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Skull Creek Campground
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · OR · 42.77191, -123.57185
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 Skull Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,228 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Skull Creek 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 Skull Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- HHardware8 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- RxPharmacy18 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
- WWater18 mi
- ShShower21 mi
- AAir-up25 mi
- PPropane26 mi
- DDump26 mi
- OOutfitter34 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Skull Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
1,228 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
42.77191, -123.57185
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Skull Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~10.3 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~25.6 mi
- Dump station~26.1 mi
- GroceriesGlenway Superstore · ~7.9 mi
- PharmacyGordon's Pharmacy and Gifts · ~18.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicCanyonville Health and Urgent Care · ~18.3 mi
- HardwareGlendale Hardware · ~7.7 mi
EV charging — from Skull Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.3 mi straight-line SE — WCEH Wolf Creek · EVCS · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach5 within 25 mi · 28 within 50 · 89 within 100 · 158 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)18.2 mi — Myrtle Creek, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Myrtle Creek
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)10.3 mi — WCEH Wolf Creek · 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 65858 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Skull Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomToilet · at this camp · BLM
- RestroomToilet · ~7.8 mi S · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletPit Toilet · ~8.3 mi S · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletCxt Double Vault Toilet · ~8.4 mi S · BLM
Open Skull Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Skull Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cow Creek Back Country Byway~12.1 mi
- Mule Creek Trail~15.9 mi
- Eden Valley~16.3 mi
- Wooden Rock Creek~18.1 mi
How we know this — Skull Creek 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.
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 Skull Creek 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 — Skull Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →How to read this page →All field notes →
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