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Hult Pond

12 Reviews

About

Bureau of Land Management

This site, sometimes referred to as Horton Lake, Hult Marsh, Hult Reservoir, or Mill Pond, was developed in the early 1900s for logging operations. The reservoir and surrounding wetland is about 40 acres and supports a rich diversity of wildlife, fish, and plant species. This recreation site is popular for activities such as fishing, camping, hiking, horseback riding, and scenic driving.

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Location

Hult Pond is located in Oregon

Directions

This site is located 28 miles northwest of Eugene and 5 miles north of Horton. Access to this site is via Highway 36 and Lane County Road #3640. From Horton, follow the paved road #3640 for about one mile until it connects to BLM Road #15-35. Follow the gravel road for about one mile to access the recreation area.

Coordinates

44.241407 N
123.495773 W

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Site Types

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Features

For Campers

ADA Access
Picnic Table
Firewood Available
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

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Enjoy dispersed camping on government land and leave no trace. Pack in and pack out. No (or limited) services at this camping area. Permit may be required.

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General Info

Chloe

Scout

Reviewed Mar. 18, 2024

Good spot!

About an 1 hour from Corvallis but worth it if you can go at a good time! No service but great from a seclusion! So remember all games and firewood you need!!

Month of VisitApril

Eric C.

Traveler

Reviewed Sep. 17, 2023

Secluded Pond Great for a Quick stay

Great spot for a quick stay. There are only a few flat spots for RVs but quite a few decent spots for tent camping next to the pond. The west side of the pond has at least 2 spots that are a good distance away from the others. At the moment, no fires or barbecues allowed but propane stoves and lanterns are fine. Look for Bandits blue squeaky disk! We lost it and never found it.

SiteH12

Month of VisitOctober

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Matthew Z.

Scout

Reviewed Jul. 17, 2023

Nice Place

Decent spots with Fire Pits off the lake. Bathrooms not too far of a drive/walk if needed. Lots of people earlier in the day. All the good ones were taken, later around 6pm a perfect one opened up and we jumped on it.

SiteOff the lake

Month of VisitAugust

Scotty K.

Scout

Reviewed May. 16, 2023

Fantastic spot!

Nice, cleared spots, not too many other people.

Month of VisitJune

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Scout

Reviewed Sep. 23, 2022

Beautiful Campsites along Pond

Campsite: was lovely

Location: about 20 feet from the road where we parked, right along the pond.

Things people may want to be aware of: there were a few logging trucks and such using the road by the campsite, the bathrooms were not super close to the site, and campfires are not permitted.

Month of VisitOctober

Brandon A.

Guide

Reviewed Sep. 20, 2022

Great quite area

I love heading out that way. I have seen reviews of the place talking about tweaker the place but I have not had any encounters with anyone like that. And I love that it is dispersed camping all around there. I travel a little bit up the creek past the pond. Beautiful area a good fishing.

Sitedispersed

Month of VisitSeptember

Miranda M.

Guide

Reviewed Sep. 19, 2022

Not bad

We got there a little after noon and the hood spots were taken that are on the lake. However I drove further up and camped at H5. It was a lot more private, and we had the creek to ourselves.

SiteH5

Month of VisitOctober

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Henrik

Traveler

Reviewed Jul. 3, 2022

Great private lakefront sites

The sites are sling the right side of the of the road, the road that leads along the left (west side) of the lake. There are several sites, we stayed in H2, which is painted on the road. It's a short 30 feet walk to the site from the parking spot. We had a lakefront site which was private and spacious. There was easy access to the lake, which us full of jumping fish. We had a great time, people were friendly and it was relatively quiet. We are glad to have made the trip to "Horton Lake". Definitely recommended.

SiteH2

Month of VisitAugust

Brandon A.

Traveler

Reviewed Sep. 27, 2021

Great spot with lots of dispersed camping

I read some of the reviews when deciding to go there or not. I am so glad that I decided to go ahead and go instead of listening to the reviews. I had no issues with Tweakers wasn't harassed by anybody or anything like that. All the people we ran into very nice very courteous and we ended up camping just up the creek a little bit and it just the first sight. The area is beautiful lots of privacy and the fishing was pretty decent caught three largemouth bass.

Sitedispersed

Month of VisitSeptember

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Ed M.

Scout

Reviewed May. 28, 2021

Quiet

It was a nice Abe quiet place to chill for a few days. Will go back.

No hook ups, but you can access the river.

Sitearound hult pond

Month of VisitJune

jacob P.

Traveler

Reviewed Apr. 29, 2021

The wrong sort of nostalgia

Our weekend at Hult Pond was unforgettable. I know because I have tried.

Disbursed camp sights sprawl along this man made log pond and nightmarish horror movie set along a footpath seamingly designed to dump its evening travelers into the muck that is Hult Pond. Jagged old logs poke out of the stagnant water as a reminder that someone used to get paid to spend the day here.

If this doesn’t sound like the most picturesque of settings I would direct you to the strange log loading equipment rusting just on the forbidden side of a gated barbed wire fence. Upon closer inspection you see what must be tetanus’s way of luring barefoot boys and girls into a summer of drooling lockjaw.

The access road is a still functioning rock quarry road that hosts a never ending parade of old rattling dump trucks and loaders. Nothing says ,”getting away from the hustle and bustle” quite like a convoy barrelling down a narrow road spilling basketball sized boulders before returning bouncing back up empty and clearly attempting to meet a quota.

The whole thing gave me an uneasy sense of nostalgia. Reminding me of the days we would gather by the dozens with red solo cups full of Hams. We would drink ourselves into a vomiting delirium in a parking lot off some old logging road. We would wake up with profanities drawn on our faces as punishment for succumbing to alcohol poisoning sooner than at least one of our classmates.

In fact I believe that’s exactly what the 58 kids in the campsite right next to ours we’re doing each night of our trip.

The girls learned all sorts of colorful language and I believed, based on the way my ten year old son was drooling that the tetanus had succeeded. I was not relieved to discover on our final morning, him wreaking of cheap beer and cigarettes and moaning how horrible he felt while proffering his undying love to a high school girl named Tiffany.

Not recommended.

Month of VisitJuly

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Sean P.

Guide

Reviewed Jul. 20, 2020

Mediocre at best

The views around the pond are very nice. Campsites are okay; some better than others. There's one bathroom facility but it's towards the entrance and the beginning of sites at the pond so be prepared with a shovel and TP. There are so many logging roads at this camp ground/mountain with dispersed camping available anywhere with flat ground you just might not be close to the pond. I went on a Friday and there were alot of people but the sites were spread out nicely you didn't really get bothered by anyone. My site was the last one by the water before it turns marshy though you could pass my site and drive for miles on logging roads. Fishing from shore is not advised; at least from my camp site. There's a large tree that runs out into the water which looks like a great place to fish but as you walk to the end of the log you'll see fishing lines all over. I lost 3 lures at that log and I think many others had too. Even watched one guy from camp try and fish there but he too got some snagged though he went in after them. A paddle boat or kayak is best; no motorized boats allowed. There's not a whole lot to do at this place. No trails that I could find so my dog and I walked on logging roads for a couple miles. This trip was spur of the moment and just wanted to get away for a night. I don't think I would come back. But some of the pictures and views were highlights of the trip.. there is a convenient store right before the entrance of the grounds though I never went but I'm sure you could get some essentials if forgotten.

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