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Central Oregon / Deschutes Foraging Conditions — ForageIQ

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Central Oregon / Deschutes

3,500–9,000 ft · OR🚗 Directions

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Deschutes NF and Willamette NF east slopes. Dry pine forests transition to moist mixed conifer. Good matsutake in pumice soils. Ponderosa and lodgepole pine.

Trees:Ponderosa Pine Lodgepole Pine Douglas Fir

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Updated May 29, 4:06 AM MT

Foraging Potential55/100

✅Moisture

✅Soil Temp

❌No Freeze

✅No Drought

Precip 7d

Observed precipitation from PRISM 4km gridded analysis, sampled at the region centroid through 2026-05-27. Used when no SNOTEL/SCAN station is mapped to this region.

0.37"

PRISM 4km · thru 05-27

Precip 14d

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Nearby Camping

Within(60)

Quinn Meadow Horse Camp

developed

USFS~0.6 mi from centerFee required/night

Deschutes National Forest

Quinn Meadow Horse Camp

developed

~0.7 mi from centerFee required/night

ELK LAKE CAMPGROUND

developed

USFS~1.4 mi from center

Point Campground

developed

USFS~2.3 mi from centerFee required/night

Deschutes National Forest

MALLARD MARSH CAMPGROUND

developed

USFS~2.6 mi from center

Deschutes National Forest

Little Fawn Campground

developed

USFS~2.6 mi from center

Deschutes National Forest

Mallard Marsh Campground

developed

USFS~2.7 mi from center

South Campground

developed

USFS~2.7 mi from centerFee required/night

Deschutes National Forest

Devils Lake Campground

developed

USFS~2.8 mi from centerFee required/night

Deschutes National Forest

South Campground

developed

USFS~2.8 mi from center

Soda Creek Campground

developed

~3.9 mi from centerFee required/night

Soda Creek Campground

developed

USFS~4 mi from centerFee required/night

Deschutes National Forest

Deschutes NF-Cascade Lakes Area

developed

USFS~4.1 mi from center

#1

backcountry

~4.5 mi from center

#2

backcountry

~4.6 mi from center

#7

backcountry

~4.6 mi from center

#5

backcountry

~4.6 mi from center

#4

backcountry

~4.6 mi from center

#3

backcountry

~4.6 mi from center

#9

backcountry

~4.7 mi from center

#6

backcountry

~4.7 mi from center

#8

backcountry

~4.7 mi from center

#10

backcountry

~4.7 mi from center

#11

backcountry

~4.8 mi from center

#15

backcountry

~4.8 mi from center

#14

backcountry

~4.8 mi from center

#13

backcountry

~4.8 mi from center

#12

backcountry

~4.8 mi from center

#19

backcountry

~4.9 mi from center

#17

backcountry

~4.9 mi from center

#20

backcountry

~4.9 mi from center

#16

backcountry

~4.9 mi from center

#21

backcountry

~5 mi from center

#22

backcountry

~5 mi from center

#18

backcountry

~5 mi from center

Todd Creek Horse Camp

developed

USFS~5.3 mi from centerFee required/night

Deschutes National Forest

Todd Creek Horse Camp

developed

~5.4 mi from center

Todd Lake Campground

developed

USFS~6 mi from centerFee required/night

Deschutes National Forest

LAVA LAKE CAMPGROUND

developed

USFS~6.1 mi from center

Lava Lake Campground

developed

USFS~6.2 mi from centerFee required/night

Deschutes National Forest

Lava Lake Campground

developed

~6.2 mi from centerFee required/night

44 sites

Little Lava Lake Campground

developed

USFS~6.4 mi from centerFee required/night

Deschutes National Forest

Little Lava Lake Campground

developed

~6.4 mi from centerFee required/night

15 sites

#8

backcountry

~6.5 mi from center

#4

backcountry

~6.5 mi from center

#3

backcountry

~6.5 mi from center

#6

backcountry

~6.5 mi from center

#7

backcountry

~6.5 mi from center

#9

backcountry

~6.5 mi from center

#10

backcountry

~6.5 mi from center

Little Lava Lake

developed

USFS~6.5 mi from center

#5

backcountry

~6.6 mi from center

#15

backcountry

~6.7 mi from center

#2

backcountry

~6.7 mi from center

#1

backcountry

~6.8 mi from center

#19

backcountry

~7.1 mi from center

#21

backcountry

~7.2 mi from center

#20

backcountry

~7.3 mi from center

#22

backcountry

~7.4 mi from center

Deschutes Bridge Campground

developed

~9 mi from center

⚠ Road Access Notice

Always verify road access is public before following GPS directions to mountain areas. Many forest roads are seasonal, gated, or require 4WD. Dispersed camping follows USFS/BLM rules (typically 14-day limit). Check ranger district offices for current road and campground conditions.