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Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 003 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area)
Drive-up · public land · PA · 41.20550, -75.61052
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DCNR records: fire ring, picnic table, latrine, trailer access, 1 vehicle(s).
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 003 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,752 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 003 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area)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 Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 003 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area) · public land · PA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- HHardware7 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- OOutfitter8 mi
- WWater11 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- ShShower11 mi
- DDump11 mi
- AAir-up12 mi
- PPropane16 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 003 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area)
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
1,752 ft
State
PA
Coordinates
41.20550, -75.61052
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 003 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area) · public land · PA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePond Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townThornhurst · ~2.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelExxon · ~6.2 mi
- Propane / LPGKeystone Propane · ~10.1 mi
- Dump stationCampground RV Toilet Disposal · ~11.0 mi · free · 24/7 · Tobyhanna State Park
- GroceriesPocono Mountain Provisions · ~6.8 mi
- PharmacyBlakeslee Pharmacy · ~7.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicGeisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center · ~10.8 mi
- HardwareMatirko Hardware · ~7.3 mi
EV charging — from Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 003 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area) · public land · PA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.9 mi straight-line S — Blakeslee, PA - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach22 within 25 mi · 66 within 50 · 758 within 100 · 1459 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS8.7 mi — ShopRite Daleville - Wakefern 414, Covington Township
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO20.1 mi — ONVO DORRANCE DC2, Mountain Top
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.2 mi — Holiday Inn Express - Pittston Scranton Airport (at a hotel) · UNIVERSAL · J1772 · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-01-13 · 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 237663 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 003 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area) · public land · PA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomVisitor Center (ME) · ~14.3 mi N · NPS
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 16 · ~15.1 mi SW
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 17 · ~16.3 mi SE
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 52 · ~16.3 mi S
Open Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 003 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area) elsewhere
Other camps near Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 003 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 002 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area)~0.1 mi · fee
- Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 001 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area)~0.1 mi · fee
- Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite 002 Fireline~0.3 mi · fee
- Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite 003 Sassafras Hill~1.7 mi · fee
How we know this — Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 003 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area)
Stay limit
7 nights (no more than seven consecutive nights)
Permit
You must have a valid camping permit and be at a designated campsite when roadside camping. A camping permit will not be issued to anyone under the age of 18. The permit holder must occupy the site listed on the camping permit within 24 hours of the arrival date listed on the camping permit. Most campsites in Pennsylvania state forests can be reserved 11 months in advance to noon of the day of arrival.
Area rules
Individuals must vacate a site for at least 48 hours before reapplying.
Source
public land records
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
PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry designated campsite, Pinchot State Forest (district 11), DCNR type "Motorized". Coordinate is DCNR's own, from its public Designated Campsites layer read 2026-08-15: https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/agsprod/rest/services/BOF/Camping/MapServer/0 (the layer behind https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/bof/camping/). DCNR records the positional source for this point as "GPS". FEE. DCNR (read 2026-08-15 at https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/overnight-prices-and-policies): "Motorized roadside, hike-in roadside, equestrian, and rustic campsites can be reserved for a fee of $10.00 a night for Pennsylvania residents and $15.00 a night for non-residents. Additional taxes and fees may apply. These prices are effective as of November 3, 2022." Reserve through the PA State Parks and Forests reservation system (888-727-2757); this site carries a reservation system ID in DCNR's layer. Stay limit: DCNR (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/motorized-roadside-camping) - "A camping permit will be valid for no more than seven consecutive nights." and "Individuals must vacate a site for at least 48 hours before reapplying." "Roadside camping is required to be done at designated campsites that are identified by a name or number." Fire: DCNR (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/backpacking-and-primitive-camping) - "No campfires are permitted when the state forest district forester determines the forest fire danger to be high, very high, or extreme." From March 1 through May 25 you must have the district's permission to have a campfire at all. Check with the district before you go. DCNR Permit field: Yes. DCNR description: "Pinchot State Forest. Latrines available at picnic area. One of three sites on loop behind picnic area. Full shade. Visit the PA State Parks and Forests Reservation System to reserve and view additional details." Not field-checked by us. Seasonal road closures and district-level restrictions are not in this layer - check with the district office. Nearest USGS GNIS populated place: Thornhurst, about 2.4 mi straight-line. --- NIGHT-SHIFT REVIEW 2026-08-18 (reviewer nightshift-verified): APPROVED. Re-read DCNR's Designated Campsites layer today at https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/agsprod/rest/services/BOF/Camping/MapServer/0 : OBJECTID 13042 is still present, Name "Manny Gordon 003", Type "Motorized", Water "None", Permit "Yes", ShowOnPublicMap "Yes", positional Source "GPS", DCNR LastEditedDate 2025.12.19 10:53 - every one of those unchanged from the 2026-08-15 read, and the live geometry is 0.9 m from the coordinate this row holds. All 801 OBJECTIDs we ingested from this layer are still in it today; none were dropped. Independent check 1 - the coordinate falls inside DCNR's own State Forest boundary polygon (https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/agsprod/rest/services/BOF/StateForests/MapServer/0, read 2026-08-18): DistrictNumber 11 (Pinchot), LandManager BOF. That is state forest land in the same district the campsite record claims. Independent check 2 - nearest drivable OpenStreetMap way is 1 m away (highway=unclassified "Renfer Road"), measured point-to-segment against way geometry pulled from Overpass on 2026-08-18. Consistent with a DCNR "Motorized" site. The fee, seven-night stay limit and campfire quotes above were re-read verbatim on pa.gov today (overnight-prices-and-policies, motorized-roadside-camping, backpacking-and-primitive-camping) and all three still match word for word. Duplicate check done on coordinates, not name: no approved or published camp anywhere in the DB within 250 m. Still not field-checked by us; nobody from this project has stood on this 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 Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 003 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area)
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 — Pinchot State Forest roadside campsite Manny Gordon 003 (Manny Gordon Recreation Area)
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