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Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 42.61579, -120.60632
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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 Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,791 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Chewaucan Crossing Campground / TrailheadNIFC · 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 Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- WWater7 mi
- ShShower23 mi
- AAir-up31 mi
- MMechanic32 mi
- HHardware32 mi
- RxPharmacy32 mi
- LLaundry43 mi
- DDump45 mi
- EVEV fast charger63 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 63-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 — Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,791 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
42.61579, -120.60632
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureChewaucan River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townPaisley · ~6.2 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.9 mi
- FuelPacific Pride · ~6.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesGas & Snacks · ~6.0 mi
EV charging — from Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger63.0 mi straight-line SW — KCC - 1 KCC#3, Klamath Falls, OR · ChargePoint Network · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 17 within 100 · 100 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO63.0 mi — KCC - 1 KCC#2, Klamath Falls
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)43.2 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 460849 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletChewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMarsters Spring · ~0.6 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJones Crossing · ~0.8 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHadley · ~4.8 mi N · USFS
Open Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead elsewhere
Other camps near Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Marster Spring Campground~0.5 mi
- Jones Crossing Forest Camp~0.8 mi
- Jones Crossing Upper~1.3 mi
- Campbell Lake Campground~8.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead are set by Fremont-Winema National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead
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 Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead
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 — Chewaucan Crossing Campground / Trailhead
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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