Griz Flat (Grizzly Flats) - Wenaha Wildlife Area
Free camping at Griz Flat, the second of the two designated camping areas named in the Wenaha Wildlife Area rule (OAR 635-008-0170), about a mile down the Grande Ronde road from the wildlife area headquarters near Troy. Like the headquarters it is open YEAR-ROUND, while the rest of the wildlife area closes to the public January 1 through March 31. No fee and no parking permit -- Wenaha is not one of the fifteen ODFW areas where the $8/day parking permit applies. THE RULES, PLAINLY: camping is only allowed in designated campsites, 14 days maximum in any 30-day period. Drive only on open roads and parking areas, with up to 300 feet off an open road allowed to reach a campsite. Campfires only at campsites; no open fires during designated fire closures. Domestic sheep and goats are prohibited. Note there is a muzzleloader shooting range at Griz Flat operated under posted rules, so expect gunfire nearby -- firearms discharge is otherwise only allowed here during authorized game bird and game mammal seasons. HONEST CAVEATS: the coordinate comes from OpenStreetMap, which maps this as 'Grizzly Flats Campground'; the wildlife area rule calls it 'Griz Flat'. We could find no visitor-facing description of the actual sites, so treat it as primitive -- bring water, expect no hookups. Confirm current conditions with the wildlife area office, 541-828-7721, especially in fire season and in winter.
Everything you need — measured from Griz Flat (Grizzly Flats) - Wenaha Wildlife Area · Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife · OR
- WWater13 mi
- DDump17 mi
- @Mail20 mi
- GGrocery26 mi
- FFuel34 mi
- ShShower34 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- HHardware36 mi
- MMechanic36 mi
- EVEV fast charger36 mi
- RxPharmacy37 mi
- LLaundry38 mi
- OOutfitter38 mi
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 26 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 36-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 — Griz Flat (Grizzly Flats) - Wenaha Wildlife Area
Nearby & resupply — around Griz Flat (Grizzly Flats) - Wenaha Wildlife Area · Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWenaha River · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial river
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~16.8 mi
- GroceriesWallowa Food City · ~26.2 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
EV charging — from Griz Flat (Grizzly Flats) - Wenaha Wildlife Area · Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger36.0 mi straight-line NW — Caboose Park - Dayton · FLO · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 12 within 50 · 72 within 100 · 133 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)38.1 mi — Lewiston, ID - Tesla Supercharger, Lewiston
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)25.9 mi — Winding Waters Medical Clinic, Wallowa, OR · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 170911 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Griz Flat (Grizzly Flats) - Wenaha Wildlife Area · Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomTroy Th · ~0.2 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomToilet · ~3.3 mi S · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletThree Forks · ~6.8 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomHoodoo · ~6.8 mi W · USFS
Coming out here — Griz Flat (Grizzly Flats) - Wenaha Wildlife Area · Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife · OR
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Wenaha River as a perennial river, ~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 2.5% — flat. 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.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- 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 Griz Flat (Grizzly Flats) - Wenaha Wildlife Area elsewhere
Other camps near Griz Flat (Grizzly Flats) - Wenaha Wildlife Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Wenaha Wildlife Area - Headquarters~1.2 mi
- Cabin Saddle~11.3 mi
- Misery Spring~12.2 mi
- Wickiup~13.3 mi
Who holds the land at Griz Flat (Grizzly Flats) - Wenaha Wildlife Area
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Wenaha Wildlife Area, manager on record: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (state). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Griz Flat (Grizzly Flats) - Wenaha Wildlife Area
What we don’t know about Griz Flat (Grizzly Flats) - Wenaha Wildlife Area
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
- 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