Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Stonecoal Dispersed Camping
Drive-up · public land · WV · 38.62984, -79.88246
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Ask about this camp →A mapped lead, not an agency listing. Somebody marked this as a campsite; we could not match it to a land-manager record. Worth checking rather than counting on. 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 Stonecoal Dispersed Camping
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,590 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Stonecoal Dispersed CampingNIFC · 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 Stonecoal Dispersed Camping · Monongahela National Forest · WV
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel6 mi
- WWater7 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- MMechanic15 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- OOutfitter16 mi
- EVEV fast charger19 mi
- AAir-up28 mi
- ShShower30 mi
- DDump35 mi
- PPropane55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Stonecoal Dispersed Camping
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
3,590 ft
Ground slope
46.4% · steep
Nearest rail line
~6.4 mi · other track
State
WV
Coordinates
38.62984, -79.88246
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Stonecoal Dispersed Camping · Monongahela National Forest · WV (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRed Run · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townBraucher · ~4.0 mi
- Nearest rail line~6.4 mi · other track
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.5 mi
- FuelFuel · ~5.9 mi
- Propane / LPGTrent's Arbovale · ~13.8 mi
- GroceriesIGA Mill Creek · ~8.4 mi
- PharmacyGreen Bank Pharmacy · ~15.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicCommunity Care of Green Bank · ~15.0 mi
- HardwareHardware Store · ~15.5 mi
EV charging — from Stonecoal Dispersed Camping · Monongahela National Forest · WV — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.6 mi straight-line N — Elkins Fordland WV (at a public site) · RED_E · J1772, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 112 within 100 · 499 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)39.4 mi — Weston, WV - Tesla Supercharger, Weston
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO56.1 mi — SUMMERSVILLE WV SUMMERSVILLE, Summersville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.1 mi — The Green Bank Science Center, Arbovale, WV (at a museum) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-12-12 · 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 322288 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Stonecoal Dispersed Camping · Monongahela National Forest · WV — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLocust Springs · ~13.3 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBear Heaven Campground · ~23.5 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLittle Laurel Scenic Overlook · ~25.1 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRed Lick Scenic Overlook · ~26.1 mi SW · USFS
Coming out here — Stonecoal Dispersed Camping · Monongahela National Forest · WV
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Red Run as a perennial stream, 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 46.4% — steep. 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 ~6.4 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as other track. The atlas also records tourist, museum or scenic passenger service on it. 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.
- 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.
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Other camps near Stonecoal Dispersed Camping
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Stonecoal Campground~0.2 mi
- Mower Basin Dispersed~2.9 mi
- Johns Camp Shelter~4.0 mi
- West Fork Fs 44 Dispersed~5.3 mi
The unit that manages Stonecoal Dispersed Camping
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Stonecoal Dispersed Camping are set by Monongahela National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Stonecoal Dispersed Camping
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: 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
Contributed, not agency-listed. A mapper marked this as a campsite. We have not matched it to a land-manager record, so it stays at Likely.
What we don’t know about Stonecoal Dispersed Camping
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 — Stonecoal Dispersed Camping
Finding water out here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dumping grey & black →Reading your camp page →All field notes →