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Umpqua Sand Camping site 51
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · OR · 43.62252, -124.21088
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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 — Umpqua Sand Camping site 51 · Siuslaw National Forest · OR
No MVUM road within a quarter mile of the pin; the nearest mapped segment is FR 1061000 (Win Bay South Beach), 0.6 mi away. Access may be a county road or unmapped.
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 →
What the record says about the site — Umpqua Sand Camping site 51 · Siuslaw National Forest · OR
- Reservation required
From the OpenStreetMap contributors listing for this site — their words, not our visit. Records go stale; treat it as a starting point and confirm anything your trip depends on.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Umpqua Sand Camping site 51
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 24 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Umpqua Sand Camping site 51NIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Umpqua Sand Camping site 51 · Siuslaw National Forest · OR
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater2 mi
- FFuel2 mi
- GGrocery2 mi
- HHardware4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- PPropane7 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- RxPharmacy8 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- MMechanic17 mi
- DDump17 mi
- ShShower20 mi
- AAir-up31 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Umpqua Sand Camping site 51
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
24 ft
Ground slope
1% · flat
Nearest rail line
~3.3 mi · main line
State
OR
Coordinates
43.62252, -124.21088
Cost
Fee · priced on the land manager's own page (recreation.gov, read 2026-09-18)
Nearby & resupply — around Umpqua Sand Camping site 51 · Siuslaw National Forest · OR (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePacific Ocean · ~0.2 mi · USGS: ocean, no flow class
- Also mapped (OSM)Clear Creek (stream) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townTenmile · ~3.3 mi
- Nearest rail line~3.3 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~2.2 mi
- FuelShell · ~14.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationRV Waste Disposal · ~17.4 mi
- GroceriesTree Acres Store · ~2.4 mi
- PharmacySafeway · ~15.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicLower Umpqua Hospital · ~6.2 mi
- HardwareHennick's Lakeside Market · ~3.5 mi
EV charging — from Umpqua Sand Camping site 51 · Siuslaw National Forest · OR — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.2 mi straight-line NE — WCEH Reedsport · 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 reach5 within 25 mi · 14 within 50 · 70 within 100 · 220 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)17.7 mi — Coos Bay, OR - Tesla Supercharger, Coos Bay
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)2.1 mi — William M. Tugman State Park, Reedsport, OR (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 73429 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Umpqua Sand Camping site 51 · Siuslaw National Forest · OR — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomUmpqua Dunes Access 3 · ~0.7 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHall Lake Day Use (Picnic & Trailhead) · ~1.7 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUmpqua Dunes Access 2 · ~1.8 mi N · USFS
- Flush restroomEel Creek Campground · ~2.6 mi SE · USFS
Coming out here — Umpqua Sand Camping site 51 · Siuslaw National Forest · OR
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Pacific Ocean as an ocean (no flow class in the record), ~0.2 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). The record carries no flow class for it. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 1% — flat. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (3 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.
- Rail line mapped ~3.3 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in 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 Umpqua Sand Camping site 51 elsewhere
Other camps near Umpqua Sand Camping site 51
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
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- Umpqua Sand Camping site 52~0.2 mi · fee
- Umpqua Sand Camping site 48~0.2 mi · fee
- Umpqua Sand Camping site 49~0.3 mi · fee
The unit that manages Umpqua Sand Camping site 51
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Umpqua Sand Camping site 51 are set by Siuslaw National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Umpqua Sand Camping site 51
Fee note
$10 a night per the Recreation.gov page, read 18 Sep 2026: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234196
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there) | Fee 2026-09-18: $10 per night, by site type and season (Recreation.gov rates table). Source: https://www.recreation.gov/api/camps/campgrounds/234196/rates (fee_backfill, figure verified on that page).
Site details
The OpenStreetMap contributors listing's own fields for this site (site type, whether tents or trailers fit, capacity, toilet, water, campfires, reservations). Printed as the record states them, unchecked by us, and never used to make a cost claim -- the cost verdict above is decided separately and audited before every deploy.
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 Umpqua Sand Camping site 51
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 — Umpqua Sand Camping site 51
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Forest road numbers →Picking a spot →All field notes →