Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N
Drive-up · public land · TX · 30.70610, -104.10612
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Ask about this camp →A mapped lead, not an agency listing. Somebody marked this as a campsite; we could not match it to a land-manager record. Worth checking rather than counting on. 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 Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,834 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping NNIFC · 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 Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N · public land · TX
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- ShShower13 mi
- WWater13 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- FFuel25 mi
- @Mail25 mi
- DDump25 mi
- LLaundry28 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- EVEV fast charger32 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- RxPharmacy36 mi
- MMechanic37 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 15 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 32-mi run (and back).
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 — Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
5,834 ft
Ground slope
2.7% · flat
State
TX
Coordinates
30.70610, -104.10612
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N · public land · TX (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureJones Tank (water) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- USGS NHDno named surface water within 1 mi
- Nearest towntown · ~10.3 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelChevron · ~24.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~25.3 mi
- GroceriesStone Village Market · ~15.0 mi
EV charging — from Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N · public land · TX — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger31.6 mi straight-line NE — SWTCH Energy, Balmorhea, TX (at a gas station) · SWTCH · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-01-13 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 11 within 100 · 29 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO59.3 mi — GRISSOM CHEV STATION 1, Pecos
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)71.9 mi — Super 8 by Wyndham Ft Stockton, Fort Stockton, TX (at a hotel) · UNIVERSAL · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-02-12 · hours: 24 Hours Daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Hotel Limpia - Tesla Destination, Fort Davis, 15.0 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 419958 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N · public land · TX — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomHB 20 Enlisted Mens Barracks IA · ~14.8 mi SE · NPS
Coming out here — Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N · public land · TX
- Surface water mapped nearby: Jones Tank (water). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink. USGS maps no named surface water within 1 mi of the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022).
- Ground slope around the pin: about 2.7% — flat. 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.
- 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.
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Other camps near Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping~10.6 mi
Who holds the land at Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Davis Mountains Preserve, manager on record: The Nature Conservancy (non-governmental organization). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N
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
Contributed, not agency-listed. A mapper marked this as a campsite. We have not matched it to a land-manager record, so it stays at Likely.
What we don’t know about Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N
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 — Madera Canyon Dispersed Camping N
Finding water out here →Stay limits →Your first dispersed night →Camping with a dog →All field notes →