Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping
Hike-in · public land · TX · 30.49036, -98.09492
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Ask about this camp →A mapped lead, not an agency listing. Somebody marked this as a campsite; we could not match it to a land-manager record. Worth checking rather than counting on. 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 Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 742 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Muleshoe Bend Dispersed CampingNIFC · 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 Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping · public land · TX
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- HHardware7 mi
- ShShower9 mi
- AAir-up9 mi
- WWater11 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- +Urgent care11 mi
- OOutfitter12 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- EVEV fast charger14 mi
- DDump14 mi
- PPropane16 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, 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 — Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping
Access
Hike-in
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
742 ft
Ground slope
4.7% · gentle
State
TX
Coordinates
30.49036, -98.09492
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Getting in
Park at nearest parking · ~0.29 mi in a straight line (trail will be longer)
Nearby & resupply — around Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping · public land · TX (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLake Travis · ~0.3 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Also mapped (OSM)Colorado River (river) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townParadise Manor · ~1.2 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMinuteFuel · ~4.2 mi
- Propane / LPGTerry Garnett's Propane · ~20.6 mi
- Dump station~14.5 mi
- GroceriesSpicewood General Store · ~4.3 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~12.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicLonghorn Dermatology · ~11.2 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~16.0 mi
EV charging — from Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping · public land · TX — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.6 mi straight-line SE — TXB #63 STATION 2, Spicewood, TX · ChargePoint Network · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach42 within 25 mi · 111 within 50 · 219 within 100 · 326 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO16.4 mi — Cedar Park, Cedar Park
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.5 mi — TRAVIS STATION 3, Austin, TX · 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 302500 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping · public land · TX — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~4.4 mi E · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~4.4 mi E · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~6.9 mi E · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~9.1 mi N · FWS
Coming out here — Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping · public land · TX
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Lake Travis as a perennial lake or pond, ~0.3 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 4.7% — gentle. 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.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on 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.
Open Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping elsewhere
Other camps near Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Grelle Recreation Area Dispersed Camping~2.8 mi
- Burnet County~7.6 mi · fee
- Burnet County~7.9 mi · fee
Who holds the land at Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Muleshoe Bend Recreation Area, manager on record: Lower Colorado River Authority (local government). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping
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: hike (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
Contributed, not agency-listed. A mapper marked this as a campsite. We have not matched it to a land-manager record, so it stays at Likely.
What we don’t know about Muleshoe Bend Dispersed Camping
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