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Lower South Fork Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 42.64541, -122.33380
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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 Lower South Fork Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at the elevation shown above.
Fire & smoke — around Lower South Fork CampgroundNIFC · 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 Lower South Fork Campground · Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery11 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- WWater17 mi
- DDump18 mi
- FFuel18 mi
- +Urgent care24 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- MMechanic24 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- EVEV fast charger24 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- ShShower25 mi
- OOutfitter32 mi
- PPropane33 mi
- AAir-up34 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 11 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 — Lower South Fork Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
State
OR
Coordinates
42.64541, -122.33380
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Lower South Fork Campground · Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townProspect · ~10.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~17.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationMazama Campground Dump Station · ~17.5 mi
- GroceriesProspect Store · ~10.7 mi
- PharmacyShady Cove Pharmacy · ~24.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicChiloquin Open Door Clinic · ~24.2 mi
- HardwareWright's Hardware · ~24.4 mi
EV charging — from Lower South Fork Campground · Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger24.4 mi straight-line E — CHILOQUIN EV CHI EVCS LVL 3 · 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 reach1 within 25 mi · 32 within 50 · 73 within 100 · 185 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)34.5 mi — Medford, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Medford
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.5 mi — STORE STORE, Fort Klamath, OR · ChargePoint 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 358493 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lower South Fork Campground · Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLower South Fork Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletImnaha Campground · ~4.0 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAbbott Creek Campground · ~8.8 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSevenmile Marsh · ~10.1 mi E · USFS
Open Lower South Fork Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Lower South Fork Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Imnaha Campground~4.0 mi · fee
- Medco Pond Dispersed Camping~5.3 mi
- Medeco Pond Dispersed Camping~5.4 mi
- Bessie Shelter~7.9 mi
The unit that manages Lower South Fork Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lower South Fork Campground are set by Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Lower South Fork Campground
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 2026-08-22: $15 per night, single site, plus $7 per vehicle per night for an extra vehicle. We call this camp Lower South Fork; the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest publishes it as South Fork Campground, and that page's own coordinates are 0.001 mi from our pin. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/rogue-siskiyou/recreation/south-fork-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 Lower South Fork Campground
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 — Lower South Fork Campground
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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