Mapped · not agency-listedPublic land · dispersedFree
Free camping
Drive-up · public land · OR · 43.40010, -124.28821
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Ask about this camp →A mapped lead, not an agency listing. Somebody marked this as a campsite; we could not match it to a land-manager record. Worth checking rather than counting on. 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 Free camping
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 16 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Free campingNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Free camping · public land · OR
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery1 mi
- @Mail1 mi
- FFuel2 mi
- RxPharmacy2 mi
- +Urgent care2 mi
- HHardware2 mi
- EVEV fast charger3 mi
- LLaundry3 mi
- WWater3 mi
- MMechanic4 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- DDump4 mi
- PPropane5 mi
- AAir-up16 mi
- ShShower18 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 1 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 — Free camping
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
16 ft
Ground slope
1.9% · flat
Nearest rail line
~2.2 mi · industrial lead
State
OR
Coordinates
43.40010, -124.28821
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Free camping · public land · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCoos Bay · ~0.1 mi · USGS: estuary, no flow class
- Also mapped (OSM)Chicksees Creek (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townNorth Bend · ~3.2 mi
- Nearest rail line~2.2 mi · industrial lead
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~3.4 mi
- FuelShell · ~3.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationRV Waste Disposal · ~4.3 mi
- GroceriesMcKay's Market · ~0.9 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~2.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicBay Area Hospital · ~3.0 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~2.8 mi
EV charging — from Free camping · public land · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger2.6 mi straight-line E — Albertsons Safeway 1557 (North Bend, OR) · Electrify America · CCS · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 15 within 50 · 61 within 100 · 154 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)4.3 mi — Coos Bay, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Coos Bay
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO4.9 mi — WCEH Coos Bay, Coos Bay
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)2.8 mi — Ken Ware Chevrolet, North Bend, OR (at a car dealership) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-05-12 · hours: 8am-6pm M-F, 9am-5pm Sat
- 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 261806 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Free camping · public land · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomNorth Spit Restroom · ~1.2 mi N · BLM
- Flush restroomHorsfall Campground · ~3.5 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWild Mare Trailhead · ~3.6 mi N · USFS
- Flush restroomHorsfall Day Use Staging · ~3.7 mi NE · USFS
Coming out here — Free camping · public land · OR
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Coos Bay as an estuary (no flow class in the record), ~0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). The record carries no flow class for it. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 1.9% — flat. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (3 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 ~2.2 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as an industrial lead. No track the atlas classes as a main line is mapped within 10 mi. 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.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- 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 Free camping elsewhere
Other camps near Free camping
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Horsfall Campground~3.5 mi · fee
- Wild Mare Campground~3.6 mi · fee
- Bluebill Campground~3.7 mi · fee
- Horsfall Sand Camping site 121~3.7 mi · fee
How we know this — Free camping
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
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
Contributed, not agency-listed. A mapper marked this as a campsite. We have not matched it to a land-manager record, so it stays at Likely.
What we don’t know about Free camping
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 — Free camping
Finding water out here →Stay limits →Your first dispersed night →Camping with a dog →All field notes →