Agency-listedPA DCNR Bureau of Forestry - Tuscarora State Forest · dispersedFee
Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 005
Drive-up · public land · PA · 40.51379, -77.59992
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DCNR records: fire ring, picnic table, trailer access, 2 vehicle(s).
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 005
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,039 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 005NIFC · 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 Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 005 · public land · PA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail3 mi
- MMechanic4 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- +Urgent care5 mi
- EVEV fast charger6 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- WWater12 mi
- DDump12 mi
- PPropane13 mi
- OOutfitter13 mi
- AAir-up16 mi
- ShShower18 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 005
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
1,039 ft
State
PA
Coordinates
40.51379, -77.59992
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 005 · public land · PA (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMccoysville Fuel · ~4.6 mi
- Propane / LPGSheetz · ~13.0 mi
- Dump station~12.5 mi
- GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~4.7 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~8.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicCrossroads Pregnancy Resource Center · ~5.2 mi
- HardwareLowe's · ~5.0 mi
EV charging — from Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 005 · public land · PA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger5.6 mi straight-line N — LAKE CHEVROLET BUICK GMC, Lewistown, PA · EV Connect · CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 56 within 50 · 280 within 100 · 1057 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)13.0 mi — Mifflintown, PA - Tesla Supercharger, Mifflintown
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO26.6 mi — Sheetz Store 287 (State College, PA), State College
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)5.7 mi — Lake Ford, Lewistown, PA (at a public site) · RED_E · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 351350 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 005 · public land · PA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 50 · ~24.0 mi S
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 61 · ~26.9 mi SE
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 27 · ~29.4 mi SE
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 23 · ~29.6 mi SE
Open Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 005 elsewhere
Other camps near Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 005
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 006~0.3 mi · fee
- Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 004~0.5 mi · fee
- Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 007~0.6 mi · fee
- Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 008~1.1 mi · fee
How we know this — Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 005
Stay limit
7 nights (no more than seven consecutive nights)
Permit
You must have a valid camping permit and be at a designated campsite when roadside camping. A camping permit will not be issued to anyone under the age of 18. The permit holder must occupy the site listed on the camping permit within 24 hours of the arrival date listed on the camping permit. Most campsites in Pennsylvania state forests can be reserved 11 months in advance to noon of the day of arrival.
Area rules
Individuals must vacate a site for at least 48 hours before reapplying.
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, Tuscarora State Forest (district 3), DCNR type "Motorized". 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". 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: DCNR (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/stay-overnight/motorized-roadside-camping) - "A camping permit will be valid for no more than seven consecutive nights." and "Individuals must vacate a site for at least 48 hours before reapplying." "Roadside camping is required to be done at designated campsites that are identified by a name or number." 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: "Tuscarora State Forest. Log landing on north side of road. 0.2 mile west of Karl Guss. Visit the PA State Parks and Forests Reservation System to reserve and view additional details." DCNR note: "Log landing on north side of the road/0.2 mile west of Karl Guss" 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: Fairview, about 2.8 mi straight-line. --- NIGHT-SHIFT REVIEW 2026-08-18 (reviewer nightshift-verified): APPROVED. Re-read DCNR's Designated Campsites layer today at https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/agsprod/rest/services/BOF/Camping/MapServer/0 : OBJECTID 4985 is still present, Name "005", Type "Motorized", Water "None", Permit "Yes", ShowOnPublicMap "Yes", positional Source "GPS", DCNR LastEditedDate 2022.12.20 07:33 - every one of those unchanged from the 2026-08-15 read, and the live geometry is 0.9 m from the coordinate this row holds. All 801 OBJECTIDs we ingested from this layer are still in it today; none were dropped. Independent check 1 - the coordinate falls inside DCNR's own State Forest boundary polygon (https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/agsprod/rest/services/BOF/StateForests/MapServer/0, read 2026-08-18): DistrictNumber 3 (Tuscarora), LandManager BOF. That is state forest land in the same district the campsite record claims. Independent check 2 - nearest drivable OpenStreetMap way is 6 m away (highway=track), measured point-to-segment against way geometry pulled from Overpass on 2026-08-18. Consistent with a DCNR "Motorized" site. The fee, seven-night stay limit and campfire quotes above were re-read verbatim on pa.gov today (overnight-prices-and-policies, motorized-roadside-camping, backpacking-and-primitive-camping) and all three still match word for word. Duplicate check done on coordinates, not name: no approved or published camp anywhere in the DB within 250 m. Still not field-checked by us; nobody from this project has stood on this site.
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 Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 005
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 — Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 005
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