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Pine Creek Horse Camp
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 44.35490, -118.80552
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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 Pine Creek Horse Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,050 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Pine Creek Horse CampNIFC · 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 Pine Creek Horse Camp · Malheur National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- EVEV fast charger8 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- LLaundry9 mi
- DDump15 mi
- ShShower15 mi
- WWater22 mi
- +Urgent care53 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Pine Creek Horse Camp
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,050 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
44.35490, -118.80552
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Pine Creek Horse Camp · Malheur National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureGwyn Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townCanyon City · ~7.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelLeather's Fuels · ~8.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~14.6 mi
- GroceriesCanyon City Market · ~7.6 mi
- PharmacyLen's Drug · ~8.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicBlue Mountain Hospital · ~8.7 mi
- HardwareNydam's Ace Hardware · ~8.9 mi
EV charging — from Pine Creek Horse Camp · Malheur National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.3 mi straight-line NW — OTEC JOHN DAY · ChargePoint Network · 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 · 2 within 50 · 21 within 100 · 119 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)55.7 mi — Hines, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Hines
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO9.5 mi — OTEC OTEC OFFICE JD, John Day
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)54.3 mi — Harney County - Chamber of Commerce, Burns, OR (at a municipal building) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-14 · hours: 24 hours daily; Tesla adapter available
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Grant County Chamber of Commerce - Tesla Destination, John Day, 8.5 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 183737 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Pine Creek Horse Camp · Malheur National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPine Creek Horse Camp · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletStrawberry Basin · ~6.9 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletStrawberry · ~7.0 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSlide Creek · ~7.4 mi E · USFS
Open Pine Creek Horse Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Pine Creek Horse Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Strawberry~7.0 mi · fee
- Slide Creek~7.4 mi
- Slide Horse Camp~7.5 mi · fee
- Mcnaughton Spring~7.6 mi
The unit that manages Pine Creek Horse Camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Pine Creek Horse Camp are set by Malheur National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Pine Creek Horse Camp
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 Pine Creek Horse Camp
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 — Pine Creek Horse Camp
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →How to read this page →All field notes →
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