Agency-listedUSFSFree
Skipout Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OK · 35.63653, -99.87933
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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 Skipout Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,294 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Skipout CampgroundNIFC · 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 Skipout Campground · Black Kettle National Grassland · OK
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail3 mi
- WWater10 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- RxPharmacy12 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- HHardware29 mi
- +Urgent care30 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 12 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Dump, 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 — Skipout Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
2,294 ft
State
OK
Coordinates
35.63653, -99.87933
Cost
Free · Forest Service inventory: no fee
Nearby & resupply — around Skipout Campground · Black Kettle National Grassland · OK (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSkipout Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townReydon · ~2.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~11.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesMarket Square · ~11.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicRoger Mills Memorial Hospital · ~11.8 mi
- HardwareCurrell's Doit Best · ~29.3 mi
EV charging — from Skipout Campground · Black Kettle National Grassland · OK — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger28.5 mi straight-line S — Love's 253 (Erick, OK) · Electrify America · 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 · 4 within 50 · 14 within 100 · 106 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)32.2 mi — Hutch's - Tesla Supercharger (Francis Energy), Elk City
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO60.6 mi — Northwestern EC, Woodward
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)60.6 mi — Northwestern EC, Woodward, OK · FCN · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · 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 127933 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Skipout Campground · Black Kettle National Grassland · OK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSkipout Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSkipout Boating · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSpring Creek Cg · ~9.6 mi N · USFS
- RestroomOverlook Vault Toilet · ~10.1 mi E · NPS
Open Skipout Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Skipout Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Skipout Cg~0.1 mi
- Spring Creek Cg~9.6 mi
- Spring Creek Campground~9.6 mi
- Spring Creek Eastside Camp Area~9.7 mi
The unit that manages Skipout Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Skipout Campground are set by Black Kettle National Grassland, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Skipout Campground
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (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 Skipout Campground
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 — Skipout Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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