Agency-listedMunicipalFree
Marysville City Park
Drive-up · public land · KS · 39.83817, -96.64688
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Marysville lets travelers camp free in the City Park at the south end of town, and it is one of the better-known stops on US-36. Reported set-up is a handful of sites with electric hookups, drinking water and a sanitary dump station, a stay limit of about 5 nights, and a request that you wait 30 days before coming back. There is a donation box on the restroom building -- camping is not charged, but the donation keeps it going, so leave something if you can. The deal these towns offer is simple: camp free, and they hope you buy fuel, groceries or dinner in town. Be a good guest and it stays free for the next traveler. Town rules change often and we have not visited -- confirm current rules with the town before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Marysville City Park
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,151 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Marysville City ParkNIFC · 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 Marysville City Park · public land · KS
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- DDump0 mi
- WWater0 mi
- RxPharmacy0 mi
- @Mail0 mi
- GGrocery0 mi
- MMechanic0 mi
- +Urgent care0 mi
- FFuel0 mi
- HHardware0 mi
- ShShower28 mi
- LLaundry30 mi
- EVEV fast charger30 mi
- AAir-up45 mi
- OOutfitter59 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 0 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 — Marysville City Park
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
1,151 ft
Ground slope
9.1% · noticeable
Nearest rail line
~0.3 mi · yard track
State
KS
Coordinates
39.83817, -96.64688
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Marysville City Park · public land · KS (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSpring Creek · ~0.4 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townMarysville · ~0.3 mi
- Nearest rail line~0.3 mi · yard track
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.1 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~0.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~0.0 mi
- GroceriesCrome's Market · ~0.3 mi
- PharmacyAR-EX Drug Store · ~0.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicCommunity Memorial Healthcare · ~0.9 mi
- HardwareThompson Lumber · ~0.4 mi
EV charging — from Marysville City Park · public land · KS — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger29.9 mi straight-line N — Premier GM Beatrice (at a car dealership) · Non-Networked · CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-05-12 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 6 within 50 · 66 within 100 · 176 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)52.6 mi — LOVE'S 647 - KS #647 DC2, Belleville
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO45.0 mi — MAX HYUNDAI MAX MOTORS EAST, Manhattan
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)0.3 mi — PONY EXP PLAZA PONY EXP PLAZA, Marysville, KS · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargerFree (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 302842 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Marysville City Park · public land · KS — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- No mapped restroom within 30 miles — plan to pack it out.
Coming out here — Marysville City Park · public land · KS
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Spring Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.4 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 9.1% — noticeable. 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 ~0.3 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a yard track. 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.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- 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 Marysville City Park elsewhere
Other camps near Marysville City Park
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Diamond Lake WMA~18.3 mi
- Arrowhead WMA~21.7 mi
- Pawnee Prairie WMA~21.8 mi
Who holds the land at Marysville City Park
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as City Park, manager on record: City of Marysville (local government). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Marysville City Park
Stay limit
5 nights (Reported set-up is a handful of sites with electric hookups, drinking water and a sanitary dump station, a stay limit of about 5 nights, and a request that you )
Source
municipal park 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
Coordinates: OSM node 5095879038, tagged tourism=camp_site, fee=no, tents=yes, operator='City of Marysville' (adjacent to OSM way 523434192 'Marysville City Park'). CAVEAT: the City of Marysville parks page (cityofmarysvilleks.com/servicesparks) was fetched 2026-07-20 and does NOT mention camping -- the free-camping claim rests on the OSM fee=no tag from the city as operator plus consistent community reporting (Campendium/The Dyrt/travelks), not on a direct city statement. Confidence held at 'med' for that reason. Verified 2026-07-20.
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 Marysville City Park
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 — Marysville City Park
Finding water out here →Fire rules & restrictions →How to read this page →Reading the aerial →All field notes →