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Salmon Creek Falls
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 43.76278, -122.37307
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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 Salmon Creek Falls
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,488 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Salmon Creek FallsNIFC · 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 Salmon Creek Falls · Willamette National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- +Urgent care5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- WWater8 mi
- ShShower23 mi
- MMechanic24 mi
- OOutfitter27 mi
- EVEV fast charger29 mi
- LLaundry32 mi
- PPropane33 mi
- AAir-up33 mi
- DDump35 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Salmon Creek Falls
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,488 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
43.76278, -122.37307
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Salmon Creek Falls · Willamette National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townOakridge · ~4.7 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~8.3 mi
- FuelChevron · ~5.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesDink's Market · ~4.1 mi
- PharmacyOakridge Pharmacy · ~5.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicOrchid Health Oakridge Clinic · ~5.3 mi
- HardwareOakridge Hardware · ~5.0 mi
EV charging — from Salmon Creek Falls · Willamette National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger29.4 mi straight-line N — WCEH McKenzie, Blue River, OR · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 29 within 50 · 121 within 100 · 329 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)33.7 mi — Creswell, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Creswell
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.0 mi — Oakridge Inn and Suites · FLO · 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 73409 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Salmon Creek Falls · Willamette National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSalmon Creek Falls · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletC.T. Beach · ~4.1 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBlue Pool · ~5.3 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHuckleberry Flats · ~5.5 mi N · USFS
Open Salmon Creek Falls elsewhere
Other camps near Salmon Creek Falls
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Blue Pool~5.3 mi · fee
- Packard Campground~7.1 mi
- Packard Creek Campground~7.2 mi · fee
- Blair Lake Campground~8.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages Salmon Creek Falls
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Salmon Creek Falls are set by Willamette National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Salmon Creek Falls
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 2026-08-31: $21 per night, single site; $10 per extra vehicle per night; $10 per vehicle per day for day use. Fees must be paid within 30 minutes of arrival and the site must be occupied every night paid for. recreation.gov listing 10165591 (0.001 mi from our pin) is a scan-and-pay tile whose 2026 tiers are published WITHOUT labels -- $20, $8, and two at $0 -- so they cannot be mapped to a site type and are not quoted as the rate; the $20 tier is nevertheless close to the forest's $21. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/willamette/recreation/salmon-creek-falls-campground-and-day-use.
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 Salmon Creek Falls
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 — Salmon Creek Falls
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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