Agency-listedPA DCNR Bureau of Forestry - Tioga State Forest · dispersedFree
Tioga State Forest water-trail campsite Pine Creek Falling Spring 2
Dispersed · Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry · PA · 41.62656, -77.44403
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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: no listed amenities.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Tioga State Forest water-trail campsite Pine Creek Falling Spring 2
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 957 ft.
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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 Tioga State Forest water-trail campsite Pine Creek Falling Spring 2 · Tioga State Forest · PA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater5 mi
- DDump5 mi
- ShShower5 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- OOutfitter8 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- RxPharmacy11 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- +Urgent care12 mi
- AAir-up13 mi
- EVEV fast charger20 mi
- PPropane32 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 7 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 — Tioga State Forest water-trail campsite Pine Creek Falling Spring 2
Access
Dispersed
Land
Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry · dispersed
Elevation
957 ft
State
PA
Coordinates
41.62656, -77.44403
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Tioga State Forest water-trail campsite Pine Creek Falling Spring 2 · Tioga State Forest · PA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townArnot · ~16.8 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~4.9 mi
- FuelFuel · ~10.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~4.9 mi
- GroceriesCedar Run General Store · ~7.2 mi
- PharmacyRite Aid · ~11.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicGuthrie Clinic Wellsboro · ~11.7 mi
- HardwareDenney Electric Supply · ~11.3 mi
EV charging — from Tioga State Forest water-trail campsite Pine Creek Falling Spring 2 · Tioga State Forest · PA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger20.0 mi straight-line SE — 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 25 within 50 · 175 within 100 · 604 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS32.0 mi — Kightlinger Motors, COUDERSPORT
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO42.3 mi — CIOCCA HYUNDAI CUSTOMER, Muncy
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.9 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 Tioga State Forest water-trail campsite Pine Creek Falling Spring 2 · Tioga State Forest · PA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 46 · ~25.1 mi NE
Coming out here — Tioga State Forest water-trail campsite Pine Creek Falling Spring 2 · Tioga State Forest · PA
- No surface water within about a mile and a half in our records — which is not proof there is none, only that we found none. Plan to carry washing water as well as drinking water.
- 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 Tioga State Forest water-trail campsite Pine Creek Falling Spring 2
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
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- Tioga State Forest roadside campsite 079 Spinning Wheel West Rim Gaswell~0.5 mi · fee
- Tioga State Forest roadside campsite Tiadaghton 002~1.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Tioga State Forest water-trail campsite Pine Creek Falling Spring 2
Water-trail campsite Pine Creek Falling Spring 2 is in Tioga 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 — Tioga State Forest water-trail campsite Pine Creek Falling Spring 2
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
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry designated campsite, Tioga State Forest (district 16), DCNR type "Primitive (Water Trail)". 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 "GPS". FREE. DCNR (read 2026-08-15 at https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/overnight-prices-and-policies): "There are no entrance fees or day use fees for any state forest in Pennsylvania." and "Most backpacking and primitive camping within a state forest is free." This site is not reservable and carries no reservation-system ID; DCNR routes it to the forest district office, which issues the primitive camping permit at no charge. 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. Pine Creek Gorge: DCNR's Tioga State Forest camping page says "camping permits are always required in the Pine Creek Gorge, regardless of the type of camping." DCNR Permit field: Yes. DCNR description: "PERMIT REQUIRED. Canoe/kayak only. Contact the forest district office for more information. FD16@pa.gov" 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: Tiadaghton, about 1.4 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 Tioga State Forest water-trail campsite Pine Creek Falling Spring 2
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
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