdwfp.com/arcgis/rest/services/Website/WMA_New/MapServer layer 0 ('WMA POINT FEATURES'), queried 2026-08-13 for TYPE IN ('CAMPING','CAMP SITE','CAMP SITES'). It is the agency's mapped camp-site point, NOT a field visit and NOT a geocode. MDWFP does not publish per-site facilities, so table/fire-ring/toilet presence is UNKNOWN. No water source is claimed. A WMA User Permit (Rule 1.6 B, $15 resident / $30 non-resident annual) is required on USFS-owned WMAs only of people hunting, fishing or trapping -- not of campers. MDWFP Rule 1.1 bans alcoholic beverages on WMAs. Hunting seasons run here -- check mdwfp.com/wma and the Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map before you go, and wear hunter orange in season. Nearest town: McLain ~12.1 mi -- STRAIGHT-LINE distance to the nearest OpenStreetMap place=city/town/village, NOT a driving distance; in the Delta and the Pascagoula bottoms the road in can be far longer. MDWFP does not name its individual camp points, so the number in this row's name is ours, assigned in MDWFP OBJECTID order, not a sign on the ground. Ingest 2026-08-13. | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
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 Leaf River WMA camp site 4
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 — Leaf River WMA camp site 4
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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