Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Blair Lake Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 43.83667, -122.24362
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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 — Blair Lake Campground · Willamette National Forest · OR
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 1934733, 40 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 2 – high-clearance vehicles.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 1934733, 40 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 1934733: “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 Blair Lake Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,764 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Blair Lake 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 Blair Lake Campground · Willamette National Forest · OR
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- +Urgent care13 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- MMechanic21 mi
- EVEV fast charger23 mi
- OOutfitter27 mi
- LLaundry36 mi
- PPropane37 mi
- DDump38 mi
- AAir-up39 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Blair Lake Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,764 ft
Ground slope
1.9% · flat
Nearest rail line
~9.0 mi · passing siding
State
OR
Coordinates
43.83667, -122.24362
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Blair Lake Campground · Willamette National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWall Creek · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townOakridge · ~12.7 mi
- Nearest rail line~9.0 mi · passing siding
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.1 mi
- FuelChevron · ~13.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesDink's Market · ~12.3 mi
- PharmacyOakridge Pharmacy · ~13.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicOrchid Health Oakridge Clinic · ~13.2 mi
- HardwareOakridge Hardware · ~12.9 mi
EV charging — from Blair Lake Campground · Willamette National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger23.3 mi straight-line N — WCEH McKenzie, Blue River, OR · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 38 within 50 · 113 within 100 · 331 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)38.8 mi — Creswell, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Creswell
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.8 mi — Oakridge Inn and Suites · FLO · 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 73409 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Blair Lake Campground · Willamette National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBlair Lake Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletKiahanie · ~3.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHuckleberry Flats · ~6.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSalmon Creek Falls · ~8.2 mi SW · USFS
Coming out here — Blair Lake Campground · Willamette National Forest · OR
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Wall Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.1 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 1.9% — flat. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (10 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 ~9.0 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a passing siding. 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.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in 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 Blair Lake Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Blair Lake Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Kiahanie Campground~3.4 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls~8.2 mi · fee
- Blue Pool~9.2 mi · fee
- Box Canyon Horse Camp~9.3 mi
The unit that manages Blair Lake Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Blair Lake Campground are set by Willamette National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Blair Lake 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. | Fee 2026-08-22: $14 per night for a single site, plus $6 per vehicle per night for extra vehicles; day use is $10 per vehicle per day. The forest requires the campsite to be occupied every night paid and the fee to be paid within 30 minutes of arrival, and directs campers to the Recreation.gov app Scan and Pay. The campground recreation.gov listing (10165165) exists but publishes no 2026 season in its rates feed, so the $14 is the forest own figure. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/willamette/recreation/blair-lake-campground.
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 Blair Lake 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 — Blair Lake Campground
Camping near a reservoir →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →