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Mountain View Rec. Club
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · WA · 46.02928, -121.68229
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service 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 Mountain View Rec. Club
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,608 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Mountain View Rec. ClubNIFC · 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 Mountain View Rec. Club · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- WWater13 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- PPropane19 mi
- ShShower23 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- EVEV fast charger23 mi
- AAir-up23 mi
- OOutfitter45 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Mountain View Rec. Club
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,608 ft
State
WA
Coordinates
46.02928, -121.68229
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Mountain View Rec. Club · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSmoky Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townGuler · ~7.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelAndy's Valley Services · ~7.8 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~16.3 mi
- Dump station~7.5 mi
- GroceriesWind River Market · ~21.0 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~23.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicMid Columbia Medical Center · ~23.5 mi
EV charging — from Mountain View Rec. Club · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger23.0 mi straight-line S — Walmart 1876 (Hood River, OR) · Electrify America · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach5 within 25 mi · 38 within 50 · 333 within 100 · 653 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)23.2 mi — Hood River, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Hood River
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO23.4 mi — WCEH Hood River, Hood River
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)22.9 mi — White Salmon Fire Hall · OpConnect · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Columbia Cliffs Villas - Tesla Destination, Hood River, 22.8 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 123768 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Mountain View Rec. Club · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · WA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletFlattop Sp · ~3.3 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCultus Creek Cg · ~3.7 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTrapper Creek Th · ~3.8 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTrout Lake Creek Cg · ~3.8 mi NE · USFS
Open Mountain View Rec. Club elsewhere
Other camps near Mountain View Rec. Club
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cultus Creek Cg~3.7 mi · fee
- Trout Lake Creek Cg~3.8 mi · fee
- Peterson Prairie Cg~4.3 mi · fee
- Peterson Prairie Group Gcg~4.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Mountain View Rec. Club
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Mountain View Rec. Club are set by Gifford Pinchot National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Mountain View Rec. Club
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Mountain View Rec. Club
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 — Mountain View Rec. Club
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →How to read this page →All field notes →
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