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Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site)
Hike-in · Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry · PA · 41.47378, -77.50791
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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.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 766 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site)NIFC · AirNow
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Everything you need — measured from Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site) · Tiadaghton State Forest · PA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel0 mi
- GGrocery0 mi
- ShShower11 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- MMechanic13 mi
- WWater16 mi
- +Urgent care16 mi
- DDump16 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- OOutfitter19 mi
- AAir-up20 mi
- EVEV fast charger20 mi
- RxPharmacy22 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- PPropane25 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 0 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 SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site)
Access
Hike-in
Land
Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
Elevation
766 ft
State
PA
Coordinates
41.47378, -77.50791
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site) · Tiadaghton State Forest · PA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSlate Run (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townSlate Run · ~0.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMcConnel's Country Store · ~13.6 mi
- Propane / LPGUGI Williamsport · ~28.2 mi
- Dump station~15.8 mi
- GroceriesCedar Run General Store · ~4.6 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~21.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicBucktail Medical Center · ~15.6 mi
- HardwareDenney Electric Supply · ~21.8 mi
EV charging — from Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site) · Tiadaghton State Forest · PA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger19.5 mi straight-line E — 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 reach1 within 25 mi · 18 within 50 · 162 within 100 · 682 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS30.3 mi — Wawa Store 8220 (Williamsport, PA), Williamsport
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO39.6 mi — CIOCCA HYUNDAI CUSTOMER, Muncy
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)15.6 mi — Leonard Harrison State Park - Visitor Center, Wellsboro, PA (at a park) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-05-12 · hours: During park hours
- 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 SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site) · Tiadaghton State Forest · PA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- No mapped restroom within 30 miles — plan to pack it out.
Coming out here — Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site) · Tiadaghton State Forest · PA
- Surface water mapped nearby: Slate Run (stream). 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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- Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite SRT 002 (BFT Testle Site)~0.0 mi · fee
- Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite SRT 003 (BFT Testle Site)~0.0 mi · fee
- Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite TF 010 (Tomb Flats)~0.9 mi · fee
- Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite NR 001 (Naval Run)~1.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Tiadaghton State Forest primitive campsite SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site)
Primitive campsite SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site) 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 SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site)
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. PERMIT REQUIRED Walk-In from Black Forest Trailhead 0.3 miles; One hammock site; Upt to six 2-person tents; One 6ft picnic table; One metal fire ring. Visit the PA State Parks and Forests Reservation System to reserve and view additional details." DCNR note: "Camping at designated sites only. Formerly BFT Trestle Site 1. Changed for RA." 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: Slate Run, about 0.3 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 SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site)
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 SRT 001 (BFT Testle Site)
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