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Miami State Fishing Lake
Drive-up · Kansas Dept. of Wildlife & Parks · KS · 38.42054, -94.79277
We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on Kansas Dept. of Wildlife & Parks land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.
Kansas State Fishing Lake — 101 acres, managed by the Kansas Dept. of Wildlife & Parks. Free primitive camping is allowed (no camping fee), first-come, first-served, with a 7-day stay limit; a fishing license is required only if you fish. Camping is in designated areas only — confirm the current rules and where camping is allowed with KDWP before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 828 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- DDump8 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- WWater8 mi
- +Urgent care11 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- AAir-up26 mi
- PPropane28 mi
- OOutfitter32 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, 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). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
Kansas Dept. of Wildlife & Parks
Elevation
828 ft
State
KS
Coordinates
38.42054, -94.79277
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureHunters Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townFontana · ~2.5 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~7.8 mi
- FuelCasey's · ~5.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationDump station · ~7.7 mi
- GroceriesValley Supply & Rental · ~6.3 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~11.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~10.2 mi
- HardwareGeneral Store · ~6.3 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 35 · ~13.0 mi SE
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~13.0 mi SE · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~13.5 mi SE · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~13.5 mi SE · FWS
Open this spot elsewhere
Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Middle Creek State Fishing Lake~8.6 mi
- Peabody Conservation Area~29.5 mi
- Old Town Access~30.4 mi
- Harmony Mission Lake Conservation Area~30.4 mi
How we know this
Source
Kansas Dept. of Wildlife & Parks (state fishing lakes)
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
Location & acreage: KDWP Fishing Atlas GIS (Res_SFL_CFAP_NoFee, CLASS=SFL, NAD83). Free-camping status: KDWP regulations + Boondocker's Bible KS SFL roster. Pilot ingest 2026-07-19 10:36:50.
Field check
Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Researched until someone does.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
Before you go
Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →