Agency-listedMunicipalFree
Page City Park -- free tent area (Page)
Drive-up · public land · ND · 47.15320, -97.57176
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Read this one carefully, because only half of it is free. Page is a small Cass County town off I-94 northwest of Fargo, and the state tourism listing for its city park says 'Free tent camping in City Park - overnight only.' That is the free offer: a TENT, for ONE night. The park's eight RV sites with water, sewer and electricity are a PAID campground with daily and weekly rates -- if you pull in with a trailer and plug into a post, you are in the pay side, not the free side. There are no showers. Because the free tier is tent-only and overnight-only, this is a one-night stop for a cyclist or a tent camper, not a basecamp. The deal these towns offer is simple: camp free, and they hope you buy fuel, groceries or dinner in town. Call (701) 668-2226 to confirm the free tent area still stands and where to pitch. Town rules change often and we have not visited -- confirm current rules with the city before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Page City Park -- free tent area (Page)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,172 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Page City Park -- free tent area (Page)NIFC · 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 Page City Park -- free tent area (Page) · public land · ND
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- @Mail11 mi
- FFuel17 mi
- GGrocery17 mi
- HHardware25 mi
- +Urgent care26 mi
- MMechanic26 mi
- RxPharmacy26 mi
- LLaundry26 mi
- EVEV fast charger26 mi
- OOutfitter26 mi
- AAir-up26 mi
- WWater38 mi
- DDump39 mi
- ShShower54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 38-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 17 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 ↗
The site — Page City Park -- free tent area (Page)
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
1,172 ft
Ground slope
2% · flat
Nearest rail line
~0.1 mi · main line
State
ND
Coordinates
47.15320, -97.57176
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Page City Park -- free tent area (Page) · public land · ND (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWater · mapped within 1.6 mi
- USGS NHDno named surface water within 1 mi
- Nearest townPage · ~0.5 mi
- Nearest rail line~0.1 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelCenex · ~16.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesLeevers Supermarket · ~25.6 mi
- PharmacyThrifty White Pharmacy · ~25.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicCHI Mercy Health · ~25.2 mi
- HardwareHandy Home and Hardware · ~26.8 mi
EV charging — from Page City Park -- free tent area (Page) · public land · ND — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger26.2 mi straight-line SW — Puklich Chevrolet Buick GMC, Valley City, ND · Blink Network · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 14 within 50 · 35 within 100 · 54 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)37.6 mi — CCEC CHARGERS HORNBACHERS, West Fargo
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO29.2 mi — HILLSBORO SUBWAY 250, Hillsboro
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)26.3 mi — Stoudt-Ross Ford Inc, Valley City, ND (at a car dealership) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-06-06 · 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 311266 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Page City Park -- free tent area (Page) · public land · ND — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaOriska WB · ~18.2 mi SW
- Highway rest areaOriska EB · ~18.2 mi SW
- Highway rest areaLynchburg · ~23.2 mi SE
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~25.1 mi SW · FWS
Coming out here — Page City Park -- free tent area (Page) · public land · ND
- Surface water mapped nearby: Water. 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. USGS maps no named surface water within 1 mi of the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022).
- Ground slope around the pin: about 2% — 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 ~0.1 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.
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Other camps near Page City Park -- free tent area (Page)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Erie Dam (Brewer Lake) WMA (Cass County)~7.6 mi
- Otto Spies WMA (Steele County)~9.3 mi
- Valley City WMA (Barnes County)~20.5 mi
How we know this — Page City Park -- free tent area (Page)
Source
municipal park records
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
FREE FOR TENTS ONLY per ndtourism.com (Page City Park Campground and RV Park), quoted: 'Free tent camping in City Park - overnight only.' The SAME listing prices the RV side: '8 RV sites with water, sewer and electricity - daily and weekly rates.' 104 Morton Ave., Page ND 58064, (701) 668-2226. Confidence 'med': state tourism listing, not the city's own page, and the free tier is narrow. Coordinates: OSM node/7639005011 'Page City Park Campground', which independently carries fee=no. Verified 2026-07-20.
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 Page City Park -- free tent area (Page)
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 — Page City Park -- free tent area (Page)
Finding water out here →Dumping grey & black →Cold-weather camping →Picking a spot →All field notes →