Campground Camping

Campground Camping Areas

• Barlow Ranger District

  Barlow Ranger District is on the East side of Mount Hood.

• Badger Lake Campground
• Bear Springs Group Campground

  Bear Springs Campground is located near Highway 26. The campground is relatively shady, with tall ponderosa pine dispersed throughout the site. Located on Indian Creek, which has fishing opportunities, at the border with the Warm Springs Reservation. The campground is easily accessible from Highway 216. 
  
  The campground offers single-family and group sites for tent and RV camping. Each site is equipped with a table and campfire ring with grill. Vault toilets, drinking water and trash collection are provided, but utility hookups are not available. Parking surfaces are gravel and dirt. Firewood can be purchased from the host.

• Bonney Crossing Campground
• Bonney Meadows Campground
• Clear Creek Crossing Campground
• Eightmile Campground

  Upper Eightmile Campground is located near the 44 Trail System (Forest Road 44), which is a popular multi-use trail system. Campers have access to Eightmile Loop Trail #496 from the campground. The approximately 6-mile loop is a popular hiking and mountain biking loop. The Eightmile Loop Trail, along with other trails in the area, is maintained with the help of our partner, 44 Trails Association.

• Fifteenmile Campground

  Fifteenmile Campground is a small campground situated along Fifteenmile Creek. This campground is popular due to its proximity to Fifteenmile Trail, which is popular for hikers and bikers, as well as the Badger Creek Wilderness boundary. 
  
  Located on the border of the Badger Creek Wilderness. Provides access to Fifteenmile Trail #456.

• Forest Creek Campground
• Keeps Mill Campground
• Knebal Springs Campground

  Knebal Springs Campground is located in an open Ponderosa pine setting. The campground is adjacent to Knebal Springs Trail, which is a loop of approximately 10 miles - popular for mountain bikers and horseback riders.

• Little Badger Campground
• Lower Eightmile Crossing Campground
• McCubbins Gulch Campground & Day Use
• McCubbins Overflow Campground
• Pebble Ford Campground
• Rock Creek Reservoir Campground

  The campground is easily accessible and very popular due to the beautiful lake and serene atmosphere. This campground is found on the Rock Creek Reservoir. This campground is popular for families & anglers, and is shaded by lovely ponderosa pines.

• Spring Drive RV Campground
• Underhill Campground
• White River Station Campground
• Clackamas River Ranger District

  Clackamas River Ranger District is southwest of Mt. Hood. The 140,000-acre Riverside Fire that was propelled by the historic Labor Day windstorm has created countless hazard trees and possible slides along many key district roads. Learn more about specific road closures on the district.

• Armstrong Campground
• Bagby Campground
• Breitenbush Lake Campground
• Carter Bridge Campground

  CLOSED DUE TO RIVERSIDE FIRE

  On the Wild and Scenic Clackamas River. The campground is a compact single loop through cedars, maples, and alders. A couple of berry patches suggest good picking in late summer. Some sites have great views of the river. Popular recreation activities include fishing and whitewater rafting.

  Download a Whitewater Recreation Map here!

• Clackamas Lake Campground
• Fish Creek Campground/Day Use
• Hideaway Lake Campground
• Indian Henry Campground
• Kingfisher Campground
• Lake Harriet Campground/Day Use
• Lazy Bend Campground
• Lockaby Campground
• Olallie Lake Resort

  Cabins, yurts, camping, fishing, boating, and hiking available at this beautiful scenic and quiet privately operated resort on Mt. Hood National Forest. Please be mindful of the remote nature of the Olallie Lake Scenic Area. There is no cell phone service. The roads are rough and there are no gas stations or auto repair shops, so have your gas tank full and come prepared.

• Camp Ten (Olallie Lake) Campground
• Horseshoe Lake Campground
• Lower Lake (Olallie Lake) Campground
• Olallie Meadow Campground

  This campground, nestled just north of Mount Jefferson, has incredible views and provides wonderful solitude in a somewhat rustic environment.

  Olallie Meadow Campground map (PDF)

• Paul Dennis (Olallie Lake) Campground
• Peninsula (Olallie Lake) Campground
• Triangle Lake Horse Camp
• Raab Campground
• Rainbow Campground
• Ripplebrook Campground

  CLOSED DUE TO RIVERSIDE FIRE 

  Ripplebrook Campground is a charming facility for nature enthusiasts and lies in a beautiful forest setting. Fly fishing and whitewater rafting are popular near the campground, as it neighbors the Clackamas Wild and Scenic River. The small facility is geared more toward tent camping, however, tent trailers and small RVs may enjoy it. Located on the Oak Grove Fork of the Clackamas River.

• Ripplebrook Store/Fee Station
• Riverford Campground
• Riverside Campground
• Roaring River Campground
• Shellrock Creek Campground
• Sunstrip Campground
• Hood River Ranger District

  Hood River Ranger District spans the North, East, and part of the South side of Mt Hood.

• Barlow Creek Campground
• Barlow Crossing Campground
• Black Lake Campground
• Clear Lake Campground

  Located on the eastern shore of Clear Lake. Wheelchair accessible.

  Clear Lake is not a natural lake but a reservoir created and managed under a long-term permit for agricultural irrigation off the Forest. The lake usually becomes increasingly shallow beginning in early July in order to meet these agricultural water rights needs.

• Cloud Cap Saddle Campground

  Cloud Cap Saddle is a small campground and the location of Cloud Cap - Tilly Jane North trailhead which provides access to Timberline National Historic Trail #600 and Tilly Jane Trail #600A from the north. 
  
  This campground has NO potable water.

  The Historic Cloud Cap Inn is just up the road from the campground and is now used by search and rescue teams on the mountain. Check out the Hood River Crag Rats for more information.

• Frog Lake Campground

  Frog Lake Campground is a beautiful and somewhat rustic campground located on the north end of Frog Lake. It provides access to enjoyable outdoor activities, including fishing and leisurely canoeing on the calm, mountain lake. Campground is wheelchair accessible.

• Gibson Prairie Horse Camp
• Grindstone Campground
• Kinnikinnick (Laurance Lake) Campground

  This campground is located on the southern edge of Laurance Lake. Walk-in access only to the campsites. With good lake views, regular sightings of bald eagles and rock and hill formations that surround this site, it's the perfect place to go "off the grid" and enjoy the outdoors.

  The location offers vault toilets. There is a boat ramp nearby. Laurance Lake allows all non-motorized water sports. There are no rental facilities on site.

• Lost Lake Campground, Resort and Day Use Area
• Nottingham Campground
• Polallie Campground
• Rainy Lake Campground
• Sherwood Campground
• Tilly Jane Campground
• Wahtum Lake Campground
• Zigzag Ranger District

  Zigzag Ranger District spans 250,000 acres on the south and west side of Mt Hood and is about an hour from Portland. 

  The district manages one of the region's largest recreation programs including 550 summer homes, 30 developed campgrounds, three ski areas including Timberline Lodge, over 300 miles of trails, and two wilderness areas.  

  The district also manages the Bull Run Watershed cooperatively with the City of Portland, which supplies drinking water to the Portland metro area. 

  The Zigzag Ranger District offices are historic, constructed in the 1930s by the CCC.

  Scroll down for a list of Zigzag Ranger District recreation sites, sorted by activity.

• Alpine Campground
• Camp Creek Campground
• Green Canyon Campground
• Joe Graham Horse Camp

  Joe Graham Horse Campground is a beautiful equestrian camp with views of majestic Mt. Hood and its surrounding forest. It provides access to a variety of hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding trails, as well as scenic historic sites. Located near Clackamas Lake.

• Little Crater Lake Campground
• Lost Creek Campground/Day Use
• McNeil Campground
• Riley Horse Campground
• Still Creek Campground
• Summit Lake Campground
• Timothy Lake- Gone Creek Campground
• Timothy Lake- Hoodview Campground
• Timothy Lake- Meditation Point Campground

  Meditation Point Campground is a small, primitive hike-to campground on the shores of Timothy Lake. Campers can park at the West Shore Day Use area to access the campground. There is also a small trailhead on NF-5890 on the north side of the lake. A day use permit or annual pass is required for parking. The rustic sites are limited to groups of six campers each. The 7 campsites are accessible by boat, bike or hike only. There is a vault toilet, and each site is equipped with a table and fire ring.

• Meditation Point Trail #526
• Timothy Lake- North Arm Campground
• Timothy Lake- Oak Fork Campground
• Timothy Lake- Pine Point Campground

  Pine Point Campground is located on the southwest side of Timothy Lake, in the shadow of Mt. Hood. There are miles of scenic trails surrounding the campground and access to the lake provides endless recreation possibilities. There is a large parking area on the lakeshore for boaters. The campground has barrier-free campsites and restrooms

• Timothy Lake- Stone Creek Campground
• Tollgate Campground/Day-Use
• Trillium Lake Campground