Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Scott Lake
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 44.21232, -121.88802
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Scott Lake · Willamette National Forest · OR
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 4200260 (Scott Lake), 320 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 4200260 (Scott Lake), 320 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 4200260 (Scott Lake): “01/01-12/31” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Scott Lake
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,810 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Scott LakeNIFC · 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 Scott Lake · Willamette National Forest · OR
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- +Urgent care11 mi
- WWater11 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- FFuel17 mi
- EVEV fast charger17 mi
- RxPharmacy17 mi
- AAir-up17 mi
- HHardware18 mi
- @Mail18 mi
- ShShower18 mi
- PPropane21 mi
- MMechanic26 mi
- OOutfitter27 mi
- LLaundry30 mi
- DDump39 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Scott Lake
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,810 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
44.21232, -121.88802
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Scott Lake · Willamette National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureScott Lake · under 0.1 mi · USGS: intermittent lake or pond
- Nearest townBlack Butte Ranch · ~15.1 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelChevron · ~16.7 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~21.0 mi
- GroceriesCrockett Lodge · ~12.5 mi
- PharmacyBi-Mart · ~17.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicBLYC Clinic · ~11.1 mi
- HardwareHoyt's Hardware & Building Supply · ~17.5 mi
EV charging — from Scott Lake · Willamette National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.7 mi straight-line W — 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 reach3 within 25 mi · 36 within 50 · 187 within 100 · 336 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)17.2 mi — Sisters, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Sisters
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)16.7 mi — WCEH McKenzie, Blue River, OR · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 Scott Lake · Willamette National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletScott Lake · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletObsidian · ~0.9 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAlder Springs · ~2.6 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletProxy Falls · ~3.6 mi SW · USFS
Coming out here — Scott Lake · Willamette National Forest · OR
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Scott Lake as an intermittent lake or pond, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as intermittent — expect it dry for part of the year. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Scott Lake elsewhere
Other camps near Scott Lake
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Alder Springs~2.6 mi · fee
- Lava Camp Lake~6.0 mi
- Olallie Campground~8.2 mi · fee
- Limberlost~8.6 mi · fee
The unit that manages Scott Lake
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Scott Lake are set by Willamette National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Scott Lake
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 2026-08-23: NOT a per-site nightly rate -- this is a Northwest Forest Pass site charging $5 per vehicle per day, or $30 for an annual pass, for day use and overnight use alike. Park two vehicles and you owe twice. recreation.gov listing 10165606 (0.001 mi from our pin) confirms $5 for the 2026 peak season, Jul 2 - Oct 10. Interagency passes are valid here. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/willamette/recreation/scott-lake-campground.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Scott Lake
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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- 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 — Scott Lake
Camping near a reservoir →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Reading your camp page →All field notes →