Agency-listedUSFSFree
Crescent Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 44.28164, -118.54482
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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 Crescent Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,158 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Crescent 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 Crescent Campground · Malheur National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel15 mi
- @Mail15 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- WWater21 mi
- HHardware22 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- EVEV fast charger22 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- DDump28 mi
- ShShower28 mi
- +Urgent care49 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 15 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 — Crescent Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,158 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
44.28164, -118.54482
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Crescent Campground · Malheur National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureJohn Day River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townPrairie City · ~14.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~14.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~28.4 mi
- GroceriesHuffman's Market · ~15.0 mi
- PharmacyLen's Drug · ~22.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicBlue Mountain Hospital · ~22.5 mi
- HardwareNydam's Ace Hardware · ~22.7 mi
EV charging — from Crescent Campground · Malheur National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger22.1 mi straight-line NW — OTEC JOHN DAY · ChargePoint Network · CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 3 within 50 · 21 within 100 · 113 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)50.0 mi — Baker City, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Baker City
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO23.3 mi — OTEC OTEC OFFICE JD, John Day
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)49.1 mi — Geiser Grand Hotel - Tesla Destination, Baker City, OR · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Historic Hotel Prairie - Tesla Destination, Prairie City, 15.0 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 183737 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Crescent Campground · Malheur National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCrescent · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTrout Farm · ~1.7 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHuddleston Sno-Park · ~2.9 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSkyline · ~2.9 mi S · USFS
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Other camps near Crescent Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Trout Farm~1.7 mi · fee
- Big Creek~6.7 mi · fee
- Murray~6.7 mi · fee
- Strawberry~6.9 mi · fee
The unit that manages Crescent Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Crescent Campground are set by Malheur National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Crescent Campground
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Crescent 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 — Crescent Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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