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U.S. Forest Service · Huron National Forest · MI

Ausable River Camping

ReservableBookable through November 30, and from April 15 through April 16.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:31 UTC
A night: $10From, per site
Sites: 102101 on recreation.gov

Photos · US Forest Service

40 ftLongest rig

930 ftElevation

223 ftWater · Au Sable River

1.1 miSE of Mio, MI

77%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 15 notices

In the agency’s own words

AuSable River Dispersed Camping is a unique series of 102 individually designated single-family campsites on a 55-mile stretch of the lovely AuSable River. All campsites are within Alcona and Iosco Counties in Michigan. These rustic sites are divided into sections near Alcona Pond, the AuSable Semi-Primitive Non-Motorized Area, Loud Pond, Five Channels Pond, Cooke Pond, Foote Pond and Lower Ausable. Each are ideal for family camping, with opportunities for fly fishing, swimming, canoeing and bird watching. Keep reading

Recreation

Both river and lake fishing are available for perch, bass and pike walleye. One recommended spot is the Whirlpool Angler access point. All sites are also near the River Road National Scenic Byway, which offers wonderful views of the river valley. The campground has boat-in camping, and canoe rentals are available in Glennie, Hale, Mio and Oscoda.

Facilities

All sites are primitive with no drinking water, toilets or trash removal. Campers are expected to bring plenty of water, portable toilets and garbage bags. Parking aprons are dirt or gravel.

Natural Features

Campsites sit on bluffs that range from five to 300 feet above the waterline of the lower AuSable River. Depending on the site, access to the river may be difficult due to steep or eroding slopes. The AuSable River meanders across 138 miles of Michigan and flows into the great lake, Lake Huron.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

Your permit is subject to forfeit and a violation notice may be issued for failing to follow these rules

Rule

Your use of this site is limited to 14 nights within any 30 day period.

Rule

Occupy only the site indicated on your permit.

Everything else this campground posts · 12

Rule

All camping equipment must be set up within 25 feet of the numbered campsite marker.

Rule

- No more than 10 people per site. - No more than any combination of 2 camping units, recreational trailers are included in this number. - No more than 2 vehicles per site. Vehicles must be on parking spur.

Rule

Campsites must be occupied with a camping unit within 24 hours of the start of your reservation. Your site will be forfeit unless the Forest Service has been contacted and your late arrival has been approved.

Rule

Toilets are not available at most sites. Please provide your own, or dispose of human waste by soil incorporation. Dig a hole 6 to 12 inches deep and cover immediately after use. Location should be on high ground at least 100 feet from any water. Toilet paper must be removed or buried with human waste.

Rule

Pack it in, pack it out. Leave the site clean for the next campers. Do not leave trash in fire rings, and do not burry or burn trash or recyclables.

Rule

Be careful with fire. Do NOT leave hot campfires unattended. Make sure your ashes are cool to the touch before you leave.

Rule

You may use downed wood for firewood. Keep fires within the fire ring.

Rule

Fireworks and use of fireworks are NOT permitted.

Rule

Do not tie/tack anything to standing trees, including (but not limited to) horses, pets, laundry lines, garbage bags.

Rule

ORV’s may only be operated on trails signed as open for their use. ORV’s may not be used within campgrounds or camping areas.

Rule

Other rules and regulations apply. For questions, late arrivals, or early departures please contact Lumberman’s Monument at 989-362-8961, or visit the Huron-Manistee National Forests website www.fs.usda.gov/hmnf.

Rule

Don't move firewood: To limit the spread of invasive tree-killing pests, firewood from outside the area is not permitted. Some states have quarantines and may confiscate your firewood. Please help protect our forests from invasive species by obtaining your firewood at or near your camping destination and burning it on-site. Visit dontmovefirewood.org for more information.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 102 · 15 walk-in, 40 boat-in
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 40 ft
Accessible sites: None listed
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Vault Toilets; VAULT TOILETS on 4 of 102 campsite records
Drinking water: None, bring your own; “…Facilities All sites are primitive with no drinking water, toilets or trash removal. Campers are expected to…”
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: read from the agency description and counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, River; Boating; Fishing; Hunting; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 152nd darkest of 192 in MI: Bortle 3

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

78 of 202 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:31 UTC

recreation.gov lists 101 of the 102 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

OpenBooked

Booking windowThrough November 30Bookable now through November 30, 2026, the end of this reservable season, and again for April 15, 2027 through April 16, 2027. Today at 10 AM ET, availability opens through April 17, 2027.recreation.gov

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$10plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$28DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Forest ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 12

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service

A night$10

Standard Nonelectric$10

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Apr 15, 2026 to Nov 30, 2026.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$18

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$28

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $10 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 5

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:31 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

102 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 101 mapped sites

798 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomFoote Pond 097C 6157 ftLoud Pond 027C 3143 ftAusable Semi-Primitve South 018C 2833 ftFive Channels Pond 028C 2653 ftAusable Semi-Primitive North 012C 2247 ft

Least roomSawmill Point 048D 165 ftSawmill Point 049D 165 ftSawmill Point 050D 182 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 102 sites

102 of 102 sites located

Standard46Walk, hike or boat in55Type not stated1

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 4 of the 102 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 101 of the 102 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.


Alcona Pond	001D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	757 ft	261 ft		$10
Alcona Pond	002D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	757 ft	381 ft		$10
Alcona Pond	003D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	1203 ft	507 ft		$10
Alcona Pond	004D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	1116 ft	550 ft		$10
Alcona Pond	005C	boat in		655 ft	114 ft		$10
Alcona Pond	006D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	394 ft	239 ft		$10
Alcona Pond	007D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	394 ft	215 ft		$10
Ausable Semi-Primitive North	008W	walk to		1457 ft	253 ft		$10
Ausable Semi-Primitive North	009C	boat in		1457 ft	313 ft		$10
Ausable Semi-Primitive North	010W	walk to		398 ft	397 ft		$10
Ausable Semi-Primitive North	011D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	398 ft	429 ft		$10
Ausable Semi-Primitive North	012C	boat in		2247 ft	70 ftSmith Creek		$10
Ausable Semi-Primitive North	013C	boat in		940 ft	351 ft		$10
Ausable Semi-Primitive North	014C	boat in		744 ft	244 ft		$10
Ausable Semi-Primitive North	015C	boat in		744 ft	301 ft		$10
Ausable Semi-Primitve South	016C	boat in		1574 ft	284 ft		$10
Ausable Semi-Primitve South	017C	boat in		1574 ft	281 ft		$10
Ausable Semi-Primitve South	018C	boat in		2833 ft	815 ft		$10
Ausable Semi-Primitve South	019C	boat in		967 ft	497 ft		$10
Ausable Semi-Primitve South	020C	boat in		967 ft	270 ft		$10
Cooke Pond	032C	boat in		848 ft	136 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	033C	boat in		946 ft	17 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	034C	boat in		1008 ft	32 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	035C	boat in		823 ft	149 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	036C	boat in		823 ft	72 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	037C	boat in		1504 ft	110 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	038C	boat in		1165 ft	221 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	039C	boat in		1165 ft	301 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	040C	boat in		1995 ft	94 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	041C	boat in		1514 ft	91 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	058W	walk to		307 ft	119 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	059W	walk to		290 ft	93 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	060W	walk to		290 ft	83 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	061W	walk to		455 ft	53 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	062W	walk to		294 ft	152 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	063W	walk to		294 ft	188 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	064W	walk to		446 ft	123 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	065C	boat in		795 ft	59 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	066D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	566 ft	120 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	067D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	803 ft	106 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	068D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	566 ft	147 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	069W	walk to		472 ft	129 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	070D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	472 ft	136 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	071D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	1279 ft	284 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	072D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	1359 ft	180 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Cooke Pond	073D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	1359 ft	227 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Five Channels Pond	028C	boat in		2653 ft	1,915 ft		$10
Five Channels Pond	029C	boat in		2204 ft	405 ftFive Channels Dam Pond		$10
Five Channels Pond	030C	boat in		733 ft	236 ftFive Channels Dam Pond		$10
Five Channels Pond	031C	boat in		733 ft	225 ftFive Channels Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	074D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	871 ft	261 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	075W	walk to		533 ft	117 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	076D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	413 ft	84 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	077D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	413 ft	288 ftFoote Dam Pond	Vault Toilets listed	$10
Foote Pond	078D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	859 ft	366 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	079W	walk to		1211 ft	301 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	080D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	912 ft	203 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	081D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	912 ft	223 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	082D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	863 ft	130 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	083C	boat in		1120 ft	127 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	084C	boat in		798 ft	66 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	085W	walk to		1045 ft	196 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	086C	boat in		1101 ft	123 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	087W	walk to		798 ft	200 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	088D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	1209 ft	323 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	089D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	768 ft	321 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	090W	walk to		716 ft	365 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	091D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	716 ft	310 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	092D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	812 ft	368 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	093D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	812 ft	151 ft		$10
Foote Pond	094C	boat in		1130 ft	302 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	095C	boat in		1742 ft	259 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	096C	boat in		2032 ft	324 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Foote Pond	097C	boat in		6157 ft	253 ftFoote Dam Pond		$10
Loud Pond	021C	boat in		612 ft	under 10 ftLoud Dam Pond		$10
Loud Pond	022C	boat in		612 ft	171 ftLoud Dam Pond		$10
Loud Pond	023C	boat in		834 ft	48 ftLoud Dam Pond		$10
Loud Pond	024C	boat in		1219 ft	14 ftLoud Dam Pond		$10
Loud Pond	025C	boat in		1219 ft	105 ftLoud Dam Pond		$10
Loud Pond	026C	boat in		2184 ft	10 ftLoud Dam Pond		$10
Loud Pond	027C	boat in		3143 ft	329 ftLoud Dam Pond		$10
Lower Ausable	098D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	446 ft	730 ft		$10
Lower Ausable	099D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	446 ft	540 ft	3,136 ft	$10
Lower Ausable	100D	standard nonelectric	40 ft	633 ft	662 ft	2,364 ft	$10
Lower Ausable	101D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	633 ft	622 ft	1,735 ft	$10
Lower Ausable	102D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	829 ft	752 ft	1,022 ft	$10
Sawmill Point	042D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	330 ft	172 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Sawmill Point	043D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	330 ft	154 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Sawmill Point	044D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	353 ft	229 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Sawmill Point	045D	standard nonelectric	30 ft	383 ft	119 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Sawmill Point	046D	standard nonelectric	30 ft	383 ft	491 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Sawmill Point	047D	standard nonelectric	30 ft	530 ft	607 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Sawmill Point	048D	standard nonelectric	30 ft	165 ft	42 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Sawmill Point	049D	standard nonelectric	30 ft	165 ft	68 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Sawmill Point	050D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	182 ft	78 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Sawmill Point	051D	standard nonelectric	18 ft	182 ft	122 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Sawmill Point	052D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	206 ft	89 ftCooke Dam Pond	Vault Toilets listed	$10
Sawmill Point	053D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	248 ft	105 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10
Sawmill Point	054D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	263 ft	82 ftCooke Dam Pond	Vault Toilets listed	$10
Sawmill Point	055D	standard nonelectric	26 ft	263 ft	68 ftCooke Dam Pond	Vault Toilets listed	$10
Sawmill Point	056D	type not stated	30 ft		25 ftCooke Dam Pond
Sawmill Point	057D	standard nonelectric	30 ft	374 ft	48 ftCooke Dam Pond		$10

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

25 of 102 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate44.65111, -84.09944

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone989-362-8961

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Au Sable Loop CampgroundHuron National Forest · 0.0 mi River Dune CampgroundHuron National Forest · 0.1 mi Meadow Springs CampgroundHuron National Forest · 1.4 mi Cathedral Pines CampgroundHuron National Forest · 4.7 mi

Mack Lake ORV CampgroundHuron National Forest · 5.3 mi

Wagner Lake (MI)Huron National Forest · 7.1 mi

Getting there

Designated campsites are spread along 55 miles of river shoreline between the AuSable River Access at 4001 Bridge (7 miles northwest of Glennie, MI) to near the Whirlpool AuSable River Access (4 miles west of Oscoda, MI).

For more information on specific campsites, click here.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight25°Partly Cloudy12% rain

Saturday56°Sunny1% rain

Saturday Night31°Mostly Clear1% rain

Sunday65°Sunny

NWS forecast for Mio, MI

Source: National Weather Service, APX forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 36°F, day 58°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical February night 10°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°0°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: MIO WWTP, MI (USC00205533), 0.9 miles away and 107 ft higher

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Ausable River Camping is in Michigan’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, Jack Bergman (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 30 of the next 30 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 101 of the 102 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 102 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.18 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 192 rated federal campgrounds in Michigan · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026