Agency-listedPA DCNR Bureau of Forestry - Rothrock State Forest · dispersedFee
Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road
Drive-up · Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry · PA · 40.70411, -77.76697
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DCNR records: fire ring, picnic table, trailer access, 2 vehicle(s).
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,172 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer RoadNIFC · 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 Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road · Rothrock State Forest · PA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater4 mi
- DDump4 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- RxPharmacy6 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- +Urgent care7 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- AAir-up8 mi
- OOutfitter8 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- PPropane22 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road
Access
Drive-up
Land
Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry · dispersed
Elevation
1,172 ft
Ground slope
4.3% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~8.5 mi · industrial lead
Nearest highway
~5.7 mi · US Hwy 322
State
PA
Coordinates
40.70411, -77.76697
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road · Rothrock State Forest · PA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRoss Run · ~0.2 mi · USGS: intermittent stream
- Also mapped (OSM)Croyle Run (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townShingletown · ~5.1 mi
- Nearest rail line~8.5 mi · industrial lead
- Nearest highway~5.7 mi · US Hwy 322
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~3.7 mi
- FuelSunoco · ~5.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~3.9 mi
- GroceriesWeis · ~6.4 mi
- PharmacyCaresite · ~6.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicMount Nittany Health Express CARE · ~6.6 mi
- HardwarePaulB Hardware · ~7.1 mi
EV charging — from Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road · Rothrock State Forest · PA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.4 mi straight-line NW — State College, PA - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 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 reach7 within 25 mi · 28 within 50 · 193 within 100 · 975 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS11.0 mi — Sheetz Store 287 (State College, PA), State College
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO11.0 mi — Sheetz Store 287 (State College, PA), State College
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.8 mi — Greenwood Furnace State Park, Huntingdon, PA (at a park) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-04-14 · hours: Sunrise to sunset daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Stuckey Mitsubishi, State College, 8.9 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for customer use only · AFDC lists it “Free; Donations encouraged”
- 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 186179 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road · Rothrock State Forest · PA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 12 · ~23.6 mi NW
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 19 · ~23.9 mi NW
Coming out here — Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road · Rothrock State Forest · PA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Ross Run as an intermittent stream, ~0.2 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as intermittent — expect it dry for part of the year. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 4.3% — gentle. 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 ~8.5 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as an industrial lead. No track the atlas classes as a main line is mapped within 10 mi. 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.
- US Hwy 322 is mapped ~5.7 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- 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 Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road elsewhere
Other camps near Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 003 Pine Swamp Road~3.3 mi · fee
- Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 006 Flat Road~5.8 mi · fee
- Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 005 Crowfield Road~7.1 mi · fee
- Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 007 Frew Road~11.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road
Roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road is in Rothrock State Forest, a state forest managed by PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry. Stay limits, permits, road closures and fire restrictions are set there, not at the campsite — check before you go. Its page maps every camp in it.
How we know this — Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road
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, Rothrock State Forest (district 5), 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, and the site is not yet listed in the reservation system. DCNR classes it as a motorized roadside site, and DCNR (read 2026-08-15 at https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/overnight-prices-and-policies) prices motorized roadside camping at "$10.00 a night for Pennsylvania residents and $15.00 a night for non-residents". It carries no reservation-system ID in DCNR's layer - several of these are flagged "Added December 2024" or "Currently not online" in DCNR's own notes. Call the district office before counting on it. 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: "Rothrock State Forest. Visit the PA State Parks and Forests REservation System to reserve and view additional details." DCNR note: "Old log landing gravel road and tent pad" 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: Seeger Place, about 0.5 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 21160 is still present, Name "009 Beibleheimer Road", Type "Motorized", Water "None", Permit "Yes", ShowOnPublicMap "Yes", positional Source "GPS", DCNR LastEditedDate 2026.07.24 12:49 - 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 5 (Rothrock), LandManager BOF. That is state forest land in the same district the campsite record claims. Independent check 2 - nearest drivable OpenStreetMap way is 79 m away (highway=unclassified "Beidleheimer 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. One discrepancy checked and cleared: this row is tagged reservation-required but DCNR's layer carries no ParkRes_ParkID/ParkRes_SiteID for it. DCNR's own Description still says "Rothrock State Forest. Visit the PA State Parks and Forests REservation System to reserve and view additional details", and the record was only created 2026-07-24, so the blank ID fields read as DCNR not having backfilled them yet rather than as an unreservable site. 11 of the 766 PA rows tagged reservation-required are in this same state. 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 Rothrock State Forest roadside campsite 009 Beibleheimer Road
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