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Roberts Field Primitive Campground

Dispersed · public land · MO · 37.12833, -91.17496
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Weather outlook — at Roberts Field Primitive Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 542 ft.
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Everything you need — measured from Roberts Field Primitive Campground · public land · MO

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 24 miWDump · 15 miDSinclair · Fuel · 10 miFSinclair · Grocery · 10 miGPharmacy · 26 miRxSimpsons · Hardware · 32 miHMechanic · 27 miMLaundry · 34 miLShower · 10 miShAir-up · 47 miADent Medical Clinic · Urgent care · 40 mi+Alley Spring Store · Outfitter · 15 miOMail · 10 mi@DNR MSP MONT DCFC EV1 · EV fast charger · 36 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • ShShower10 mi
  • FFuel10 mi
  • GGrocery10 mi
  • @Mail10 mi
  • OOutfitter15 mi
  • DDump15 mi
  • WWater24 mi
  • RxPharmacy26 mi
  • MMechanic27 mi
  • HHardware32 mi
  • LLaundry34 mi
  • EVEV fast charger36 mi
  • +Urgent care40 mi
  • AAir-up47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is a real 24-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 10 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 36-mi run (and back).

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 — Roberts Field Primitive Campground

Access
Dispersed
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
542 ft
State
MO
Coordinates
37.12833, -91.17496
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Roberts Field Primitive Campground · public land · MO (OpenStreetMap)

  • Nearest townEminence · ~10.2 mi
  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelSinclair · ~10.2 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • Dump station~15.0 mi
  • GroceriesSinclair · ~10.2 mi
  • PharmacyPharmacy · ~26.2 mi

EV charging — from Roberts Field Primitive Campground · public land · MO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Roberts Field Primitive Campground · public land · MO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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How we know this — Roberts Field Primitive Campground

Fire rules
Campfires are permitted at designated campsites and must be contained in the metal fire ring provided.
Stay limit
14 nights (14 days in a 30-day period)
Source
public land records
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
Ozark National Scenic Riverways, FREE primitive campground, listed by NPS under the Ozark Trail group. NPS primitive-campgrounds page: "Primitive campgrounds are remote camping areas with no amenities. Because of this, they are free and non-reservable throughout the year." STAY LIMIT: "Camping stays are limited to 14 days in a 30-day period in the same campground." (nps.gov/ozar/learn/management/camping-regulations.htm) NPS also warns these sites are "often far off the beaten path. Many are found at the end of gravel roads, requiring high vehicle clearance and a good sense of direction to find" and are "far from stores, bathrooms, and (usually) cell signal". Campers are told to bring "a trowel for burying human waste" -- waste must be buried at least 6 inches deep and at least 100 feet from water, trail or facility. FIRE: campfires must be in the metal fire ring provided; "During periods of elevated fire danger, open fires may be restricted or prohibited." Fires are prohibited in caves, within 50 ft of cave mouths, and within 50 ft of designated river accesses/landings except during gigging season. COORDINATE: the NPS Public POIs national dataset pin named "Roberts Field", POITYPE 'Campground', UNITCODE 'ozar' (mapservices.nps.gov, read 2026-08-17). A point-of-interest pin, not a surveyed site. CAVEAT: NPS says of these sites "Be sure to consult locally-produced maps for directions, as online maps may be inaccurate." SOURCE: https://www.nps.gov/ozar/planyourvisit/primitive-campgrounds.htm | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
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 Roberts Field Primitive Campground

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