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Pickett Butte Lookout
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 42.94354, -122.85589
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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 Pickett Butte Lookout
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,293 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Pickett Butte LookoutNIFC · 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 Pickett Butte Lookout · Umpqua National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail5 mi
- ShShower17 mi
- FFuel20 mi
- GGrocery20 mi
- HHardware21 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- MMechanic21 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- EVEV fast charger22 mi
- WWater22 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- DDump30 mi
- PPropane31 mi
- OOutfitter33 mi
- AAir-up39 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 20 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 — Pickett Butte Lookout
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,293 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
42.94354, -122.85589
Cost
Fee · reservable on Recreation.gov
Nearby & resupply — around Pickett Butte Lookout · Umpqua National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWinters Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townDrew · ~4.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~20.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~30.3 mi
- GroceriesCountry Store · ~20.2 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~22.6 mi
- HardwareShady Cove Hardware · ~23.4 mi
EV charging — from Pickett Butte Lookout · Umpqua National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger22.0 mi straight-line W — Electric Era Charging Station, Canyonville, OR (at a public site) · ELECTRIC_ERA · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 29 within 50 · 91 within 100 · 183 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO31.9 mi — WCEH Roseburg, Roseburg
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)21.6 mi — HOTEL 1 7 F HOTEL, Canyonville, 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 346199 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Pickett Butte Lookout · Umpqua National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPickett Butte · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletThree C Rock Picnic Area · ~2.1 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWhisky Camp Guard Station · ~6.5 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDumont Creek · ~6.8 mi N · USFS
Open Pickett Butte Lookout elsewhere
Other camps near Pickett Butte Lookout
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Dumont Creek~6.8 mi · fee
- Black Canyon~7.3 mi
- Three C Rock Campground~8.4 mi · fee
- Boulder Creek~8.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Pickett Butte Lookout
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Pickett Butte Lookout are set by Umpqua National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Pickett Butte Lookout
Reserve
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234149
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.
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 Pickett Butte Lookout
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 — Pickett Butte Lookout
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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