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Dead Horse Lake Campground

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 42.55918, -120.77630
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U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
USGS topographic map of Dead Horse Lake Campground
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Dead Horse Lake Campground
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Weather outlook — at Dead Horse Lake Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,375 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Dead Horse Lake 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 Dead Horse Lake Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 3 miWDump · 46 miDPacific Pride · Fuel · 15 miFPaisley Mercantile Inc. · Grocery · 15 miGHoward's Valu Rite Pharmacy · Pharmacy · 34 miRxLakeview Ace Hardware · Hardware · 34 miHAuto haven · Mechanic · 33 miMLaundry · 47 miLShower · 20 miShAir-up · 32 miAIntegrated Student Health Center · Urgent care · 56 mi+Sportsman's Warehouse · Outfitter · 55 miOPaisley Post Office · Mail · 15 mi@KCC - 1 KCC#3 · EV fast charger · 54 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • WWater3 mi
  • FFuel15 mi
  • GGrocery15 mi
  • @Mail15 mi
  • ShShower20 mi
  • AAir-up32 mi
  • MMechanic33 mi
  • HHardware34 mi
  • RxPharmacy34 mi
  • DDump46 mi
  • LLaundry47 mi
  • EVEV fast charger54 mi
  • OOutfitter55 mi
  • +Urgent care56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 15 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 54-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 — Dead Horse Lake Campground

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,375 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
42.55918, -120.77630
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go

Nearby & resupply — around Dead Horse Lake Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)

  • Drinking waterWater · ~3.2 mi
  • FuelPacific Pride · ~14.9 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • GroceriesPaisley Mercantile Inc. · ~14.9 mi

EV charging — from Dead Horse Lake Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Dead Horse Lake Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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The unit that manages Dead Horse Lake Campground

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Dead Horse Lake Campground are set by Fremont-Winema National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

How we know this — Dead Horse Lake 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 Dead Horse Lake 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.

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