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Triangle Lake
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 44.84981, -121.77571
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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 Triangle Lake
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,573 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Triangle LakeNIFC · 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 Triangle Lake · Mt. Hood National Forest · OR
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery3 mi
- @Mail18 mi
- FFuel20 mi
- OOutfitter20 mi
- EVEV fast charger20 mi
- ShShower21 mi
- WWater22 mi
- +Urgent care26 mi
- PPropane28 mi
- LLaundry28 mi
- DDump33 mi
- MMechanic35 mi
- HHardware35 mi
- AAir-up35 mi
- RxPharmacy36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 3 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 — Triangle Lake
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,573 ft
State
OR
Coordinates
44.84981, -121.77571
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Triangle Lake · Mt. Hood National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townIdanha · ~18.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~20.0 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~27.7 mi
- GroceriesOlallie Lake Resort Store · ~2.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicWarm Springs Health and Wellness Center · ~25.5 mi
EV charging — from Triangle Lake · Mt. Hood National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger20.0 mi straight-line SW — WCEH Detroit · 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 · 25 within 50 · 256 within 100 · 355 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)20.0 mi — Detroit Lake, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Detroit
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)20.0 mi — WCEH Detroit · 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 332771 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Triangle Lake · Mt. Hood National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletTriangle Lake · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletOlallie Lake Picnic · ~2.5 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletOlallie Lake Guard Station · ~2.6 mi S · USFS
- RestroomOlallie Lake Resort · ~2.6 mi S · USFS
Open Triangle Lake elsewhere
Other camps near Triangle Lake
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Olallie Meadow~0.7 mi · fee
- Lower Lake (Olallie)~2.1 mi
- Paul Dennis (Olallie)~2.7 mi · fee
- Camp Ten (Olallie)~3.3 mi · fee
The unit that manages Triangle Lake
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Triangle Lake are set by Mt. Hood National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Triangle Lake
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 2026-08-21: $15 per night for a single site, $30 for a premium double, plus $5 per vehicle per night for an additional vehicle. Caution -- this one figure is weaker than the rest: it comes from the Forest Service's own recreation-site data layer rather than from a page a visitor can read. Mt. Hood NF publishes no working web page for Triangle Lake (every slug under /r06/mthood/recreation/ returns 404 and the fs-rec-area link redirects to a generic destinations page) and the site has no recreation.gov listing, so the amount could not be confirmed against a second channel. Source: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0 (site_name TRIANGLE LAKE, objectid 2514056), read 2026-08-21.
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 Triangle Lake
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 — Triangle Lake
Camping near a reservoir →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Picking a spot →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 →