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Taylor Burn Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 43.81459, -122.03508
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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 Taylor Burn Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,191 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Taylor Burn 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 Taylor Burn Campground · Willamette National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater9 mi
- FFuel20 mi
- GGrocery20 mi
- ShShower21 mi
- @Mail21 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- HHardware22 mi
- RxPharmacy22 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- EVEV fast charger26 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- LLaundry28 mi
- PPropane39 mi
- AAir-up39 mi
- DDump43 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 20 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 — Taylor Burn Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,191 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
43.81459, -122.03508
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Taylor Burn Campground · Willamette National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureEdna Lake (water) · nearby
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~8.6 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~20.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesOdell Sportsman Center · ~20.4 mi
- PharmacyOakridge Pharmacy · ~22.5 mi
EV charging — from Taylor Burn Campground · Willamette National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger26.5 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 26 within 50 · 105 within 100 · 330 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)39.3 mi — Bend, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Bend
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)22.0 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 Taylor Burn Campground · Willamette National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSkookum Creek · ~3.3 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletNorth Waldo Campground · ~4.2 mi SE · USFS
- RestroomNorth Waldo Boat Launch · ~4.2 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletIslet Campground · ~4.7 mi S · USFS
Open Taylor Burn Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Taylor Burn Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Skookum Creek~3.3 mi · fee
- Deschutes National Forest~4.1 mi
- North Waldo Lake Campground~4.2 mi · fee
- Islet Campground~4.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Taylor Burn Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Taylor Burn Campground are set by Willamette National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Taylor Burn 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
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 Taylor Burn 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 — Taylor Burn Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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