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Skookum Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 43.86131, -122.04511
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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 Skookum Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,524 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Skookum CreekNIFC · 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 Skookum Creek · Willamette National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater10 mi
- ShShower18 mi
- GGrocery22 mi
- @Mail22 mi
- HHardware23 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- +Urgent care23 mi
- FFuel23 mi
- EVEV fast charger23 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- OOutfitter25 mi
- LLaundry30 mi
- PPropane38 mi
- AAir-up38 mi
- DDump44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 22 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 — Skookum Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,524 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
43.86131, -122.04511
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Skookum Creek · Willamette National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waterWater · ~9.9 mi
- FuelChevron · ~23.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesDink's Market · ~21.7 mi
- PharmacyOakridge Pharmacy · ~22.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicOrchid Health Oakridge Clinic · ~22.9 mi
- HardwareOakridge Hardware · ~22.6 mi
EV charging — from Skookum Creek · Willamette National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger23.3 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 reach1 within 25 mi · 26 within 50 · 108 within 100 · 328 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)38.5 mi — Sisters, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Sisters
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)20.7 mi — Mt. Bachelor Westside Village, Bend, OR (at a recreation facility) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 6 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-14 · hours: Open during parking lot hours
- 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 Skookum Creek · Willamette National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSkookum Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBox Canyon Guard Station · ~3.5 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBox Canyon Horse Camp · ~3.5 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRoaring River · ~6.5 mi N · USFS
Open Skookum Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Skookum Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Taylor Burn Campground~3.3 mi
- Box Canyon Horse Camp~3.5 mi
- Deschutes National Forest~5.8 mi
- Roaring River~6.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Skookum Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Skookum Creek are set by Willamette National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Skookum Creek
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 2026-08-20: $5 per night, single site; day use is $5 per vehicle. Paid on site with Scan and Pay in the Recreation.gov app. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/willamette/recreation/skookum-creek-campground.
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 Skookum Creek
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 — Skookum Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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