U.S. Forest Service · Winema National Forest · OR

Scott Creek Campground

4Heads up4 fires, nearest 22 mi
Wildfire
Nfca #36 fire · 22 mi away · 0 acres · updated Oct 16, 2026
Wildfire
Gingko fire · 27 mi away · 6 acres · updated Oct 17, 2026
Wildfire
408 fire · 28 mi away · 0 acres · updated Oct 17, 2026
Wildfire
Forty Four fire · 31 mi away · 9 acres · updated Oct 15, 2026
First come, first servedNo reservation, and none to be had: the sites go to whoever pulls in first.

This is how it should work.

Right now
Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
A night
FreeNo camping fee
Drawn from the record · 4,730 ft · 27% tree cover · Scott Creek within reach · Bortle 2 sky
4,730 ftElevation
836 ftWater · Scott Creek
43.2 miN of Klamath Falls, OR
27%Tree cover
Bortle 2Night sky · 140th darkest of 770 in OR

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there

In the agency’s own words

Scott Creek Campground is located 50 minutes southwest of Chemult, Oregon. This site lies off the beaten path and is an ideal camping destination if you want to relax in a serene and remote setting. A mix of conifers like lodgepole, ponderosa pines, and white firs shade the six campsites. You'll find each site with a picnic table and fire ring. There is one vault toilet and an information board. Scott Creek flows peacefully through the north side of the campground and you may see a few small trout swimming in the creek. In the fall, this campground is popular amongst hunters. There is no potable water. Visitors need to bring an adequate supply of water.

Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Vault Toilets
“…picnic table and fire ring. There is one vault toilet and an information board. Scott Creek flows…”
Drinking water
None, bring your own
“…campground is popular amongst hunters. There is no potable water. Visitors need to bring an adequate supply of…”
Source: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Creek
Source: Stated in the agency description

Nothing to book, just show up

One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first, and it costs nothing at all. Get there before noon on a summer weekend.

recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.

BookingNo reservationsNothing to book, and no release date to wait forthe record
A nightFreeNo camping feethe agency’s fee record
A weekendNothingDerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
Runs itU.S. Forest Servicethe agency’s record
Every line of the receipt · 4

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
Camping feeFree
No fee
The booking feerecreation.gov
Nothing. This campground takes no bookings, so there’s no reservation fee to pay.
What a stay costs
A night, and a whole weekendDerivedNothing

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s own record says there’s no camping fee, and no booking fee, because this campground takes no reservations. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

How we know this receipt · 5
Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this

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Getting there

the map and the coordinate

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today68°Mostly Sunny
Tonight27°Mostly Clear
Sunday66°Mostly Sunny
Sunday Night28°Partly Cloudy

NWS forecast for Fort Klamath, OR

Typical weather

Typical October night 28°F, day 64°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 19°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°10°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: CHILOQUIN 12 NW (FORT KLAMATH), OR (USC00351574), 13 miles away and 550 ft lower

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Cliff Bentz, official portrait

Scott Creek Campground is in Oregon’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Cliff Bentz (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

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How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: U.S. Forest Service’s own recreation database flags it not open and publishes no reason and no date. That’s a flag, not a notice.
Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.
Nearest place of any size: Fort Klamath, OR, 12.6 mi NNE (a census designated place). Straight line.