Availability
Echo Lake Junction Backcountry Area and Cook and Green Creek are mapped at or near the camp-area marker. This is map evidence, not a real-time flow report.
Backpacking camp
Echo Lake Junction Backcountry Area camp area
Red Buttes Wilderness, California
About this place
This marker is the source-derived Echo Lake junction on Horse Camp Trail, shortly beyond the high meadow; the unmodeled spur to the lake leaves the official main trail here.
The marker is not a tent pad: use durable legal ground under wilderness setbacks, treat water, and verify June–October access and current fire conditions.
Water planning
Water at this camp
Natural water at or near this camp areaDrinking safety
Natural water is not verified potable. Filter and disinfect it or boil it according to the linked land-manager guidance before drinking.
Seasonality
Echo Lake Junction Backcountry Area is a mapped waterbody; USGS does not classify it here as seasonal or year-round. Confirm current level, access, and quality. Cook and Green Creek is classified as perennial in USGS hydrography, but current flow still must be confirmed.
- Echo Lake Junction Backcountry AreaLake or pond · at the camp areaMapped waterbody — level and access can change · Treat before drinkingOfficial source
- Cook and Green CreekRiver or stream · 0.4 mi awayMapped perennial source — verify current flow · Treat before drinkingOfficial source
Fire planning
Campfire & stove rules
Fire only where the applicable forest currently permitsCampfires
Red Buttes spans Klamath and Rogue River–Siskiyou jurisdictions. Use an existing safe site only when the controlling forest order allows a wood fire; never infer legality from an old ring.
Backpacking stoves
Shutoff-valve stove with California permit. On the California portion, use a gas or pressurized-fuel stove with a working shutoff valve and carry the California Campfire Permit; wood and twig stoves follow the fire restriction.
Permit
Carry the California Campfire Permit for any otherwise-legal California stove or fire and check Oregon rules before crossing the state line.
Current restrictions
Check both Klamath and Rogue River–Siskiyou fire orders; the stricter current order controls the corresponding segment.
Seasonal access
Closures & seasonal access
High Red Buttes routes and remote Oregon-side forest roads are commonly snowbound into late spring or summer and can close after wildfire, storms, washouts, or fallen treesPlace closure
No recurring date-based closure of Echo Lake Junction Backcountry Area is published. The source-connected approach conditions below and temporary emergency orders still control access.
Seasonal access
Source-connected approach: Horse Camp Trailhead. High Red Buttes routes and remote Oregon-side forest roads are commonly snowbound into late spring or summer and can close after wildfire, storms, washouts, or fallen trees.
Before driving
Check Klamath and Rogue River–Siskiyou conditions and verify the exact Horse Camp road, gate, parking, snow, and fire status before travel.
Mapped approaches
Choose a trailhead for Echo Lake Junction Backcountry Area camp area
Each option has a sourced trail route to this camp area. Choose one to open its itinerary builder with this destination in context.
- Horse Camp Trailhead2.4 mi awayView trailheadBuild from here
Map
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- Latitude
- 41.962512° N
- Longitude
- 123.172002° W