FR 6620060 — Round Butte in OR -- Camping Rules & Access

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FR 6620060 — Round Butte in OR

Road corridorOchoco NF, Crooked River NG

6.5 mi from Madras

Maps 2,448 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.1–0.4 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Ochoco National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 4/1–11/30Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · no more than 28 days within any 365-day period on all NFS lands in the order
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 1.4 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.6 miles off.
  • The Lake Simtustus shoreline is 0.5 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
  • Round Butte stands 825 ft above the map pin, 1.8 miles southeast.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 36–63°F, 0.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.