Pitch wild. Pay nothing.
A directory of 3,639 free and dispersed campsites on America's public lands — BLM, National Forest, and state trust land. No reservations. No hookups. No fee.
Top public-land states
These states have the largest documented inventory of dispersed and free-use campsites in our index. Click through to the state directory.
Featured pitches
A random sample from across our directory — no two visits are alike on dispersed land.
279A Campsite
279A Campsite is a basic, primitive camping area without developed hookups in the United States of Vermont. It sits at approximately 43.30607° N, 72.88037° W, o…
Read site profile →Association A
Association A is a basic, primitive camping area without developed hookups in the United States of New York. It sits at approximately 43.79519° N, 73.47221° W, …
Read site profile →Site 3
Site 3 is a basic, primitive camping area without developed hookups in the United States of North Carolina. It sits at approximately 35.33764° N, 79.56329° W, o…
Read site profile →Buzzard's Roost Group Campsite
Buzzard's Roost Group Campsite is a basic, primitive camping area without developed hookups in the Texas Hill Country & West Texas of Texas. It sits at approxim…
Read site profile →Wattensaw WMA
Wattensaw WMA is a basic, primitive camping area without developed hookups in the United States of Arkansas. It sits at approximately 34.80827° N, 91.51268° W, …
Read site profile →Island Campground
Island Campground is a basic, primitive camping area without developed hookups in the Pacific Northwest of Oregon. It sits at approximately 42.72232° N, 124.042…
Read site profile →Shaker camp
Shaker camp is a basic, primitive camping area without developed hookups in the United States of Massachusetts. It sits at approximately 42.25197° N, 73.22470° …
Read site profile →Dakota
Dakota is a basic, primitive camping area without developed hookups in the United States of Wisconsin. It sits at approximately 45.69357° N, 91.70758° W, on wha…
Read site profile →Adams Fork Campground
Adams Fork Campground is a basic, primitive camping area without developed hookups in the Pacific Northwest of Washington. It sits at approximately 46.33908° N,…
Read site profile →How Wild Pitch Camp is different
Most camping directories were built for reservation-only, RV-friendly, paid-stay campgrounds. We were built for the opposite: free, undeveloped, drive-up sites on land you already own as an American taxpayer.
- BLM dispersed — millions of acres open to camping outside of designated campgrounds, generally with a 14-day stay limit.
- National Forest — same dispersed model on USFS land, with motor-vehicle-use maps governing where you can drive and pull off.
- State trust land — varies by state; some require an inexpensive recreation permit, most allow short-term overnight use.
Plan smart, leave nothing
Free camping is only sustainable if every visitor treats the land like a landlord they want to keep happy. Our field guides cover the practical mechanics — fire restrictions, waste handling, motor-vehicle-use maps, gray water, and stay limits — without the gatekeeping.