Springer/Bump Sullivan WHMA Campground
FIRE BAN: WGFD flags this area as 'Fire Ban is in Effect for this Area' -- check before you plan on any open flame. SEASONAL CLOSURE -- READ THIS FIRST: Vehicular closure Oct. 1 - May 15 Wyoming closes many of these areas in winter and spring to protect wintering big game, and a closure is not advisory. Confirm the current dates with Game and Fish before you drive out. This is a designated campground on the Springer/Bump Sullivan Wildlife Habitat Management Area in Goshen County, land acquired or administered by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission. The area runs about 3,416 acres. Camping here is genuinely free and first come, first served -- and unlike neighbouring states, Wyoming does NOT make you buy a license or a habitat/entrance pass simply to be on the land or to camp. (If you intend to hunt or fish while you are there, that is a different matter: you need the appropriate Wyoming license and a conservation stamp for that activity.) The rules that bind: you may only camp in the designated spots, no more than 14 consecutive days, and you cannot leave a camp unattended more than 48 hours. After you hit the limit you have to be off that same Game and Fish land for at least 72 hours before returning. Some areas post a limit shorter than 14 days on the sign at the entrance -- if the sign says less, the sign wins. Area-specific regulations from Game and Fish: Motor Vehicle Travel Restricted to Roads Marked By white arrow on the Wildlife Habitat Management Area. Waterfowl Hunting Closure around Springer Reservoir and restrictions of shotgun and archery equipment are marked with Department Signs. ORV use is prohibited. 14-day camping limit. Exceptions noted for this area: Closure is limited to vehicles only. Foot and horse access open year-round. No Shooting within 300 yards of school as marked with department signs. Amenities listed by Game and Fish for the area: Parking, Comfort Stations, Boat Ramp, Hunting blinds with priority given to early arrivals. Accessibility: WGFD marks this facility 'Accessible'. These are working wildlife areas first and campgrounds second -- they exist for habitat, so expect gravel, expect stock, and leave it cleaner than you found it. We have not visited; confirm current conditions and closures with the Wyoming Game and Fish Laramie regional office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Springer/Bump Sullivan WHMA Campground · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY
- GGrocery2 mi
- @Mail2 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- MMechanic13 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- HHardware31 mi
- EVEV fast charger32 mi
- WWater34 mi
- DDump44 mi
- AAir-up56 mi
- OOutfitter57 mi
The read: water is a real 34-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 2 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 32-mi run (and back).
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 — Springer/Bump Sullivan WHMA Campground
Nearby & resupply — around Springer/Bump Sullivan WHMA Campground · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureGoshen Hole Reservoir · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townYoder · ~1.7 mi
- Nearest rail line~1.1 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelWTT · ~12.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~1.7 mi
- PharmacyCommunity Drug · ~13.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicCommunity Hospital · ~14.0 mi
EV charging — from Springer/Bump Sullivan WHMA Campground · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger31.7 mi straight-line E — NPPD EV STATION SB SINCLAIR DCS, Scottsbluff, NE · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 29 within 100 · 183 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)36.8 mi — Wheatland, WY - Tesla Supercharger, Wheatland
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)32.0 mi — HAMPTON INN SCB HAMPTON INN SCB, Scottsbluff, NE · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 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 359949 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Springer/Bump Sullivan WHMA Campground · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomRomtec Vault Toilets · ~25.6 mi NW · NPS
- Highway rest areaChugwater Rest Area · ~29.4 mi W
Coming out here — Springer/Bump Sullivan WHMA Campground · Wyoming Game & Fish · WY
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Goshen Hole Reservoir as a perennial lake or pond, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 8.8% — noticeable. 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 ~1.1 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.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- 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.
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Who holds the land at Springer/Bump Sullivan WHMA Campground
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Springer/Bump Sullivan Wildlife Habitat Management Area, manager on record: Wyoming Game and Fish Department (state). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Springer/Bump Sullivan WHMA Campground
What we don’t know about Springer/Bump Sullivan WHMA 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.
- Whether the fire rule stated above still stands today — what we have is a dated reading of the agency's listing, not a live restriction feed
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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