Mapped · not agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Paddle Creek Horse Camp
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OH · 38.63032, -82.58200
The site — Paddle Creek Horse Camp
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
669 ft
State
OH
Coordinates
38.63032, -82.58200
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Paddle Creek Horse Camp · Wayne National Forest · OH (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStorms Creek (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townFive Forks · ~1.6 mi
- Drinking water~2.4 mi
- FuelRich Oil · ~4.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~25.6 mi
- GroceriesTipton’s · ~3.9 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~7.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicSaint Mary's Medical Center - Ironton Campus · ~8.4 mi
- HardwareLowe's · ~10.4 mi
What the record says about the site — Paddle Creek Horse Camp · Wayne National Forest · OH
- First come, first served
- Tent camping
- Trailers and RVs fit
- Park-model trailers on site
- Campfires allowed on the record -- check today's restrictions
- Toilet on site
- No drinking water — carry your own
- No showers
From the OpenStreetMap contributors listing for this site — their words, not our visit. Records go stale; treat it as a starting point and confirm anything your trip depends on.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Ask an AI about this campsiteOpens Grok already loaded with this site. It reads the same records this page is built from, and links whatever it tells you.
Ask about this camp →OpenStreetMap contributors mapped this site, and PAD-US, the federal land map, puts it on U.S. Forest Service land. The agency has not told us it lists it, so treat it as a good place to look, not a confirmed camp. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Weather outlook — at Paddle Creek Horse Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 669 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Paddle Creek Horse CampNIFC · AirNow
No dated fire rule on record for this camp: ask the Wayne National Forest.
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Paddle Creek Horse Camp · Wayne National Forest · OH
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater2 mi
- ShShower2 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- AAir-up16 mi
- OOutfitter24 mi
- DDump26 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: 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 ↗
Nearby restrooms — around Paddle Creek Horse Camp · Wayne National Forest · OH — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPaddle Creek Horse Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomIron Ridge Campground · ~2.2 mi SW · USFS
- Flush restroomBig Bend Beach · ~2.6 mi W · USFS
- Flush restroomOak Hill Campground · ~2.9 mi W · USFS
Coming out here — Paddle Creek Horse Camp · Wayne National Forest · OH
- Surface water mapped nearby: Storms Creek (stream). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- 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 Paddle Creek Horse Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Paddle Creek Horse Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Paddle Creek Horse Campground~0.0 mi
- Iron Ridge Campground~2.2 mi · fee
- Oak Hill Campground~2.9 mi · fee
- Two Point Group Campground~3.0 mi
The unit that manages Paddle Creek Horse Camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Paddle Creek Horse Camp are set by Wayne National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Paddle Creek Horse Camp
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there) | auto:dup-merge 2026-08-20: same campground as the agency record 'Paddle Creek Horse Campground' (within 60 m, different source). Archived to avoid two pins on one place; the agency row is authoritative because the agency named and placed it.
Site details
The OpenStreetMap contributors listing's own fields for this site (site type, whether tents or trailers fit, capacity, toilet, water, campfires, reservations). Printed as the record states them, unchecked by us, and never used to make a cost claim -- the cost verdict above is decided separately and audited before every deploy.
Field check
Contributed by OpenStreetMap. We did not get this from the agency; the land-manager name comes from PAD-US, the federal land map. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Paddle Creek Horse Camp
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 — Paddle Creek Horse Camp
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →