Agency-listedCity of MuleshoeFree
Ray and Donna West Free RV Park
Drive-up · City of Muleshoe · TX · 34.23780, -102.74580
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DONATION-based free camping: the Ray and Donna West Free RV Park in Muleshoe is free for up to 3 days, but a donation box is on site -- please leave a donation to help the city and the Muleshoe Heritage Foundation keep it open. It sits at 1918 W American Blvd on US-84, with 8-10 improved pull-through spots with full hookups (water, sewer, electric) and free internet. If you need longer, you can get a permit by the third day and pay $25/day for up to 5 more days (8 max). First-come, no reservations. The town hopes travelers stop, shop and eat local. Rules change -- confirm the current policy with the City of Muleshoe before you go, and be a good guest.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Ray and Donna West Free RV Park
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,807 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Ray and Donna West Free RV ParkNIFC · 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 Ray and Donna West Free RV Park · City of Muleshoe · TX
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- DDump0 mi
- FFuel0 mi
- GGrocery0 mi
- @Mail20 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- EVEV fast charger27 mi
- RxPharmacy28 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- LLaundry28 mi
- +Urgent care32 mi
- ShShower35 mi
- WWater55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 55-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 0 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 — Ray and Donna West Free RV Park
Access
Drive-up
Land
City of Muleshoe
Elevation
3,807 ft
Ground slope
1.3% · flat
Nearest rail line
~0.1 mi · main line
State
TX
Coordinates
34.23780, -102.74580
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Ray and Donna West Free RV Park · City of Muleshoe · TX (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMuleshoe Fishing Pond (water) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- USGS NHDno named surface water within 1 mi
- Nearest townMuleshoe · ~1.5 mi
- Nearest rail line~0.1 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelStripes · ~0.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~0.0 mi · free · also fills water
- GroceriesStripes · ~0.1 mi
- PharmacyBi Wize Pharmacy · ~27.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicMuleshoe Area Medical Center · ~1.5 mi
- HardwareKendrick Oil Co · ~27.8 mi
EV charging — from Ray and Donna West Free RV Park · City of Muleshoe · TX — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger26.8 mi straight-line NW — Hamilton Ford, Clovis, NM (at a public site) · FORD_CHARGE · 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 · 3 within 50 · 30 within 100 · 47 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)56.9 mi — OCHO 80 - Plainview, Plainview
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO34.0 mi — RCEC STATION 1, Portales
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)26.4 mi — Clovis Community College · NOODOE · J1772 · 3 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 358426 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Ray and Donna West Free RV Park · City of Muleshoe · TX — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~19.4 mi S · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~19.5 mi S · FWS
Coming out here — Ray and Donna West Free RV Park · City of Muleshoe · TX
- Surface water mapped nearby: Muleshoe Fishing Pond (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 1.3% — 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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How we know this — Ray and Donna West Free RV Park
Permit
The free stay is limited to 3 consecutive nights. In many instances, campers may be permitted to stay an additional 5 days. To do so a camper must get a permit by the third day and pay a fee of $25 for each additional day.
Source
municipal park 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
Source: City of Muleshoe + Muleshoe Heritage Foundation OWN page city-of-muleshoe.com/explore/ray_and_donna_west_free_rv_park.php (via search, read 2026-07-27): FREE camping limited to 3 days; up to 5 more days allowed with a permit obtained by day 3 at $25/day; a DONATION box is on site. 8-10 improved full-hookup pull-thru spots (water/sewer/electric), free internet; 1918 W American Blvd (US-84). DONATION -> fee=0, note leads on the donation. Coord: OSM Overpass way/982042676 fee=no 34.237800,-102.745800 (matches the US-84 location). Ingest 2026-07-27.
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 Ray and Donna West Free RV Park
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