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Cow Camp
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · OR · 45.41802, -120.49513
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 Cow Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 632 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cow CampNIFC · 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 Cow Camp · Bureau of Land Management · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- ShShower5 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- EVEV fast charger15 mi
- RxPharmacy20 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- DDump24 mi
- HHardware25 mi
- +Urgent care25 mi
- AAir-up31 mi
- OOutfitter33 mi
- WWater33 mi
- PPropane57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 33-mi drive, 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 — Cow Camp
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
632 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
45.41802, -120.49513
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Cow Camp · Bureau of Land Management · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureJohn Day River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townMoro · ~12.3 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~4.9 mi
- FuelFuel · ~12.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~24.2 mi
- GroceriesHuskey's 97 Market · ~12.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicClinic · ~25.1 mi
EV charging — from Cow Camp · Bureau of Land Management · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger14.6 mi straight-line W — Grass Valley Market · OpConnect · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 11 within 50 · 112 within 100 · 362 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)37.0 mi — The Dalles, OR - Tesla Supercharger, The Dalles
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)19.1 mi — Gilliam County Bus Barn, Condon, OR · CHARGELAB · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 346040 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cow Camp · Bureau of Land Management · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomCottonwood Double Cxt Toilet · ~4.3 mi N · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletSixteen Mile Canyon - Toilet #1 (Pit Toilet) · ~17.8 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletAirstrip - Bullrun Site Vault Toilet · ~18.0 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletDike Recreation Site - Toilet #1 (Pit Toilet) · ~18.1 mi W · BLM
Open Cow Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Cow Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- BLM dispersed camp #18 — Gilliam County, OR~0.3 mi
- BLM dispersed camp #24 — Gilliam County, OR~0.6 mi
- BLM dispersed camp #12 — Gilliam County, OR~0.7 mi
- BLM dispersed camp #3 — Sherman County, OR~0.9 mi
How we know this — Cow Camp
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
no road or trail found nearby — check manually
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 Cow Camp
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 — Cow Camp
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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