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Sisters Cow Camp
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 44.27435, -121.61477
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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 Sisters Cow Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,407 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sisters Cow 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 Sisters Cow Camp · Deschutes National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater3 mi
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- RxPharmacy3 mi
- EVEV fast charger3 mi
- AAir-up3 mi
- +Urgent care3 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- HHardware3 mi
- ShShower3 mi
- PPropane13 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- LLaundry21 mi
- DDump26 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Sisters Cow Camp
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,407 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
44.27435, -121.61477
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Sisters Cow Camp · Deschutes National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waterWater · ~2.6 mi
- FuelPacific Pride · ~3.0 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~12.9 mi
- Dump station~25.7 mi
- GroceriesRay's Food Place · ~3.0 mi
- PharmacyBi-Mart · ~3.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicHigh Lakes Health Care · ~3.3 mi
- HardwareHoyt's Hardware & Building Supply · ~3.4 mi
EV charging — from Sisters Cow Camp · Deschutes National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger3.0 mi straight-line NE — Sisters, OR - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach17 within 25 mi · 32 within 50 · 176 within 100 · 326 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS3.0 mi — WCEH Sisters, Sisters
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO3.0 mi — WCEH Sisters, Sisters
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.0 mi — Oxbow Flats Apartments, Sisters, OR · NOODOE · J1772 · 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 331831 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sisters Cow Camp · Deschutes National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSisters Cow Camp · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCold Spring · ~2.5 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWhychus Overlook · ~4.1 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWhispering Pine Horse Camp · ~4.2 mi W · USFS
Open Sisters Cow Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Sisters Cow Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cold Spring~2.5 mi · fee
- Whispering Pine Horse Camp~4.2 mi · fee
- Graham Corral~5.1 mi · fee
- Black Pine Dispersed Camping Area~5.5 mi
The unit that manages Sisters Cow Camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sisters Cow Camp are set by Deschutes National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Sisters Cow 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 Sisters Cow 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 — Sisters Cow Camp
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Fire rules & restrictions →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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