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Butler Bar
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 42.72601, -124.26902
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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 Butler Bar
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 724 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Butler BarNIFC · 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 Butler Bar · Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater8 mi
- DDump9 mi
- ShShower9 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- EVEV fast charger12 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- OOutfitter23 mi
- RxPharmacy24 mi
- AAir-up31 mi
- +Urgent care32 mi
- PPropane44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, 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 — Butler Bar
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
724 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
42.72601, -124.26902
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Butler Bar · Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLost Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townPlum Trees · ~7.5 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.3 mi
- Fuel76 · ~23.5 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~16.7 mi
- Dump station~8.8 mi
- GroceriesRay's Food Place · ~11.8 mi
- PharmacySempert's Drug · ~24.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicCurry General Hospital · ~23.0 mi
- HardwareHennick's Do it best Home Center · ~27.8 mi
EV charging — from Butler Bar · Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.7 mi straight-line W — WCEH Port Orford · 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 9 within 50 · 54 within 100 · 137 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)28.1 mi — Bandon, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Bandon
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.7 mi — WCEH Port Orford · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Shoreline Inn and Suites - Tesla Destination, Port Orford, 11.4 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 77348 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Butler Bar · Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSunshine Bar · ~2.3 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLaird Lake · ~3.9 mi SE · USFS
- RestroomSixes Restroom C · ~5.8 mi N · BLM
- RestroomSixes River Restroom A · ~5.8 mi N · BLM
Open Butler Bar elsewhere
Other camps near Butler Bar
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Sunshine Bar~2.3 mi
- Laird Lake~3.9 mi
- Barklow~5.7 mi
- Rock Creek~10.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Butler Bar
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Butler Bar are set by Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Butler Bar
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 Butler Bar
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 — Butler Bar
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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