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Swamp Wells
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 43.85312, -121.21591
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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 Swamp Wells
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,427 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Swamp WellsNIFC · 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 Swamp Wells · Deschutes National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater8 mi
- DDump9 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- +Urgent care11 mi
- OOutfitter11 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- PPropane13 mi
- AAir-up13 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- ShShower16 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 10 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 — Swamp Wells
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,427 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
43.85312, -121.21591
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Swamp Wells · Deschutes National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWater · nearby
- Nearest townSunriver · ~11.3 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.0 mi
- FuelShell · ~10.5 mi
- Propane / LPGTumalo Country Store · ~21.2 mi
- Dump station~9.1 mi
- GroceriesSunriver Country Store · ~11.1 mi
- PharmacySav-on · ~12.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicBend Healing Laser Therapy · ~14.0 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~12.9 mi
EV charging — from Swamp Wells · Deschutes National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger12.7 mi straight-line NW — Walmart 2075 (Bend, OR) · Electrify America · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach14 within 25 mi · 21 within 50 · 66 within 100 · 296 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)13.4 mi — Bend, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Bend
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO14.2 mi — THB TEAM HYUNDAI 1, Bend
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.5 mi — LODGE EV STATION 1, Sunriver, OR · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — High Desert Museum - Tesla Destination, Bend, 10.1 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas 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 190192 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Swamp Wells · Deschutes National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSwamp Wells · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLava Cast Forest · ~4.4 mi SW · USFS
- Flush restroomLava Lands Visitor Center · ~8.0 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLava River Cave · ~8.2 mi W · USFS
Open Swamp Wells elsewhere
Other camps near Swamp Wells
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cinder Hill~8.6 mi · fee
- East Lake~9.4 mi · fee
- Hot Springs~9.4 mi
- Little Crater~10.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Swamp Wells
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Swamp Wells are set by Deschutes National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Swamp Wells
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 Swamp Wells
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 — Swamp Wells
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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