A Quite private, a good first-night spot. Dispersed Camping Near Pioneer-Indian Trail in Siuslaw National Forest

Native Americans and early settlers used this trail to travel from the Willamette Valley to the Pacific Coast. The trail runs over the top of Mt. Hebo, providing wonderful views of the Pacific Ocean. Sections of the trail are located in the Mt. Hebo Special Interest Area. Experience open mountain meadows and heavily forested areas on this 8 mile trail that begins at the Hebo Lake Day Use site (at Hebo Lake Campground) and ends at South Lake Dispersed Area.  The meadows in the Mt. Hebo Area are home to the Oregon silverspot butterfly, a sensitive species.

You can access the trail at Hebo Lake Day Use, South Lake Dispersed Area, or at the Mt. Hebo Horse Trailhead off of Forest Road 14, 0.6 miles east of Hebo Lake Campground.

Camping is prohibited within 200 feet of the trail and within the open meadows in the Mt. Hebo Special Interest Area.

Dispersed Camping Near Pioneer-Indian Trail in Siuslaw National Forest

We found this dispersed site by driving on Mt. Hebo Road about 20 minutes past Hebo Lake Campground. We noticed what looked like a logging road off to the right and followed it down for about 2 minutes. The road comes to an end and it was a perfect place to park our Cricket camper with plenty of room to turn around. 

  

This site sits kind of high up in the forest with super tall trees all around. We didn’t realize it at first but we were about 100 yards up from a hiking trail, The Pioneer-Indian Tr#1300. We only realized it when we saw hikers go by, some of whom didn’t even notice we were up above them. 

  

Going up the hike about 30 minutes will bring you to the top of Mt. Hebo with beautiful open views all the way to the coast. The hike goes all the way to South Lake. We gave up before we got there but as it was, that was a 10 mile round trip hike. Hiking the other way takes you to Hebo Lake Campground which we didn’t do. This was perfect spot to sit and relax and watch the forest and the sunset. Super peaceful and quiet. 

  

The only negative is that there is no way to know if someone is in this spot from the road so we had a few people drive down to check it out and then turn around. Also, there were a ton of flies both at the site and on the hike. 

  

To leave this site you have to drive up a pretty steep, pebbly road. We made it in our Subaru towing the Cricket but it was slightly nerve-racking and I would not try that in the snow or rain. Don’t think I would want to bring an RV down there either. 

  

Overall, this was such a great spot to get away from crowds and get some R&amp;R.

Private Dispersed Camping in Siuslaw National Forest

Headed to this spot we saw hebo lake campground and got very discouraged, but we drove on and eventually saw absolutely no-one! We didnt pass a single car the rest of the way. 
We missed the turn off originally but saw empty spot from the road after driving on a few minutes. It's very pineconey and pebbley driving in but the road is super super short! There is plenty of turn around room at the end too! 
People definitely come pretty regularly as the bullet casings are everywhere, someone left a target practice sheet, as well as cigarettes butts and white claw cans. 
Besides that we didnt see anyone the entire trip! Beautiful quiet paradise! 