Shawnee State Forest Backpack Trail - Camp 1

public land records

Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.

Source: ODNR Division of Forestry, Shawnee State Forest Backpack Trail map (dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/odnr/forestry/Maps/shawnee_backpack.pdf), 'Backpack Trail Rules' 1-3, read 2026-07-29. Pin: ODNR GIS OIT_Services/ODNR_POI/MapServer/0 (statewide, all-division Points of Interest), SUBTYPE='Primitive Camping', outSR=4326 ('Primitive Camping' point). Name: no camp-named side trail exists for this one in ODNR GIS FOR_Services/Forestry_Trails_verify/MapServer/5 ('Forestry_Trails'), true nearest-point distance per segment -- not a bounding-box centre, so the number comes from OSM node 11934930559 'Camp 1' 180 ft away; the pin itself sits 6 ft off ODNR's own 'Backpack Main Trail North Loop', which is what establishes it as a trail camp. Confidence 'med' for the NAME only. FREE STATUS: ODNR's own backpack-trail map requires 'a self-registration permit (no fee)' -- the operator prices the permit in the sentence that requires it -- and Ohio charges no state-forest entry or vehicle permit (no Discover-Pass analogue), so the free-only guardrail on ACCESS cost is met; a free self-issued register is expressly allowed by the mission. CAMPING-ALLOWED guardrail met by the restrictive form of rule 1 ('may camp only in the designated campground areas'). Corroborated by ohiodnr.gov 'Primitive Camping' ('reservations are not required or accepted' at backpack campsites) and by the ODNR news release of 2025-06-06, which keeps Shawnee and Zaleski on first-come, first-served while moving Hocking and Mohican-Memorial to reserved permits. Hunters camps (licensed hunters only) and horse camps (horse required) on these forests were checked and EXCLUDED. NOTE: the GIS `FEE` attribute is NULL on 100% of rows in both layers and was NOT relied on. Ingest 2026-07-29. --- NIGHTSHIFT REVIEW 2026-08-21 (fire 1220, leftover backlog) --- HOLDS UP. Re-downloaded ODNR Division of Forestry's Shawnee State Forest Backpack Trail map (https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/odnr/forestry/Maps/shawnee_backpack.pdf) this fire and re-read the 'Backpack Trail Rules' panel. Verbatim and unchanged: rule 1 'People may camp only in the designated campground areas shown on the map.'; rule 2 'A self-registration permit (no fee) is required of all hikers. The permit, which must be filled out prior to entering the trail, is available on the trail parking area 24-hours a day, and at Shawnee State Forest headquarters (open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays). Hikers should place the completed permit in the registration box provided and carry the stub with them on the trail.'; rule 3 'No person is permitted to camp more than 14 days in any 30-day period.' RULE THE ORIGINAL INGEST MISSED -- ADD IT TO THE PAGE: rule 3 continues 'Camps must be moved to a different backpack campground each day.' This is a one-night-per-campground trail. The existing field_note says only '14 days in any 30-day period' and would let a reader plan a two-night stay at one camp, which the operator forbids. Also rule 4: 'Backpack groups are limited to a maximum of 10 people per party at any one backpack campground.' Water caches, latrines and the snake warnings are all still verbatim as recorded. COORDINATE UPGRADE: ODNR's own GIS (OIT_Services/ODNR_POI/MapServer/0, live this fire) returns a 'Primitive Camping' point on LANDS_NAME='ShawneeFR' at exactly this row's coordinate (0 ft). The pin is ODNR's own. NAME: still the weakest link on this one. ODNR's trail layer (FOR_Services/Forestry_Trails_verify/MapServer/5, live this fire) has NO trail named 'Camp 1'; the nearest ODNR trail is 'Backpack Main Trail North Loop' at 6 ft, which establishes this as a backpack-trail camp on the north loop but not its number. The label 'Camp 1' remains OpenStreetMap's (node 11934930559). Keep the name caveat on the page. APPROVED: agency pin, agency rules, agency no-fee statement; only the site number is community-sourced.

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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.