Established Camping
Big Bend Campground
About This Campground
Bureau of Land Management
Located south of Prineville, Oregon, this campground offers year-round camping and Crooked Wild and Scenic River access along the Lower Crooked Back Country Byway. Cooperatively managed in partnership with the Bureau of Reclamation and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, this campground's…
Fee Info
$8 per night; $2 per extra vehicle (tow vehicles excluded) with a maximum of two vehicles allowed per site. Group-use site is $16 per night.
Location
Big Bend Campground is located in Oregon
Directions
_From Prineville, Oregon_ : Drive 19.2 miles south on State Highway 27; the campground will be on your right.
Coordinates
44.11304087 N
120.793586 W
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonUnknown
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
Features
For Campers
- ADA Access
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Drinking Water
- Toilets
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Pull-Through Sites

Riverside rest
This is the first campground after descending from the Prineville Reservoir. It is the only campground of the several along this section of the Crooked River with a campground host and water. The water came from a hand pump, something you cannot use to fill and RV as it spurts and sputters like…
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Last Campground in Lower Crooked River coming from Prineville
One of the many campgrounds along the Lower Crooked River, and is first come first serve. I stayed in mid June and got the last campsite on a Friday night out of all the campgrounds so it fills up fast. There is a trail that goes to the base of the dam for the Prineville Reservoir from the…
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Ada kinda sorta.
Got a riverside spot. Most Ada will definitely need help to get to actual riverside. There is a paved trail that ok but steep and doesn’t take you to river. Parking Asphalt area tends to be crowded with old folks really not needing a flat Ada paved spot but they be first there so they can get it.…
Location
Big Bend Campground is located in Oregon
Directions
_From Prineville, Oregon_ : Drive 19.2 miles south on State Highway 27; the campground will be on your right.
Coordinates
44.11304087 N
120.793586 W