Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Lickstone Dispersed Campsites
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NC · 35.37091, -82.94510
Ask an AI about this campsiteOpens Grok already loaded with this site. It reads the same records this page is built from, and links whatever it tells you.
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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Lickstone Dispersed Campsites · National Forests in North Carolina · NC
No MVUM road within a quarter mile of the pin; the nearest mapped segment is FR 97 (Lickstone Ridge), 0.3 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 Lickstone Dispersed Campsites
Loading the latest forecast…
Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,260 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lickstone Dispersed CampsitesNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Lickstone Dispersed Campsites · National Forests in North Carolina · NC
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater5 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- ShShower11 mi
- +Urgent care12 mi
- OOutfitter12 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- AAir-up14 mi
- DDump14 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 7 mi out.
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 — Lickstone Dispersed Campsites
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
3,260 ft
Ground slope
7.6% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~7.1 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~7.7 mi · US Hwy 74
State
NC
Coordinates
35.37091, -82.94510
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Lickstone Dispersed Campsites · National Forests in North Carolina · NC (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRight Hand Prong West Fork Pigeon River · under 0.1 mi · USGS: intermittent river
- Nearest townBurnett Siding · ~1.8 mi
- Nearest rail line~7.1 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~7.7 mi · US Hwy 74
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~4.6 mi
- FuelFuel · ~7.6 mi
- Propane / LPGEdisto Gas · ~8.4 mi
- Dump station~13.9 mi
- GroceriesBethel Grocery · ~7.4 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~15.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicHaywood Regional Medical Center · ~10.7 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~10.0 mi
EV charging — from Lickstone Dispersed Campsites · National Forests in North Carolina · NC — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.4 mi straight-line NW — Haywood Community College West Waynesville Annex · EV Connect · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach16 within 25 mi · 54 within 50 · 228 within 100 · 637 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)15.0 mi — Sylva, NC - Tesla Supercharger, Sylva
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.6 mi — Ingles Market, Waynesville, NC (at a grocery store) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-14 · 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 332271 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lickstone Dispersed Campsites · National Forests in North Carolina · NC — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomBGAP MP 418.8 B1081 GF Vault Toilet · ~6.5 mi SE · NPS
- Highway rest areaHaywood County Rest Area · ~8.4 mi NW
- Highway rest areaHaywood County Rest Area · ~8.6 mi NW
- RestroomBGAP MP 408.65 B496 Pisgah Loop A/B CS · ~10.8 mi E · NPS
Coming out here — Lickstone Dispersed Campsites · National Forests in North Carolina · NC
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Right Hand Prong West Fork Pigeon River as an intermittent river, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as intermittent — expect it dry for part of the year. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 7.6% — gentle. 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.
- Rail line mapped ~7.1 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- US Hwy 74 is mapped ~7.7 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- 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 Lickstone Dispersed Campsites elsewhere
Other camps near Lickstone Dispersed Campsites
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Sunburst Campground~0.3 mi · fee
- USFS dispersed camp — NC #3~7.6 mi
- Deep Gap Shelter~7.6 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — NC #2~8.6 mi
The unit that manages Lickstone Dispersed Campsites
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lickstone Dispersed Campsites are set by National Forests in North Carolina, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Lickstone Dispersed Campsites
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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Lickstone Dispersed Campsites
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 — Lickstone Dispersed Campsites
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →