Agency-listedODNR Division of Forestry · dispersedFree
Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 3
Dispersed · Ohio Division of Forestry · OH · 40.58996, -82.30701
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Nearest town per ODNR office/property address: Perrysville.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 3
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,106 ft.
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Everything you need — measured from Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 3 · Ohio Division of Forestry · OH
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater1 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- OOutfitter9 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- +Urgent care13 mi
- LLaundry15 mi
- ShShower19 mi
- DDump36 mi
- PPropane36 mi
- AAir-up48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.
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 — Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 3
Access
Dispersed
Land
Ohio Division of Forestry · dispersed
Elevation
1,106 ft
Ground slope
9.9% · noticeable
Nearest rail line
~4.6 mi · main line
State
OH
Coordinates
40.58996, -82.30701
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 3 · Ohio Division of Forestry · OH (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePine Run · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townCollege Hill · ~3.5 mi
- Nearest rail line~4.6 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~1.4 mi
- FuelSunoco · ~3.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStake's Shortstop · ~3.5 mi
- PharmacyDanner Pharmacy · ~4.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicAvita Bellville · ~13.3 mi
- HardwareRaby Hardware · ~4.9 mi
EV charging — from Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 3 · Ohio Division of Forestry · OH — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger12.7 mi straight-line NW — Walmart 5471 (Mansfield, OH) · Electrify America · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach13 within 25 mi · 75 within 50 · 322 within 100 · 737 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)15.4 mi — UPTOWN GAMBIER GAMBIER 1, Gambier
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.6 mi — BellStores Hayesville 1132, Ashland, OH (at a public site) · RED_E · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 121751 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 3 · Ohio Division of Forestry · OH — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaRichland US30 EB · ~14.4 mi NW
- Highway rest areaRichland US30 WB · ~14.5 mi NW
- Highway rest areaMorrow I71 NB · ~23.9 mi W
- Highway rest areaMorrow I71 SB · ~24.1 mi W
Coming out here — Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 3 · Ohio Division of Forestry · OH
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Pine Run as a perennial stream, ~0.1 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 9.9% — 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 ~4.6 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. 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.
- 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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- Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 2~0.3 mi
- Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 1~0.7 mi
- Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 6~1.0 mi
Who holds the land at Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 3
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Mohican-Memorial State Forest, manager on record: Ohio Department of Natural Resources (state). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 3
Stay limit
14 nights (14 days in any 30-day period)
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
Back-country walk-in site. ODNR State Forests Guide: "Remote park & pack camp-sites are available on a permit basis at Mohican-Memorial State Forest for novice backpackers interested in short treks and secluded camps." ACCESS CHANGED 2025: the forest brochure still says "Seven back-country park and pack campsites are available on a self-registration basis only", but since September 1, 2025 ODNR requires a valid digital permit booked through the Forestry Camping Reservation System (OH|ID login) - reserve up to 90 days ahead, 14 days per 30-day window, max 10 people per site, max 2 sites, check-in 3pm / check-out 1pm. ODNR states there is no charge to open an account or to make/cancel a reservation and publishes no nightly rate; treated as free under the project rule (not National Forest, not developed). ODNR GIS lists ten park-and-pack points but sites 8, 9 and 10 are marked INACTIVE with the comment "Forestry closed permanently - 2025" and were NOT imported. Sources: https://ohiodnr.gov/discover-and-learn/safety-conservation/about-ODNR/forestry/state-forest-management/state-forest-camping-reservations | https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/forestry/maps/mohican.pdf | https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ohiodnr.gov/documents/forestry/maps/State_Forest_Guide_Update_10082024.pdf (all read 2026-08-14). Coordinates from ODNR Points of Interest GIS layer, https://gis.ohiodnr.gov/arcgis/rest/services/OIT_Services/ODNR_POI/MapServer/0 (read 2026-08-14). State forest camping rule OAC 1501:3-3-06: no permit for more than 14 days in any 30-day period; max 10 persons per campsite. OAC 1501:3-3-01: camping only in designated areas. OAC 1501:3-3-07 caps state forest camping at $46/night and lets the chief waive fees - it is a ceiling, not the charged rate. Sources: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-1501:3-3-06 | https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-1501:3-3-01 | https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-1501:3-3-07 | 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.
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 Mohican-Memorial State Forest - Park and Pack Campsite 3
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