Agency-listedPA DCNR Bureau of Forestry - Tuscarora State Forest · dispersedFee
Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 009
Drive-up · Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry · PA · 40.51455, -77.55900
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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, 2 vehicle(s).
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 009
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,207 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 009NIFC · 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 009 · Tuscarora State Forest · PA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- MMechanic4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- EVEV fast charger5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- DDump11 mi
- PPropane11 mi
- OOutfitter12 mi
- WWater14 mi
- AAir-up15 mi
- ShShower18 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 4 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 009
Access
Drive-up
Land
Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry · dispersed
Elevation
2,207 ft
State
PA
Coordinates
40.51455, -77.55900
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 009 · Tuscarora State Forest · PA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLicking Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townNook · ~1.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSnappy's · ~5.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~10.8 mi
- GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~5.4 mi
- PharmacyAppleby's Drug Store · ~19.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicCrossroads Pregnancy Resource Center · ~5.6 mi
- HardwarePaulB Hardware · ~10.2 mi
EV charging — from Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 009 · Tuscarora State Forest · PA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger5.3 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 reach4 within 25 mi · 51 within 50 · 304 within 100 · 1064 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)11.0 mi — Mifflintown, PA - Tesla Supercharger, Mifflintown
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO28.0 mi — Sheetz Store 287 (State College, PA), State College
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)5.4 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 009 · Tuscarora State Forest · PA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 50 · ~24.2 mi S
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 61 · ~25.7 mi SE
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 27 · ~28.4 mi SE
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 23 · ~28.7 mi SE
Coming out here — Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 009 · Tuscarora 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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The unit that manages Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 009
Roadside campsite 009 is in Tuscarora 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 — Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 009
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
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, 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 "PaMAP". 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. Old fire tower site at teh end of Spectacle Gap Road. Visit the PA State Parks and Forests Reservation System to reserve and view additional details." DCNR note: "Old fire tower site at the end of Spectacle Gap Road" 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: Nook, about 1.7 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 Tuscarora State Forest roadside campsite 009
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 009
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