Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Wiggins Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · FL · 30.24701, -82.52130
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Wiggins Campground · National Forests in Florida · FL
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 278-C, 340 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as native material surface and maintenance level 2 – high-clearance vehicles.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 278-C, 340 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 278-C: “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Wiggins Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 153 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Wiggins CampgroundNIFC · 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 Wiggins Campground · National Forests in Florida · FL
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- AAir-up7 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- WWater16 mi
- DDump16 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- OOutfitter43 mi
- PPropane52 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 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 — Wiggins Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
153 ft
Ground slope
7.3% · gentle
Nearest rail line
~3.5 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~0.3 mi · Interstate 10
State
FL
Coordinates
30.24701, -82.52130
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Wiggins Campground · National Forests in Florida · FL (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurenone named within 1 mi (USGS NHD)
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~6.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~16.0 mi
- GroceriesS&S · ~7.0 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~8.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicLiberty Health Sciences - Medical Cannabis Dispensary · ~9.5 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~9.6 mi
- Nearest rail line~3.5 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~0.3 mi · Interstate 10
EV charging — from Wiggins Campground · National Forests in Florida · FL — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.6 mi straight-line SW — GM - Lake City GMC · 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 reach13 within 25 mi · 40 within 50 · 164 within 100 · 434 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)9.3 mi — Lake City, FL - US-41 - Tesla Supercharger, Lake City
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO10.8 mi — Florida Power & Light - EVolution - FDOT Lake City Park and Ride, Lake City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.4 mi — FPL EVOLUTION FDOT DIST 2-1, Lake City, FL · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports 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 352171 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Wiggins Campground · National Forests in Florida · FL — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHog Pen Landing · ~4.5 mi E · USFS
- Flush restroomOcean Pond Campground · ~5.3 mi E · USFS
- Flush restroomWest Tower · ~5.8 mi N · USFS
- Flush restroomOlustee Beach · ~6.0 mi SE · USFS
Coming out here — Wiggins Campground · National Forests in Florida · FL
- No named surface water mapped within 1 mi of the pin in USGS's National Hydrography Dataset (data refreshed October 2022), and none within about a mile and a half in our OpenStreetMap pull — which is not proof there is none, only that neither map has one. Plan to carry washing water as well as drinking water.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 7.3% — gentle. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~3.5 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Interstate 10 is mapped ~0.3 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- 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.
Open Wiggins Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Wiggins Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Turkey Run Primitive Camp~3.4 mi
- Hog Pen Landing~4.5 mi · fee
- Ocean Pond Campground~5.3 mi · fee
- West Tower~5.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Wiggins Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Wiggins Campground are set by National Forests in Florida, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Wiggins Campground
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the 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 Wiggins Campground
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Wiggins Campground
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →