With over 1.6 million acres, the Willamette National Forest is home to eight wilderness areas, including the popular Three Sisters Wilderness and Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, a variety of backpacking and day hiking opportunities, waterfalls, wildflowers, mountain biking trails, boating, swimming and much more! The varied landscape of high mountains, narrow canyons, cascading streams, and wooded slopes offers excellent opportunities for visitors and make the forest valuable for many purposes. Learn More About The Forest.
Historic wildfires burned over 176,000 acres on the Willamette National Forest in 2020. While many fire-impacted areas will take years to recover, we are working as quickly, safely, and efficiently as possible to restore safe access for forest users. Part of restoring safe access for forest users is the removal of fire-weakened and killed danger trees along forest roads. Roads will not reopen and critical wildfire repair work cannot begin if danger trees pose a safety threat to the public or employees. Learn more about danger trees and how we are working to keep life safety our top priority in our ongoing recovery efforts.
The Willamette National Forest has issued a pre-solicitation for the concession operation of campgrounds and other government-owned recreation facilities. The purpose of the pre-solicitation is to inform businesses and organizations of the upcoming campground concession opportunity and of a site visit in August.
We strive to offer areas in the forest where everyone can experience the many natural wonders the area has to offer. Watch our Accessible Adventure Videos
