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South Fork Bridge Creek Road•Malheur National Forest

9/25/2024

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00:00     Title
00:15     Magone Recreation Area
03:00     Logan Valley Region
09:10     Starr Campground
11:40     Crescent Campground
14:15     Dixie Campground
16:00     Idlewild Campground
18:55     South Fork Bridge Creek Road
21:16     Fin

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Instead of trying to live the city apartment lifestyle during the 2020 Covid Pandemic, I decided to do an isolation camping tour of the west. The goal was to go to as many of the least populated destinations as possible, in order to avoid contact with big crowds, like those found in the national parks. Most of the planned destinations were in wildlife refuges, national forests and BLM public lands, which rarely make the front page of the proverbial motel room tourism brochures. Seeking free places to camp was also a high priority, since unemployment was rampant and there was no way of knowing how thin the budget needed to be stretched.

Seeking free camping areas quickly became a pastime during the Covid isolation trip and there actually was a method to the madness. There are several free camping websites to choose from on the internet, which made it easy to find leads. The free camping websites all have flaws and inaccuracies, while the user comments often are the only reliable material to refer to. Some of the free camping website destinations are like a roll of the dice, so one never knows if the campsite will be pure paradise or an abandoned hunting pad next to a county dump. A lot of seasonal hunting campsites are also mistakenly listed as free campgrounds, which can really bring the uninitiated very deep into the woods. 

Such was the case with the South Fork Bridge Creek Road free camping search venture, which actually turned out to be an interesting event. Basically, the internet description mentioned a roadside area for tent camping in the Malheur National Forest and that was about it. The GPS coordinates were all that could be relied upon, which were questionable from the start. There was only one way to find out if the venture was worth it, so down the long dirt road I went. After going about 100 yards down South Fork Bridge Creek Road, it was easy to see that a free camping website user entered data for a hunting campsite, since that was all that could be seen from the roadside. 

Just for the fun of it, I continued traveling on South Fork Bridge Creek Road just to see what lies ahead. The road was like a tunnel through the towering pines and a hawk actually was hunting ahead of the vehicle as I cruised real slow. Soon the road started going uphill and the road conditions changed from having multiple tire tracks to none at all. This section of South Fork Bridge Creek Road was overgrown and it looked as if it was used about once per year, so this definitely was a hunting route. A mile or two further revealed a high elevation meadow slope that looked perfect for staking out big game, which confirmed the notion.

The pieces of the puzzle all came together during the South Fork Bridge Creek Road free camping search and for anybody interested in hunting or photographing wildlife, this little nook in the deep woods is worth noting. South Fork Bridge Creek Road is located in the Malheur National Forest, but finding the exact location will be a challenge, since I neglected to log the GPS coordinates. A visit to a Malheur National Forest Ranger Station will provide all the answers along with more dispersed camping suggestions, which will likely be far better than rolling the dice at an internet free camping website!  
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