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Wranglers Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · KY · 36.73511, -88.00320
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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 — Wranglers Campground · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · KY
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is road 407-F (Rodeo), 50 ft from the pin. The MVUM record carries neither a surface type nor a maintenance level for it.
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 Wranglers Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 406 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Wranglers 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 Wranglers Campground · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · KY
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- OOutfitter11 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- DDump17 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- RxPharmacy19 mi
- EVEV fast charger19 mi
- MMechanic19 mi
- AAir-up31 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Wranglers Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
406 ft
Ground slope
11.8% · noticeable
State
KY
Coordinates
36.73511, -88.00320
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Wranglers Campground · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · KY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLick Creek · ~0.3 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townCadiz · ~13.5 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.1 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~17.3 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~9.1 mi
- PharmacyKroger Pharmacy · ~18.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicFresenius Kidney Care · ~14.5 mi
- HardwareMurray Lumber Company · ~18.5 mi
EV charging — from Wranglers Campground · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · KY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger18.8 mi straight-line SW — Parker Ford, Murray, KY (at a public site) · FORD_CHARGE · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 33 within 50 · 152 within 100 · 258 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)24.2 mi — Kuttawa, KY - US62 - Tesla Supercharger, Kuttawa
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO29.8 mi — Sisk Nissan, Hopkinsville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)12.6 mi — Farmers Market, Cadiz, KY · NOODOE · 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 390403 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Wranglers Campground · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · KY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomWranglers Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletColson Overlook-Picnic Area · ~2.9 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGolden Pond Target Range · ~3.9 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletColson Hollow Group Camp · ~4.1 mi W · USFS
Coming out here — Wranglers Campground · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · KY
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Lick Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.3 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 11.8% — noticeable. 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.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- 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 Wranglers Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Wranglers Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bacon Creek Primitive Horse Camp~1.6 mi · fee
- Colson Hollow Group Camp~4.1 mi · fee
- Trigg County~4.3 mi · fee
- Jones Creek Campground~4.6 mi
The unit that manages Wranglers Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Wranglers Campground are set by Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Wranglers 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 Wranglers 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.
- 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 — Wranglers Campground
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →All field notes →