Plot Butte RD (FR 2313000) in OR -- Camping Rules & Access
Plot Butte RD (FR 2313000) in OR
Road corridorDeschutes NF, Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District
32 mi from La Pine
Maps 4,979 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 8–8.5 and 13.5–13.8 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Motor-vehicle season 10/16–9/24Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year
VerizonWEAK
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT
Road Access
Rough
- All 13.8 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Near Antelope Butte.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Winds through 4 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Secluded
- Secluded here, with the nearest through road 2.2 miles off.
- Plot Butte Waterhole lies 1.2 mi off.
Rules
- Motorized access for dispersed camping is only allowed to existing, designated, or defined sites, and no closer than 30 feet to a stream, wetland, or water body (Motorized access for dispersed camping, all MVUM-designated roads, Deschutes NF) Applies to motorized access only; 30 ft setback from stream, wetland or water body.
- For all roads in this table: Vehicle type and dates allowed are the same as permitted on road (Season and vehicle class of motorized dispersed-camping access, Deschutes NF)
- Camping rules (Roads carrying the MVUM dispersed-camping dot symbol on Deschutes MVUM Map 7 (2026)) Motor vehicle use off the road for dispersed camping is permitted within 300 feet of the road. Motorized access only to existing, designated, or defined sites, no closer than 30 feet to a stream, wetland, or water body (Dispersed Camping Table special provision).
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 27–60°F, 0.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.