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Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats)
Hike-in · Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry · PA · 41.27819, -77.31911
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Ask about this camp →Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry lists this site. Someone from the agency inventoried it, so it is a real camp — not a spot we guessed at. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
DCNR records: fire ring, picnic table, latrine.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 588 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats)NIFC · AirNow
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Everything you need — measured from Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats) · Tiadaghton State Forest · PA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail3 mi
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- RxPharmacy6 mi
- ShShower6 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- HHardware7 mi
- PPropane8 mi
- AAir-up14 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- DDump21 mi
- WWater21 mi
- OOutfitter32 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats)
Access
Hike-in
Land
Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
Elevation
588 ft
State
PA
Coordinates
41.27819, -77.31911
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats) · Tiadaghton State Forest · PA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePine Creek (river) · nearby
- Nearest townRamsey · ~0.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMcConnel's Country Store · ~3.2 mi
- Propane / LPGUGI Williamsport · ~13.4 mi
- Dump station~20.7 mi
- GroceriesWeis Markets · ~5.7 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~5.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicGeisinger Jersey Shore Hospital · ~5.9 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~6.6 mi
EV charging — from Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats) · Tiadaghton State Forest · PA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger15.7 mi straight-line NE — Trout Run, PA - Tesla Supercharger · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach7 within 25 mi · 22 within 50 · 181 within 100 · 888 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS15.9 mi — Wawa Store 8220 (Williamsport, PA), Williamsport
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO26.5 mi — CIOCCA HYUNDAI CUSTOMER, Muncy
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)12.1 mi — LOCK-HAVEN STATION 6, Lock Haven, PA · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port 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 326158 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats) · Tiadaghton State Forest · PA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 20 · ~17.7 mi SE
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 13 · ~18.0 mi SE
Coming out here — Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats) · Tiadaghton State Forest · PA
- Surface water mapped nearby: Pine Creek (river). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- 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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The unit that manages Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats)
Primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats) is in Tiadaghton State Forest, a state forest managed by PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry. Stay limits, permits, road closures and fire restrictions are set there, not at the campsite — check before you go. Its page maps every camp in it.
How we know this — Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats)
Fire rules
You must obtain permission from the state forest to have a campfire from March 1 through May 25; no campfires are permitted when the state forest district forester determines the forest fire danger to be high, very high, or extreme.
Permit
A free permit is required to stay at a campsite more than one night, to stay at a site marked "permit required", or to have a campfire during spring wildfire season
Source
public land records
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
PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry designated campsite, Tiadaghton State Forest (district 12), DCNR type "Primitive". Coordinate is DCNR's own, from its public Designated Campsites layer read 2026-08-15: https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/agsprod/rest/services/BOF/Camping/MapServer/0 (the layer behind https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/bof/camping/). DCNR records the positional source for this point as "NAIP". FEE. DCNR (read 2026-08-15 at https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/overnight-prices-and-policies): "Motorized roadside, hike-in roadside, equestrian, and rustic campsites can be reserved for a fee of $10.00 a night for Pennsylvania residents and $15.00 a night for non-residents. Additional taxes and fees may apply. These prices are effective as of November 3, 2022." Reserve through the PA State Parks and Forests reservation system (888-727-2757); this site carries a reservation system ID in DCNR's layer. Stay limit and permit: DCNR (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/backpacking-and-primitive-camping) - backpackers "are permitted to camp in most areas of the forest without a permit if staying no more than one night in any location"; a free permit is required to stay at a campsite more than one night, to stay at a site marked "permit required", or to have a campfire during spring wildfire season. Camp no closer than "200 feet of a forest road", "25 feet of a trail" or "100 feet of a stream or any open water". Fire: DCNR (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/backpacking-and-primitive-camping) - "No campfires are permitted when the state forest district forester determines the forest fire danger to be high, very high, or extreme." From March 1 through May 25 you must have the district's permission to have a campfire at all. Check with the district before you go. DCNR Permit field: Yes. DCNR description: "Tiadaghton State Forest - Bonnell Flats. PERMIT REQUIRED Canoe/Bike/Walk-in Only. Visit the PA State Parks and Forests Reservation System to reserve and view additional details." Not field-checked by us. Seasonal road closures and district-level restrictions are not in this layer - check with the district office. Nearest USGS GNIS populated place: Ramsey, about 0.5 mi straight-line. | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
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 Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats)
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 — Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite BF 005 (Bonnell Flats)
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