Mapped · not agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Porter Lake Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · FL · 30.17685, -84.67735
The site — Porter Lake Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
21 ft
State
FL
Coordinates
30.17685, -84.67735
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Porter Lake Campground · National Forests in Florida · FL (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureOchlockonee River (river) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townSmith Creek · ~1.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelCrow''s Corner · ~14.6 mi
- Propane / LPGSouthern Quality Propane · ~18.4 mi
- Dump station~30.0 mi
- GroceriesSopchoppy Grocery · ~13.7 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~27.4 mi
- Hospital / clinic~16.1 mi
- HardwareBetter Built Barns · ~17.0 mi
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 Porter Lake Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 21 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Porter Lake CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
No dated fire rule on record for this camp: ask the National Forests in Florida.
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 Porter Lake Campground · National Forests in Florida · FL
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery14 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- WWater17 mi
- LLaundry17 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- @Mail18 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- OOutfitter26 mi
- AAir-up28 mi
- DDump30 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 14 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 Porter Lake Campground · National Forests in Florida · FL — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPorter Hunt Camp & Trailhead · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWhitehead Campground & Boat Ramp · ~0.8 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMack Landing Boat Ramp · ~6.0 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMack Landing Campground · ~6.0 mi S · USFS
Coming out here — Porter Lake Campground · National Forests in Florida · FL
- Surface water mapped nearby: Ochlockonee River (river). 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 Porter Lake Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Porter Lake Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Porter Hunt Camp & Trailhead~0.0 mi
- Whitehead Campground & Boat Ramp~0.8 mi · fee
- Pine Creek Hunt Camp~4.9 mi
- Mack Landing Campground~6.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Porter Lake Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Porter Lake Campground are set by National Forests in Florida, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Porter Lake Campground
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.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there) | auto:dup-merge 2026-08-20: same campground as the agency record 'Porter Hunt Camp & Trailhead' (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.
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 Porter Lake Campground
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 — Porter Lake Campground
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading your camp page →All field notes →