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Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest)
Dispersed · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN · 39.32786, -86.42487
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Morgan-Monroe State Forest office, Martinsville IN area; nearest town not verified this fire.
Can I go now? — Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest) · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN
Open today Year-round per the agency record.
Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources record: “Year-round” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-18; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 927 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest)NIFC · 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 Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest) · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- RxPharmacy6 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- WWater9 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- EVEV fast charger12 mi
- OOutfitter13 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- DDump16 mi
- AAir-up34 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest)
Access
Dispersed
Land
Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources
Elevation
927 ft
State
IN
Coordinates
39.32786, -86.42487
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest) · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townMartinsville · ~6.0 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~8.7 mi
- FuelMarathon · ~5.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~15.8 mi
- GroceriesMarathon · ~5.5 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~5.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicMartinsville Family & Internal Medicine · ~5.6 mi
- HardwareEllettsville True Value · ~11.9 mi
EV charging — from Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest) · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger12.2 mi straight-line S — Bloomington, IN - East 3rd Street - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach11 within 25 mi · 74 within 50 · 165 within 100 · 343 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS12.4 mi — Curry Auto Center, Bloomington
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO14.4 mi — ANDY MOHR HYUND SERVICE, Bloomington
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.7 mi — MORGAN COUNTY STATION 2, Martinsville, IN · 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 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 422578 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest) · Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources · IN — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletH.R. Cabins · ~21.1 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletH.R. Twin Oaks · ~21.3 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletH.R. Pine Loop · ~21.3 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletH.R. White Oak Loop · ~21.3 mi S · USFS
Open Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest) elsewhere
Other camps near Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- H.R. Pine Loop~21.3 mi · fee
- Hickory Ridge Roadside Dispersed Campsite 1 (Hoosier NF)~21.3 mi
- H.R. White Oak Loop~21.3 mi · fee
- H.R. Bluegill Loop~21.4 mi · fee
How we know this — Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest)
Open season
Year-round
Source
public land records
Confidence
Agency-confirmed — The managing agency's own record names this as a campsite and puts it at these coordinates. About as good as it gets short of standing here.
How it was placed
NOT FREE. 19 primitive (Class C) sites, picnic table and grill on each, vault toilets, seasonal drinking water. IDNR: "Primitive camping is available for a fee; campers must register for camping at the forest office." Comparable Indiana state forest rate is $18/site/night for a family primitive site. Open year-round (the other two Morgan-Monroe campgrounds close Jan 1 - Mar 31). Located behind the fire tower north of the forest office. Source: https://www.in.gov/dnr/forestry/properties/morgan-monroe-state-forest/ (read 2026-08-14). Coordinate is Indiana DNR's own, unrounded, from the DNR hosted "Camping Sites" layer https://gisdata.in.gov/server/rest/services/Hosted/Camping_Sites_RO/FeatureServer/0 (read 2026-08-14). | 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.
Season
Read from the agency's own season / closure text in this record (data/conditions.py) and checked against the calendar. The words we read are printed under the verdict at the top of the page.
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 Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest)
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
- 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 — Mason Ridge Campground (Morgan-Monroe State Forest)
Fire rules & restrictions →Reading the aerial →Camping with a dog →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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