Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Natick
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NE · 41.87501, -100.41224
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Natick · Nebraska National Forest · NE
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 212N (North Natick), 10 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as asphalt surface and maintenance level 4 – moderate degree of user comfort.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 212N (North Natick), 10 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 212N (North Natick): “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Natick
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,861 ft.
Fire & smoke — around NatickNIFC · 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 Natick · Nebraska National Forest · NE
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- @Mail8 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- EVEV fast charger11 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- HHardware33 mi
- MMechanic33 mi
- RxPharmacy55 mi
- OOutfitter55 mi
- LLaundry55 mi
- +Urgent care55 mi
- ShShower57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: fuel & food sit about 10 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Water, Dump, 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 — Natick
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,861 ft
Ground slope
2.4% · flat
Nearest rail line
~3.9 mi · main line
State
NE
Coordinates
41.87501, -100.41224
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Natick · Nebraska National Forest · NE (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurenone named within 1 mi (USGS NHD)
- Nearest townNatick · ~5.8 mi
- Nearest rail line~3.9 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~9.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesHarsh Mercantile · ~15.3 mi
EV charging — from Natick · Nebraska National Forest · NE — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.7 mi straight-line NW — CUSTERPPD THEDFORD 2 EAST · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 2 within 50 · 14 within 100 · 38 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)55.2 mi — North Platte, NE - Tesla Supercharger, North Platte
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)52.2 mi — CUSTERPPD CUSTERPOWER, Broken Bow, NE · 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 329021 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Natick · Nebraska National Forest · NE — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletNatick · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletScott Lookout Tower · ~3.8 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDismal · ~5.5 mi E · USFS
- Flush restroomBessey Recreation Complex · ~6.2 mi E · USFS
Coming out here — Natick · Nebraska National Forest · NE
- No named surface water mapped within 1 mi of the pin in USGS's National Hydrography Dataset (data refreshed October 2022), and none within about a mile and a half in our OpenStreetMap pull — which is not proof there is none, only that neither map has one. Plan to carry washing water as well as drinking water.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 2.4% — flat. 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 ~3.9 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.
- 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 Natick elsewhere
Other camps near Natick
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bessey Recreation Complex~6.2 mi · fee
- White Tail Campground~9.4 mi · fee
The unit that manages Natick
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Natick are set by Nebraska National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Natick
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | nightshift-verified 2026-08-18: PROMOTED later -> approved. The old note said only "Developed FEE campground (not free) - review" with no source. Sourced today from the Forest Service itself: the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands camping index https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/nebraska/recreation/camping-cabins and the site page https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/nebraska/recreation/natick-campground. Listed "Site Open". 17-unit campground with 20 corrals for riding stock, picnic tables, fire rings, modern vault toilets; quieter than Bessey. Overnight Use: Single Site $15/night; fee envelopes and a collection box are at the entrance and fees must be paid within 30 minutes of taking a site. Campsites CANNOT be reserved. No ATV or side-by-side riding is allowed from this campground; livestock must stay in the corrals. FS-published coordinate 41.87500681,-100.4122315 matches our stored point to ~1 m. WATER: CONTRADICTION ON THE AGENCY PAGE: the description says the campground "has a hand pump for water", but the Facility and Amenity block states "Potable water is not available at this site." Carry your own water and do NOT assume the hand pump is potable.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Natick
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- 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 — Natick
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Power off-grid →All field notes →