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Buck Creek Upper
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 43.05313, -121.26651
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Buck Creek Upper
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,066 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Buck Creek UpperNIFC · 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 Buck Creek Upper · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- MMechanic30 mi
- HHardware32 mi
- LLaundry32 mi
- WWater42 mi
- ShShower44 mi
- +Urgent care45 mi
- RxPharmacy45 mi
- DDump46 mi
- OOutfitter47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 42-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Buck Creek Upper
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,066 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
43.05313, -121.26651
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Buck Creek Upper · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townSilver Lake · ~12.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelChevron · ~12.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesSilver Lake Market · ~12.1 mi
EV charging — from Buck Creek Upper · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger28.2 mi straight-line W — Chemult, OR - Tesla Supercharger (at a restaurant) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 6 within 50 · 53 within 100 · 142 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS28.4 mi — Pilot Travel Center 133, Chemult
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO44.8 mi — CHILOQUIN EV CHI EVCS LVL 3, Chiloquin
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)31.7 mi — Santa's Hardware, Christmas Valley, OR (at a hardware store) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-04-14 · hours: 9am-6pm M-Sat, 11am-4pm Sun; Also accepts PayPal
- 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 353796 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Buck Creek Upper · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBuck Creek Upper · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBuck Creek Lower · ~1.5 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAntler Trailhead / Horse Camp · ~6.6 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSilver Creek Marsh · ~7.4 mi SE · USFS
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Other camps near Buck Creek Upper
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Upper Buck Creek Forest Camp~0.3 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Forest Camp~1.2 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Forest Camp~1.5 mi
- Silver Creek Marsh Campground~7.4 mi
The unit that manages Buck Creek Upper
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Buck Creek Upper are set by Fremont-Winema National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Buck Creek Upper
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Buck Creek Upper
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 — Buck Creek Upper
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →How to read this page →All field notes →
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