Established Camping
Oregon Mine Campground
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National Forest
Malheur National Forest
Adjacent to Murderer's Creek, this little campground is a great base camp for hunters. The campground is a nice area for those wishing to horse camp, a buck and pole corral is located adjacent to the campground. Visitors to the campground can enjoy bird watching, hunting and fishing in near by…
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Great, quiet camping near wild horses! Gorgeous scenery! Great hiking! We had an amazing trip! We also got to watch a modern Cattle Drive! I think we accidentally timed our trip perfectly! And we not only saw Wild Horses, we woke up to them grazing in our camp ground! Note: no water, no garbage service, and no cell service. For us...no problem! We do carry an InReach Emergency communication device that we can always get an emergency message out... needed it here our 1st trip here when our truck broke down. Easily fixed and we were back enjoying camping, so still a perfect trip.
We enjoyed our trip so much we have been back several times! This is now one of our favorite camping places.
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Simple free horse camp near wild horses
There are wild horses in this area, but we didn’t get to see any! There is nice hiking in the area in this simple campsite in the middle of nowhere. There are toilets but no water (there’s a creek so boil or treat the water there), close to the road, and a good basecamp for hiking or horseback…
Location
Oregon Mine Campground is located in Oregon
Directions
From John Day, OR., travel approximatley 18 miles west on US Highway 26 to the junction of Forest Service Road 21. Travel south on Forest Service Road 21 for approximately 12 to the junction with Forest Service Road 2170. Travel west on Forest Service Road 2170 to Oregon Mine Forest Camp.
Coordinates
44.27554971 N
119.2961004 W