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Loyalsock State Forest roadside campsite 002

Drive-up · public land · PA · 41.44737, -77.02097
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The land manager lists this site. Someone from the agency inventoried it, so it is a real camp — not a spot we guessed at. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.

DCNR records: trailer access, 2 vehicle(s).

USGS topo — contours & terrain
USGS topographic map of Loyalsock State Forest roadside campsite 002
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Loyalsock State Forest roadside campsite 002
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Weather outlook — at Loyalsock State Forest roadside campsite 002
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Everything you need — measured from Loyalsock State Forest roadside campsite 002 · public land · PA

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 23 miWDump · 28 miDSheetz · Propane · 18 miPFuel · 5 miFGrocery · 5 miGRite Aid · Pharmacy · 14 miRxSchon Bros Hardware · Hardware · 10 miHNoviello's Auto Repair & Service · Mechanic · 14 miMSpeed Queen · Laundry · 13 miLShower · 18 miShAir-up · 14 miAUrgent care · 14 mi+Outfitter · 23 miOTrout Run Post Office · Mail · 5 mi@Trout Run, PA - Tesla Supercharger · EV fast charger · 6 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • FFuel5 mi
  • GGrocery5 mi
  • @Mail5 mi
  • EVEV fast charger6 mi
  • HHardware10 mi
  • LLaundry13 mi
  • AAir-up14 mi
  • MMechanic14 mi
  • +Urgent care14 mi
  • RxPharmacy14 mi
  • PPropane18 mi
  • ShShower18 mi
  • OOutfitter23 mi
  • WWater23 mi
  • DDump28 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is a real 23-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 — Loyalsock State Forest roadside campsite 002

Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
840 ft
State
PA
Coordinates
41.44737, -77.02097
Cost
Fee

Nearby & resupply — around Loyalsock State Forest roadside campsite 002 · public land · PA (OpenStreetMap)

  • Nearest townLiberty · ~8.8 mi
  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelFuel · ~4.7 mi
  • Propane / LPGSheetz · ~18.0 mi
  • Dump station~28.2 mi
  • GroceriesGrocery · ~4.7 mi
  • PharmacyRite Aid · ~14.1 mi
  • Hospital / clinicHospital · ~14.0 mi
  • HardwareSchon Bros Hardware · ~10.1 mi

EV charging — from Loyalsock State Forest roadside campsite 002 · public land · PA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Loyalsock State Forest roadside campsite 002 · public land · PA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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How we know this — Loyalsock State Forest roadside campsite 002

Stay limit
7 nights (no more than seven consecutive nights)
Permit
You must have a valid camping permit and be at a designated campsite when roadside camping. A camping permit will not be issued to anyone under the age of 18. The permit holder must occupy the site listed on the camping permit within 24 hours of the arrival date listed on the camping permit. Most campsites in Pennsylvania state forests can be reserved 11 months in advance to noon of the day of arrival.
Area rules
Individuals must vacate a site for at least 48 hours before reapplying.
Source
public land records
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry designated campsite, Loyalsock State Forest (district 20), DCNR type "Motorized". Coordinate is DCNR's own, from its public Designated Campsites layer read 2026-08-15: https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/agsprod/rest/services/BOF/Camping/MapServer/0 (the layer behind https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/bof/camping/). DCNR records the positional source for this point as "GPS". FEE. DCNR (read 2026-08-15 at https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/overnight-prices-and-policies): "Motorized roadside, hike-in roadside, equestrian, and rustic campsites can be reserved for a fee of $10.00 a night for Pennsylvania residents and $15.00 a night for non-residents. Additional taxes and fees may apply. These prices are effective as of November 3, 2022." Reserve through the PA State Parks and Forests reservation system (888-727-2757); this site carries a reservation system ID in DCNR's layer. Stay limit: DCNR (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/motorized-roadside-camping) - "A camping permit will be valid for no more than seven consecutive nights." and "Individuals must vacate a site for at least 48 hours before reapplying." "Roadside camping is required to be done at designated campsites that are identified by a name or number." Fire: DCNR (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/backpacking-and-primitive-camping) - "No campfires are permitted when the state forest district forester determines the forest fire danger to be high, very high, or extreme." From March 1 through May 25 you must have the district's permission to have a campfire at all. Check with the district before you go. DCNR Permit field: Yes. DCNR description: "Loyalsock State Forest - South Grays Run Road. Wooded site in pine plantation. Tent or small trailer/RV. Visit the PA State Parks and Forests Reservation System to reserve and view additional details." Not field-checked by us. Seasonal road closures and district-level restrictions are not in this layer - check with the district office. Nearest USGS GNIS populated place: Gray, about 1.8 mi straight-line. --- NIGHT-SHIFT REVIEW 2026-08-18 (reviewer nightshift-verified): APPROVED. Re-read DCNR's Designated Campsites layer today at https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/agsprod/rest/services/BOF/Camping/MapServer/0 : OBJECTID 6176 is still present, Name "002", Type "Motorized", Water "None", Permit "Yes", ShowOnPublicMap "Yes", positional Source "GPS", DCNR LastEditedDate 2022.12.20 07:36 - every one of those unchanged from the 2026-08-15 read, and the live geometry is 0.9 m from the coordinate this row holds. All 801 OBJECTIDs we ingested from this layer are still in it today; none were dropped. Independent check 1 - the coordinate falls inside DCNR's own State Forest boundary polygon (https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/agsprod/rest/services/BOF/StateForests/MapServer/0, read 2026-08-18): DistrictNumber 20 (Loyalsock), LandManager BOF. That is state forest land in the same district the campsite record claims. Independent check 2 - nearest drivable OpenStreetMap way is 40 m away (highway=service "South Grays Run Road"), measured point-to-segment against way geometry pulled from Overpass on 2026-08-18. Consistent with a DCNR "Motorized" site. The fee, seven-night stay limit and campfire quotes above were re-read verbatim on pa.gov today (overnight-prices-and-policies, motorized-roadside-camping, backpacking-and-primitive-camping) and all three still match word for word. Duplicate check done on coordinates, not name: no approved or published camp anywhere in the DB within 250 m. Still not field-checked by us; nobody from this project has stood on this 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 Loyalsock State Forest roadside campsite 002

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