Oregon · Camping

Deerhorn Forest Camp

May–Sep
best months

Is Deerhorn Forest Camp open right now?

No closures listed

The Forest Service lists no closures for Malheur National Forest.

As of · Source: USFS · Malheur National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

  • At 4,000 ft
  • Blue Mountain Ranger DistrictMalheur National Forest

Deerhorn Forest Camp is a small Forest Service campground in Oregon's Blue Mountain Ranger District of the Malheur National Forest, set along the Middle Fork John Day River State Scenic Waterway. It's a base for fishing, exploring, nature watching and hunting, and it's busiest during late summer and hunting season. Vault toilets are the only amenity, and the site charges a fee. Late summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show July and August highs around 83°F with only about four or five wet days a month. Winters there are cold, with January highs near 34°F and lows around 15°F. Middle Fork Campground lies about 1.3 miles away. The Meadow Trail, Dixie Trail and Davis Creek Trail #244 are each about 3.9 miles off.

  • Best time to go · May–Sep

    Best time to visit Deerhorn Forest Camp

    Best months: May–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

    1. Jan

      34° / 15°

      14 wet

    2. Feb

      39° / 18°

      12 wet

    3. Mar

      46° / 23°

      13 wet

    4. Apr

      53° / 28°

      12 wet

    5. May

      62° / 34°

      12 wet

    6. Jun

      71° / 39°

      9 wet

    7. Jul

      83° / 43°

      5 wet

    8. Aug

      83° / 42°

      4 wet

    9. Sep

      73° / 35°

      5 wet

    10. Oct

      59° / 28°

      7 wet

    11. Nov

      42° / 22°

      12 wet

    12. Dec

      33° / 16°

      15 wet

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Austin 3 S, OR, 5.5 mi away at 4,213 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

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