This campground [ is high up on Pine Mountain, just across the road from the observatory. It features a couple small dirt parking areas, picnic tables, and an outhouse. There is no fee for camping here. There are ten camping sites. The area is snowed in from Dec.-May, if not longer. The area is a forest of ponderosa pine. It’s considerably higher and cooler than Bend. The campground, about 32 miles from Bend, is most easily accessible from Highway 20 just east of the now-out-of-business«town» of Millican. You drive on an unpaved but graded road through desert before climbing way up the mountain. The actual summit is just a short drive beyond the camp — there are a couple communications towers on top. Near the campground a road labeled«Not maintained» cuts off down to the south. I didn’t go this way…
