Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
South Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 43.96026, -121.78778
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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 South Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,965 ft.
Fire & smoke — around South 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 South Campground · Deschutes National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- +Urgent care19 mi
- FFuel19 mi
- @Mail19 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- ShShower23 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- EVEV fast charger23 mi
- MMechanic24 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- PPropane24 mi
- AAir-up24 mi
- DDump34 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, 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 — South Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,965 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
43.96026, -121.78778
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around South Campground · Deschutes National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureHosmer Lake (water) · nearby
- Nearest townSunriver · ~18.2 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.5 mi
- FuelShell · ~18.7 mi
- Propane / LPGChevron Sisters · ~25.9 mi
- GroceriesSunriver Country Store · ~18.5 mi
- PharmacySafeway · ~23.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicCentral Oregon Aesthetics · ~22.4 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~24.0 mi
EV charging — from South Campground · Deschutes National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger23.4 mi straight-line SE — 52530 US-97, La Pine, OR · EV Connect · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach8 within 25 mi · 20 within 50 · 107 within 100 · 330 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)24.3 mi — Bend, OR - Southwest Industrial Way - Tesla Supercharger, Bend
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)6.2 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 351518 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around South Campground · Deschutes National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHosmer Lake Boating · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSouth (Hosmer Lake) · ~0.2 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMallard Marsh (Hosmer Lake) · ~0.2 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLittle Fawn Group Site · ~0.5 mi NW · USFS
Open South Campground elsewhere
Other camps near South Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Mallard Marsh Campground~0.2 mi · fee
- Little Fawn Group Site~0.5 mi · fee
- Point~1.1 mi · fee
- Elk Lake~1.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages South Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at South Campground are set by Deschutes National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — South 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 South 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 — South Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →