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Mud Creek Campground

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 42.28233, -120.20666
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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
USGS topographic map of Mud Creek Campground
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Mud Creek Campground
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Weather outlook — at Mud Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,471 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Mud Creek 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 Mud Creek Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 0 miWDump · 21 miDChevron · Propane · 57 miPShell · Fuel · 9 miFFastBreak · Grocery · 9 miGHoward's Valu Rite Pharmacy · Pharmacy · 10 miRxLakeview Ace Hardware · Hardware · 9 miHAuto haven · Mechanic · 10 miMShower · 21 miShAir-up · 9 miALakeview Post Office · Mail · 10 mi@Alturas, CA - Tesla Supercharger · EV fast charger · 57 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • WWater0 mi
  • FFuel9 mi
  • GGrocery9 mi
  • AAir-up9 mi
  • HHardware9 mi
  • RxPharmacy10 mi
  • @Mail10 mi
  • MMechanic10 mi
  • DDump21 mi
  • ShShower21 mi
  • PPropane57 mi
  • EVEV fast charger57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 9 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 57-mi run (and back).

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 — Mud Creek Campground

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,471 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
42.28233, -120.20666
Cost
Free · Forest Service inventory: no fee

Nearby & resupply — around Mud Creek Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featurePorcupine Creek (stream) · nearby
  • Nearest townLakeview · ~9.6 mi
  • Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.1 mi
  • FuelFuel Commander Network · ~9.1 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • Dump station~20.7 mi
  • GroceriesFastBreak · ~9.1 mi
  • PharmacyHoward's Valu Rite Pharmacy · ~9.6 mi
  • Hospital / clinicHospital · ~10.3 mi

EV charging — from Mud Creek Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Mud Creek Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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The unit that manages Mud Creek Campground

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Mud Creek Campground are set by Fremont-Winema National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

How we know this — Mud Creek Campground

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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
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 Mud Creek 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.

Before you go — Mud Creek Campground

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