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Shelter Rock Camp
Hike-in · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 47.82590, -123.08709
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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 Shelter Rock Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,821 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Shelter Rock CampNIFC · 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 Shelter Rock Camp · Olympic National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- OOutfitter13 mi
- DDump13 mi
- AAir-up14 mi
- EVEV fast charger17 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- LLaundry21 mi
- WWater21 mi
- PPropane22 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Shelter Rock Camp
Access
Hike-in
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,821 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
47.82590, -123.08709
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Getting in
Park at Upper Big Quilcene Trailhead · ~2.14 mi in a straight line (trail will be longer)
Nearby & resupply — around Shelter Rock Camp · Olympic National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBig Quilcene River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townQuilcene · ~9.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelQuilcene Village Store · ~9.6 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~25.3 mi
- Dump station~12.7 mi
- GroceriesQuilcene Village Store · ~9.6 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~17.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicClinic · ~19.1 mi
- HardwareEarth CPR Supplies · ~17.8 mi
EV charging — from Shelter Rock Camp · Olympic National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.9 mi straight-line N — Sequim, WA - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach7 within 25 mi · 189 within 50 · 349 within 100 · 431 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS20.4 mi — Walmart 5272 (Poulsbo, WA), Poulsbo
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO20.4 mi — Walmart 5272 (Poulsbo, WA), Poulsbo
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.6 mi — Discovery Bay Welcome Center, Port Townsend, WA (at a parking lot) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2023-12-13 · 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 102492 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Shelter Rock Camp · Olympic National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBig Quilcene (Upper) · ~2.2 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDungeness (Upper) · ~4.3 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomNotch Pass (Road 27) · ~5.7 mi E · USFS
- RestroomTunnel Creek (Via Dosewallips) · ~6.0 mi S · USFS
Open Shelter Rock Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Shelter Rock Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Camp Mystery~1.8 mi
- Elkhorn~6.6 mi
- Elkhorn Dispersed Campground~6.7 mi
- Falls View~7.9 mi · fee
The unit that manages Shelter Rock Camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Shelter Rock Camp are set by Olympic National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Shelter Rock Camp
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: hike (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 Shelter Rock Camp
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 — Shelter Rock Camp
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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