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Eagle Creek Overlook
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 45.64122, -121.93171
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Eagle Creek Overlook · Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area · OR
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is an unnumbered road (Eagle Creek Overlook), 30 ft from the pin. The MVUM record carries neither a surface type nor a maintenance level for it.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Eagle Creek Overlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 100 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Eagle Creek OverlookNIFC · 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 Eagle Creek Overlook · Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area · OR
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel2 mi
- GGrocery2 mi
- @Mail2 mi
- WWater2 mi
- EVEV fast charger2 mi
- DDump4 mi
- RxPharmacy4 mi
- LLaundry4 mi
- HHardware4 mi
- ShShower5 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- AAir-up20 mi
- OOutfitter20 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- PPropane23 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Eagle Creek Overlook
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
100 ft
Ground slope
8.4% · noticeable
Nearest rail line
~0.1 mi · main line
Nearest highway
under 0.1 mi · US Hwy 30
State
OR
Coordinates
45.64122, -121.93171
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Eagle Creek Overlook · Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLake Bonneville · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townNorth Bonneville · ~2.0 mi
- Nearest rail line~0.1 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayunder 0.1 mi · US Hwy 30
- Drinking waterWater · ~2.2 mi
- FuelChevron · ~2.1 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~23.0 mi
- Dump stationStevenson Trailer Sewage Dump Station · ~4.1 mi
- GroceriesFood Mart · ~2.1 mi
- PharmacyWind River Pharmacy · ~4.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicNew Directions Wellness Care · ~20.6 mi
- HardwareStihl · ~4.5 mi
EV charging — from Eagle Creek Overlook · Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger2.4 mi straight-line NE — Thunder Island Brewing - Charli Charging, Cascade Locks, OR (at a brewery / winery) · Non-Networked · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-10-13 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach20 within 25 mi · 143 within 50 · 271 within 100 · 599 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO3.0 mi — WCEH Cascade Locks, Cascade Locks
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.0 mi — WCEH Cascade Locks · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.45 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 428668 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Eagle Creek Overlook · Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomEagle Creek Overlook · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomEagle Creek Rec Area · ~0.2 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletEagle Creek Campground · ~0.3 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBonneville Trailhead · ~0.7 mi N · USFS
Coming out here — Eagle Creek Overlook · Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area · OR
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Lake Bonneville as a perennial lake or pond, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 8.4% — noticeable. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~0.1 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- US Hwy 30 is mapped under 0.1 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Eagle Creek Overlook elsewhere
Other camps near Eagle Creek Overlook
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Eagle Creek Campground~0.3 mi
- Herman Creek Campground~5.3 mi · fee
- Indian Springs Campground (not maintained)~7.7 mi
- Wahtum Lake Campground~8.0 mi
The unit that manages Eagle Creek Overlook
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Eagle Creek Overlook are set by Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Eagle Creek Overlook
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 2026-08-23: GROUP SITE ONLY -- $75 per night Sunday through Thursday, $125 per night Friday, Saturday and holidays. There is no single-site rate to quote here; the whole site is rented. recreation.gov listing 234306 (0.085 mi from our pin) shows $75 for the 2026 season, May 1 - Oct 4. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/columbiarivergorge/recreation/eagle-creek-overlook-group-campground.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Eagle Creek Overlook
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 — Eagle Creek Overlook
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Off-grid communication →All field notes →