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North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 44.91461, -118.43335
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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 North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,614 ft.
Fire & smoke — around North Fork John Day Campground & TrailheadNIFC · 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 North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead · Umatilla National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater12 mi
- FFuel16 mi
- GGrocery16 mi
- @Mail16 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- HHardware30 mi
- MMechanic30 mi
- +Urgent care31 mi
- EVEV fast charger31 mi
- RxPharmacy33 mi
- LLaundry43 mi
- DDump47 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 16 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 31-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 — North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,614 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
44.91461, -118.43335
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead · Umatilla National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townGranite · ~7.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~16.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~16.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicMountain Valley Mental Health · ~30.8 mi
- HardwareDo it Best · ~29.6 mi
EV charging — from North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead · Umatilla National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger31.2 mi straight-line E — 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 9 within 50 · 47 within 100 · 118 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)31.7 mi — Baker City, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Baker City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)31.2 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.
- 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 North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead · Umatilla National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletNorth Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomBlue Mountain Scenic Byway (East Portal) · ~1.6 mi E · USFS
- RestroomCrane Creek · ~2.4 mi SE · USFS
- RestroomPacksaddle/Christensen · ~6.0 mi NW · USFS
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Other camps near North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Grande Ronde Lake Campground~10.2 mi · fee
- Anthony Lakes Tent Campground~10.5 mi · fee
- Mud Lake Campground~10.5 mi · fee
- Anthony Lake Campground~10.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead are set by Umatilla National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead
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: $8 per night for a single site -- the forest words it as $8 per vehicle per night, with an extra $5 per vehicle for anything beyond the two vehicles a site allows. Site 14 is a group site at $25 per night with no extra-vehicle charge. Reserving through recreation.gov adds an $8 reservation fee, and camping fees are charged through Nov 15. Recreation.gov listing 246096 carries the same $8 and $25 for 2026, though its own published coordinates sit 1.493 mi from our pin, so we quote the forest page. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/umatilla/recreation/north-fork-john-day-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 North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead
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 — North Fork John Day Campground & Trailhead
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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