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Pierce County
Drive-up · public land · Pierce County, WA · 47.02025, -121.53914
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Nice! This is a free equestrian campground. No rules and regulations posted. Just an abundance of nice campsites with fire rings and one with a picnic table. Close proximity to rural air strip just north of Mount Rainier National Park. Vault toilet. Poor cell service. Lovely wooded setting. Enough room for two vehicles per site. Recommended due to conveniences and close proximity to National Park.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,553 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery1 mi
- +Urgent care7 mi
- WWater9 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- ShShower11 mi
- DDump16 mi
- @Mail23 mi
- MMechanic23 mi
- AAir-up23 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- RxPharmacy24 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- OOutfitter24 mi
- PPropane36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 1 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
2,553 ft
County
Pierce County, WA
Coordinates
47.02025, -121.53914
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureDoe Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townSunrise · ~8.8 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.7 mi
- FuelGull · ~11.0 mi
- Propane / LPGBlack Bear Outpost Propane · ~30.1 mi
- Dump stationDump station · ~15.9 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~1.1 mi
- PharmacySafeway · ~24.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicAspire Physcial Therapy · ~24.4 mi
- HardwareCutters Supply · ~24.2 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
No signal
Getting there
Any vehicle managed it
Fire ring
Yes
Toilet on site
Yes
Tent friendly
Yes
Verdict
Recommended
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBuck Creek Horse Camp · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRanger Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRanger Creek · ~0.3 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRanger Creek Airstrip · ~0.5 mi SE · USFS
Open this spot elsewhere
Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Ranger Creek Campground~0.2 mi
- Huckleberry Creek Dispersed Camping~4.2 mi
- Huckleberry Creek Dispersed Camping~4.2 mi
- Pierce County~5.6 mi
How we know this
Source
Dave's own travels
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
FIELD VERIFIED by Dave Lalande -- he has stood on this site. Coordinates are his own GPX track point, not a geocode. County and state confirmed against the FCC Census Block API (Pierce County, WA). Everything under 'From the field' is a direct observation; nothing here is inferred from a land record.
Field check
Verified on the ground. Dave has stood on this one. Conditions still change — confirm before you commit.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- How many rigs actually fit
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
Before you go
Finding water out here →Fire rules & restrictions →Gear & rig loadout →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
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