Dick's Fork (FR 1045000) in OR -- Camping Rules & Access in Oregon

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Dick's Fork (FR 1045000) in OR

Road corridorSiuslaw NF, Central Coast Ranger District-ODNRA

3.0 mi from Waldport

Maps 33 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Stay limit: 14 days · within 60 days · Then leave the forest
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 3.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 2.1 miles of it gravel.
  • Near Big Creek Log Pond.
  • Estimated climb: 610 ft over 3.6 miles through 6 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 25%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

8 known camp spots along this road, between mile 0.3 and mile 3.6: reported by travellers.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • A pond lies 0.1 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.
  • Kerby Ridge stands 1,700 ft above the map pin, 4.3 miles southeast.

Rules

  • Camping, occupying, or otherwise leaving camping equipment and/or related supplies overnight for a period longer than 14 calendar days in a consecutive 60-day period. Occupant must move off the Forest after 14 days; return to the Forest must not occur before 60 days have passed
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

September normals 5166°F, 2.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.