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The Cove
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 45.11091, -121.79991
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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 The Cove
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,264 ft.
Fire & smoke — around The CoveNIFC · 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 The Cove · Mt. Hood National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater7 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- OOutfitter14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- MMechanic18 mi
- HHardware27 mi
- ShShower29 mi
- RxPharmacy29 mi
- DDump30 mi
- PPropane30 mi
- +Urgent care30 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- AAir-up42 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 11 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 — The Cove
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
3,264 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
45.11091, -121.79991
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around The Cove · Mt. Hood National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townGovernment Camp · ~13.4 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~6.9 mi
- FuelChevron · ~10.7 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~29.7 mi
- Dump station~29.5 mi
- GroceriesFood Mart · ~10.7 mi
- PharmacyHi-School Pharmacy · ~28.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicSandy Health Center · ~29.7 mi
- HardwareWamic Hardware Store · ~27.1 mi
EV charging — from The Cove · Mt. Hood National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.3 mi straight-line N — WCEH Government Camp · 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 reach2 within 25 mi · 86 within 50 · 255 within 100 · 431 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)31.1 mi — Detroit Lake, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Detroit
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.3 mi — WCEH Government Camp · 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 73444 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around The Cove · Mt. Hood National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletThe Cove · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPine Point Picnic Site · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletPine Point · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMyron Blank Westshore Day Use · ~0.4 mi NW · USFS
Open The Cove elsewhere
Other camps near The Cove
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Pine Point~0.2 mi · fee
- Stone Creek~0.8 mi · fee
- Stone Creek Group Horse Camp~1.0 mi
- Oak Fork~1.1 mi · fee
The unit that manages The Cove
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at The Cove are set by Mt. Hood National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — The Cove
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: no nightly camping rate applies at this pin, and this row needs a human decision. Our coordinates land within 0.001 mi of what Mt. Hood NF now publishes as Cove Day Use (Timothy Lake) -- a DAY USE area, not a campground. Its only published fee is a day use charge of 10 dollars per vehicle per day, payable onsite by cash or check, and there is no overnight rate to quote. Supporting that: the Forest Service recreation-site layer no longer contains any site called THE COVE, and our stored source id (usfs/6259) is gone from it, exactly like the retired record found on Big Creek in an earlier pass. The nearest actual campground is Pine Point Campground (Timothy Lake) 0.17 mi away, at 28 dollars per night -- but that is a different facility with its own identity, so its price has deliberately NOT been copied here. Someone should decide whether this row is a day-use area that ought to be reclassified or unpublished. Checked https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/mthood/recreation/cove-day-use-timothy-lake and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/mthood/recreation/pine-point-campground-timothy-lake.
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 The Cove
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 — The Cove
What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Camping with a dog →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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