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Buckhorn Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 45.75487, -116.83626
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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 Buckhorn Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,235 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn Campground · Wallowa-Whitman National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- DDump28 mi
- FFuel31 mi
- HHardware31 mi
- RxPharmacy31 mi
- MMechanic31 mi
- OOutfitter34 mi
- LLaundry34 mi
- +Urgent care34 mi
- WWater35 mi
- ShShower38 mi
- EVEV fast charger45 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 35-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 45-mi run (and back).
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 — Buckhorn Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,235 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
45.75487, -116.83626
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Buckhorn Campground · Wallowa-Whitman National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureDodson Fork (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townImnaha · ~13.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~27.6 mi
- Groceriesnone within 30 mi
- Hospital / clinicSaint Mary's Hospital · ~30.9 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Buckhorn Campground · Wallowa-Whitman National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger45.4 mi straight-line N — Lewiston, ID - Tesla Supercharger (at a grocery store) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 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 · 9 within 50 · 38 within 100 · 135 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS46.4 mi — ROGERS CDJR L3A ROGERS DODGE PL, Lewiston
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO47.2 mi — CLRWTR RVR CSNO STATION 2, Lewiston
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)31.0 mi — WR EV STATION WR EV STATION, Enterprise, OR · ChargePoint Network · 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 397534 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Buckhorn Campground · Wallowa-Whitman National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBuckhorn Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBuckhorn Tower/Overlook · ~0.6 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCow Creek Trailhead · ~4.3 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDug Bar Boat Launch/Trailhead · ~8.0 mi NE · USFS
Open Buckhorn Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Buckhorn Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Vigne Campground~9.0 mi
- Dougherty Campground~11.7 mi · fee
- Coyote Campground~14.6 mi · fee
- Nez Perce National Historic Trail~19.2 mi
The unit that manages Buckhorn Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Buckhorn Campground are set by Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Buckhorn 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
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 Buckhorn 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 — Buckhorn Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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