Agency-listedUSFSFree
Rangers Cabin
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 47.74728, -122.87353
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Rangers Cabin
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 124 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Rangers CabinNIFC · 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 Rangers Cabin · U.S. Forest Service · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- ShShower4 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- DDump4 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- WWater11 mi
- PPropane11 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- AAir-up11 mi
- +Urgent care11 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Rangers Cabin
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
124 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
47.74728, -122.87353
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Rangers Cabin · U.S. Forest Service · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSpencer Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townSeal Rock · ~2.4 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.9 mi
- FuelQuilcene Village Store · ~5.7 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~16.7 mi
- Dump station~4.2 mi
- GroceriesBrinnon General Store · ~3.9 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~9.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicPeninsula Community Health · ~10.7 mi
- HardwareNorthern Equipment Rental · ~10.4 mi
EV charging — from Rangers Cabin · U.S. Forest Service · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.9 mi straight-line E — Walmart 5272 (Poulsbo, WA) · Electrify America · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach29 within 25 mi · 267 within 50 · 356 within 100 · 462 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)10.4 mi — Silverdale, WA - Tesla Supercharger, Silverdale
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.9 mi — Olympic College Poulsbo · Blink Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · 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 206987 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Rangers Cabin · U.S. Forest Service · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomSeal Rock Campground · ~2.9 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMt. Walker (North) · ~3.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFalls View · ~3.8 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFalls View Canyon · ~3.9 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Rangers Cabin · U.S. Forest Service · WA
- Surface water mapped nearby: Spencer 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 Rangers Cabin elsewhere
Other camps near Rangers Cabin
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Seal Rock Campground~2.9 mi · fee
- Falls View~3.8 mi · fee
- Collins~8.2 mi · fee
- Elkhorn~10.2 mi
How we know this — Rangers Cabin
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)
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 Rangers Cabin
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 — Rangers Cabin
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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