Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Sunset Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 42.36835, -122.20528
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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 — Sunset Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 3700245 (Sunset C.G.), 30 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as asphalt surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 3700245 (Sunset C.G.), 30 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles year-round.
MVUM record for FR 3700245 (Sunset C.G.): “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 Sunset Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,986 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sunset 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 Sunset Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater6 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- ShShower13 mi
- GGrocery20 mi
- @Mail22 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- EVEV fast charger22 mi
- HHardware23 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- OOutfitter24 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- RxPharmacy25 mi
- DDump26 mi
- AAir-up27 mi
- PPropane28 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, 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 — Sunset Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,986 ft
Ground slope
3.1% · gentle
State
OR
Coordinates
42.36835, -122.20528
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Sunset Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLake of the Woods · ~0.2 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Nearest townRocky Point · ~6.3 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~6.0 mi
- FuelOdessa Market · ~7.6 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~27.9 mi
- Dump station~25.6 mi
- GroceriesCrater Lake Junction Travel Center · ~20.0 mi
- PharmacyFred Meyer Pharmacy · ~25.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicChiloquin Open Door Clinic · ~22.5 mi
- HardwareWright's Hardware · ~22.6 mi
EV charging — from Sunset Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger22.5 mi straight-line NE — CHILOQUIN EV CHI EVCS LVL 3 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach7 within 25 mi · 31 within 50 · 66 within 100 · 173 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)22.9 mi — Klamath Falls, OR - North Eldorado Avenue - Tesla Supercharger, Klamath Falls
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)17.6 mi — Lodge, Klamath Falls, OR · CHARGELAB · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Green Springs Inn, Ashland, 21.5 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guests only · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 358493 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sunset Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomSunset Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomAspen Point Group Campground · ~1.2 mi N · USFS
- Flush restroomAspen Point Campground · ~1.2 mi N · USFS
- Flush restroomAspen Boating Site · ~1.2 mi N · USFS
Coming out here — Sunset Campground · Fremont-Winema National Forest · OR
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Lake of the Woods as a perennial lake or pond, ~0.2 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 3.1% — gentle. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- 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 Sunset Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Sunset Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Sunset Campground~0.2 mi · fee
- Aspen Point Campground~1.1 mi · fee
- Aspen Point Campground~1.2 mi · fee
- Doe Point Campground~2.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Sunset Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sunset Campground are set by Fremont-Winema National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Sunset Campground
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 2026-08-22: $30 per night for a standard site, $35 with an electric hookup, plus $10 per extra vehicle per night; day use $10 per vehicle. CAUTION -- recreation.gov listing 233705 (Sunset - Lake of the Woods) prices the same 2026 season two dollars higher, at $32 standard and $37 electric. The forest page is internally consistent at $30/$35; the booking site is the one that will charge you, so budget $32. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/fremont-winema/recreation/sunset-campground-lake-woods.
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 Sunset 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.
- 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 — Sunset Campground
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Fire rules & restrictions →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →