Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Shockaloe Trail Bc 1
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · MS · 32.36723, -89.56251
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Shockaloe Trail Bc 1 · National Forests in Mississippi · MS
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 513E (Shockaloe Trail Road), 480 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as improved native material surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 513E (Shockaloe Trail Road), 480 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 513E (Shockaloe Trail Road): “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Shockaloe Trail Bc 1
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 499 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Shockaloe Trail Bc 1NIFC · 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 Shockaloe Trail Bc 1 · National Forests in Mississippi · MS
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- +Urgent care25 mi
- EVEV fast charger26 mi
- MMechanic26 mi
- WWater34 mi
- OOutfitter35 mi
- LLaundry36 mi
- AAir-up36 mi
- DDump45 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 34-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Shockaloe Trail Bc 1
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
499 ft
Ground slope
3.8% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~0.2 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~2.1 mi · Interstate 20
State
MS
Coordinates
32.36723, -89.56251
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Shockaloe Trail Bc 1 · National Forests in Mississippi · MS (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRobinson Creek · ~1.0 mi · USGS: intermittent stream
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelTexaco · ~4.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~4.9 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~4.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicFresenius Kidney Care · ~24.6 mi
- HardwareHome Hardware Building Centre · ~4.9 mi
- Nearest rail line~0.2 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~2.1 mi · Interstate 20
EV charging — from Shockaloe Trail Bc 1 · National Forests in Mississippi · MS — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger25.7 mi straight-line W — Entergy Services Inc. - Poindexter EV Hub, Brandon, MS · EV Connect · CCS · 4 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 · 22 within 50 · 46 within 100 · 141 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)35.0 mi — Pearl, MS - Tesla Supercharger, Pearl
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO34.2 mi — L830 SVC 1, Ridgeland
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)26.8 mi — East Central Community College, Decatur, MS (at a parking lot) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-07-03 · 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 386893 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Shockaloe Trail Bc 1 · National Forests in Mississippi · MS — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletShockaloe Trail Bc 1 · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletShockaloe Trail Bc 2 · ~2.0 mi N · USFS
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Area Scott County I-20 EB · ~7.7 mi SE
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Area Scott County I-20 WB · ~9.0 mi SW
Coming out here — Shockaloe Trail Bc 1 · National Forests in Mississippi · MS
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Robinson Creek as an intermittent stream, ~1.0 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 3.8% — 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 ~0.2 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.
- Interstate 20 is mapped ~2.1 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.
- 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 Shockaloe Trail Bc 1 elsewhere
Other camps near Shockaloe Trail Bc 1
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Shockaloe Trail Bc 2~2.0 mi · fee
- Bienville WMA camp site 2~4.5 mi
- Caney Creek WMA camp site 5~5.7 mi
- Caney Creek WMA camp site 4~6.3 mi
The unit that manages Shockaloe Trail Bc 1
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Shockaloe Trail Bc 1 are set by National Forests in Mississippi, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Shockaloe Trail Bc 1
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the 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 Shockaloe Trail Bc 1
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Shockaloe Trail Bc 1
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Power off-grid →All field notes →