Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Mcdowell Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · TX · 35.21000, -100.86401
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. 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 Mcdowell Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,922 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Mcdowell CampgroundNIFC · 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 Mcdowell Campground · McClellan Creek National Grassland · TX
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- RxPharmacy19 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- WWater24 mi
- +Urgent care25 mi
- EVEV fast charger35 mi
- PPropane46 mi
- OOutfitter48 mi
- DDump49 mi
- ShShower53 mi
- AAir-up55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 24-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 7 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 35-mi run (and back).
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 — Mcdowell Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,922 ft
State
TX
Coordinates
35.21000, -100.86401
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Mcdowell Campground · McClellan Creek National Grassland · TX (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMcClellan Creek (river) · nearby
- Nearest townRockledge · ~3.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelConoco · ~7.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesOld Time Country Store · ~7.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicPampa Regional Medical Center · ~25.7 mi
- HardwareGroom Hardware & Lumber · ~13.8 mi
EV charging — from Mcdowell Campground · McClellan Creek National Grassland · TX — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger34.8 mi straight-line E — Shamrock, TX - Tesla Supercharger (at a municipal building) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 4 within 50 · 19 within 100 · 41 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS48.5 mi — Amarillo, TX - I-40 - Tesla Supercharger, Amarillo
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO60.8 mi — Sam's Club 7676 (Amarillo, TX), Amarillo
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)48.9 mi — Holiday Inn Express & Suites Amarillo East (at a hotel) · UNIVERSAL · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-07-11 · 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 102448 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Mcdowell Campground · McClellan Creek National Grassland · TX — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletEast Bluff #1 · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMcdowell · ~0.3 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMcdowell · ~0.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMcdowell · ~0.5 mi NW · USFS
Open Mcdowell Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Mcdowell Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- East Bluff #1 Campground~0.2 mi
- Mcdowell~0.4 mi · fee
- East Bluff #2 Campground~0.4 mi
- East Bluff #3 Campground~0.5 mi
The unit that manages Mcdowell Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Mcdowell Campground are set by McClellan Creek National Grassland, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Mcdowell Campground
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
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 Mcdowell Campground
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 — Mcdowell Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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