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Devils Lake
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 44.03564, -121.76545
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Ask about this camp →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
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Devils Lake
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,453 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Devils LakeNIFC · 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 Devils Lake · Deschutes National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater4 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- OOutfitter20 mi
- FFuel20 mi
- +Urgent care20 mi
- @Mail20 mi
- RxPharmacy20 mi
- ShShower20 mi
- HHardware21 mi
- AAir-up21 mi
- EVEV fast charger21 mi
- PPropane22 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- MMechanic22 mi
- DDump36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Devils Lake
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,453 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
44.03564, -121.76545
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Devils Lake · Deschutes National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waterWater · ~4.3 mi
- FuelShell · ~19.7 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~21.8 mi
- GroceriesThree Creek Lake Store & Marina · ~8.2 mi
- PharmacyBi-Mart · ~20.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicHigh Desert Family Medicine · ~19.9 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~20.7 mi
EV charging — from Devils Lake · Deschutes National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger20.7 mi straight-line NE — Sisters, OR - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach16 within 25 mi · 22 within 50 · 112 within 100 · 331 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS20.7 mi — WCEH Sisters, Sisters
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO20.7 mi — WCEH Sisters, Sisters
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.8 mi — Mt. Bachelor Westside Village, Bend, OR (at a recreation facility) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 6 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-14 · hours: Open during parking lot hours
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Sisters Inn & Suites, Sisters, 20.6 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use 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 331831 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Devils Lake · Deschutes National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletDevils Lake · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSouthsister/Devils · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWickiup Plains · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGreen Lakes/Soda Creek · ~1.5 mi E · USFS
Open Devils Lake elsewhere
Other camps near Devils Lake
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Soda Creek~2.0 mi · fee
- Quinn Meadow Horse Camp~2.8 mi · fee
- Todd Creek~3.8 mi · fee
- Elk Lake~4.4 mi · fee
The unit that manages Devils Lake
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Devils Lake are set by Deschutes National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Devils Lake
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
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-21: no per-night, per-site camping rate is published by the agency. Deschutes NF's Devils Lake page states only that this is a recreation fee site charging $5 per vehicle per day -- charged PER VEHICLE, not per campsite -- which a Northwest Forest Pass, a $30 annual pass or an America the Beautiful pass also covers. The page's fee section lists day use only and no overnight rate, and there is no recreation.gov campground within 2 miles of our pin. Checked https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/deschutes/recreation/devils-lake-campground.
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 Devils Lake
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 — Devils Lake
Camping near a reservoir →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →How to read this page →All field notes →
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