Agency-listedBLMFree
Horseshoe Bend
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · OR · 43.77253, -118.04973
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. 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 Horseshoe Bend
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,921 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Horseshoe BendNIFC · 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 Horseshoe Bend · Bureau of Land Management · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail2 mi
- FFuel23 mi
- GGrocery37 mi
- DDump41 mi
- WWater51 mi
- EVEV fast charger52 mi
- +Urgent care52 mi
- MMechanic52 mi
- RxPharmacy53 mi
- ShShower54 mi
- HHardware55 mi
- LLaundry57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 51-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 23 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 52-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 — Horseshoe Bend
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
2,921 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
43.77253, -118.04973
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Horseshoe Bend · Bureau of Land Management · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureNorth Fork Malheur River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townJuntura · ~2.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelColeman's Service · ~22.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Groceriesnone within 30 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.
EV charging — from Horseshoe Bend · Bureau of Land Management · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger51.8 mi straight-line W — OTEC HARNEY CHAMBER, Burns, OR · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, 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 · none within 50 · 34 within 100 · 55 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)53.0 mi — Hines, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Hines
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)42.8 mi — Grand Opera House, Vale, OR · SYNERGEV · 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 154070 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Horseshoe Bend · Bureau of Land Management · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomToilet, Double, Hill · ~5.6 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletVault Toielt, North Single · ~5.6 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletVault Toilet, South, Single · ~5.6 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletVault Toilet 1 · ~5.7 mi W · BLM
Open Horseshoe Bend elsewhere
How we know this — Horseshoe Bend
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
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 Horseshoe Bend
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 — Horseshoe Bend
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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