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Sandhill Crossing Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 42.59376, -120.87962
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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 Sandhill Crossing Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,105 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sandhill Crossing 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 Sandhill Crossing Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater9 mi
- FFuel16 mi
- GGrocery16 mi
- @Mail18 mi
- ShShower25 mi
- AAir-up38 mi
- MMechanic38 mi
- HHardware39 mi
- RxPharmacy39 mi
- LLaundry46 mi
- EVEV fast charger50 mi
- +Urgent care50 mi
- DDump50 mi
- OOutfitter52 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 50-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 — Sandhill Crossing Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,105 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
42.59376, -120.87962
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Sandhill Crossing Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureNorth Fork Sprague River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townBlaisdell · ~15.0 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.8 mi
- FuelFuel · ~15.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesPaisley Mercantile Inc. · ~18.3 mi
EV charging — from Sandhill Crossing Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger50.1 mi straight-line W — CHILOQUIN EV CHI EVCS LVL 3 · 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 · none within 50 · 22 within 100 · 113 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)50.2 mi — KCC - 1 KCC#3, Klamath Falls
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)45.5 mi — Santa's Hardware, Christmas Valley, OR (at a hardware store) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-04-14 · hours: 9am-6pm M-Sat, 11am-4pm Sun; Also accepts PayPal
- 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 358493 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sandhill Crossing Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSandhill Crossing · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLee Thomas Campground · ~2.0 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletNorth Fork Sprague · ~3.2 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBald Butte Lookout · ~4.9 mi E · USFS
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Other camps near Sandhill Crossing Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lee Thomas Campground~2.1 mi
- Bald Butte Lookout~4.8 mi · fee
- Dead Horse Lake Campground~5.8 mi
- Deadhorse Lake Campground / Trailhead~5.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Sandhill Crossing Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sandhill Crossing Campground are set by Fremont-Winema National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Sandhill Crossing Campground
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
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 Sandhill Crossing 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 — Sandhill Crossing Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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