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Mud Lake Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 44.96432, -118.23139
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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 Mud Lake Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,117 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Mud Lake 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 Lake Campground · Wallowa-Whitman National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater14 mi
- @Mail15 mi
- FFuel15 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- HHardware22 mi
- MMechanic23 mi
- +Urgent care23 mi
- EVEV fast charger24 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- DDump46 mi
- LLaundry52 mi
- OOutfitter54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 15 mi out.
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 — Mud Lake Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,117 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
44.96432, -118.23139
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Mud Lake Campground · Wallowa-Whitman National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townGranite · ~14.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~15.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~15.2 mi
- PharmacyUnion Drug & Soda Fountain · ~24.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicMountain Valley Mental Health · ~23.3 mi
- HardwareDo it Best · ~21.9 mi
EV charging — from Mud Lake Campground · Wallowa-Whitman National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger23.5 mi straight-line SE — OTEC BAKER ARMORY, Baker City, 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 42 within 100 · 118 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)24.0 mi — Baker City, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Baker City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)23.7 mi — Geiser Grand Hotel - Tesla Destination, Baker City, OR · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Grande Hot Springs RV Resort - Tesla Destination, La Grande, 23.2 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 312697 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Mud Lake Campground · Wallowa-Whitman National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMud Lake Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomAnthony Lakes Guard Station · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAnthony Lake Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAnthony Lakes Picnic Area · at this camp · USFS
Open Mud Lake Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Mud Lake Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Anthony Lake Campground~0.2 mi · fee
- Anthony Lakes Tent Campground~0.4 mi · fee
- Grande Ronde Lake Campground~1.0 mi · fee
- North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead~10.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Mud Lake Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Mud Lake Campground are set by Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Mud Lake 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: $16 per night for a standard non-electric RV or tent site, plus $6 per vehicle per night for extra vehicles. All three agency channels agree on the $16. The electric site price is less certain: the forest's structured fee box and recreation.gov both say $32 per night, but the prose lower on the same forest page says $30, so budget $32. recreation.gov's 2026 peak season (Jun 1 to Sep 30) also lists a group non-electric site at $50. One obvious typo to ignore -- the forest prose prints 'Extra vehicle = $60' next to the electric site, which its own fee box and the non-electric line both give as $6. Interagency Senior and Access, Golden Age and Golden Access passes get 50 percent off, subject to the concession operator's policies. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/wallowa-whitman/recreation/mud-lake-campground and https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233236.
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 Lake 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 — Mud Lake Campground
Camping near a reservoir →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →