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Stewart County
Drive-up · public land · Stewart County, TN · 36.62981, -88.04647
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Ask about this camp →Dave's been here. A spot from Dave's own travels on public land — free to camp. Conditions still change, so confirm access, stay limits and fire rules before you go.
Located in Land Between the Lakes, this is a primitive, remote, grassy campsite with a superb view of the lake to the west. Secret spot. At the foot of an eroded descent requiring four-wheel drive to negotiate the washout. Rocky beach access, campsite is located on the shore near water level. Room for multiple vehicle-supported campers. Good privacy! Surrounding wilderness ripe for exploration. Recommended. Good cell service.
A night on record
Dave slept here, but his diary does not date the night: this entry carries only a timestamp it shares with 50 other entries in eight states, all written within the same three seconds — a file being saved, not a night. So it says nothing about season.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Stewart County
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 364 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Stewart CountyNIFC · 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 Stewart County · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · TN
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater8 mi
- DDump10 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- EVEV fast charger14 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- OOutfitter15 mi
- AAir-up32 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Stewart County
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
364 ft
Ground slope
4.9% · gentle
County
Stewart County, TN
Coordinates
36.62981, -88.04647
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Stewart County · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · TN (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureKentucky Lake · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townDover · ~15.2 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~7.8 mi
- FuelFuel · ~11.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~10.0 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~11.9 mi
- PharmacyKroger Pharmacy · ~14.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicFast Pace Health Urgent Care - Murray, KY · ~14.9 mi
- HardwareMurray Lumber Company · ~14.1 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
Had a signal
Getting there
High clearance / 4×4
Fire ring
No
Toilet on site
No
Tent friendly
Yes
Verdict
Recommended
EV charging — from Stewart County · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · TN — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger14.5 mi straight-line W — Parker Ford, Murray, KY (at a public site) · FORD_CHARGE · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 32 within 50 · 150 within 100 · 270 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)27.6 mi — PARIS BPU STATION 2(R), Paris
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO27.6 mi — PARIS BPU STATION 1(L), Paris
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.2 mi — Paris Landing State Park - Marina, Buchanan, TN (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · 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 390403 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Stewart County · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · TN — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomSouth Bison Range · ~4.0 mi E · USFS
- Portable toiletCedar Pond-Picnic Area · ~4.0 mi NE · USFS
- Portable toiletBison Range-Picnic Area · ~4.1 mi E · USFS
- Flush restroomThe Homeplace · ~4.5 mi NE · USFS
Coming out here — Stewart County · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · TN
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Kentucky Lake 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 4.9% — 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.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- 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 Stewart County elsewhere
Other camps near Stewart County
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Ginger Bay Backcountry Camping~0.6 mi · fee
- Rushing Creek Camping Area~2.7 mi · fee
- Jones Creek Campground~3.6 mi
- Trigg County~6.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Stewart County
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Stewart County are set by Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Stewart County
Source
Dave's own travels
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
FIELD VERIFIED by Dave Lalande -- he has stood on this site. Coordinates are his own GPX track point, not a geocode. County and state confirmed against the FCC Census Block API (Stewart County, TN). Everything under 'From the field' is a direct observation; nothing here is inferred from a land record.
A night on record
Dave's own GPS diary, 2017–2020: the date of the waypoint he saved here. The timestamp is UTC, so an entry saved in the evening carries the next morning's date. An observation of one night, never a forecast.
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
Verified on the ground. Dave has stood on this one. His diary does not date the night. Conditions still change — confirm before you commit.
What we don’t know about Stewart County
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.
- How many rigs actually fit
- 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