Established Camping
Lava Lake Campground
About
USDA Forest Service
Lava Lake Campground is popular with campers as the lower elevation lodgepole pine stands offer great screening between sites. This campground is located next to Lava Lake, and this site offers hiking and fishing opportunities.
The area has two boat ramps and lots of day use parking. The lake is…
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
- Boat-InSites accessible by watercraft.
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonGood
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
Features
For Campers
- ADA Access
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Firewood Available
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Drinking Water
- Toilets
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Sanitary Dump
- Pull-Through Sites
- Big Rig Friendly
Great high mountain stay
Lava Lake is not for those that glamp. It’s real camping with dirt, pitch, dust and bugs - and it’s pretty cool. There are several lakes to paddle on, many trails to hike and conveniently located not to far from Sun River.
We stayed in site 35, which is a back in. The site was easy to get into…
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Beautiful views!
We camped at Lava Lake for 4 nights. The campsite is small, which was nice. I think there are about 40 sites total. The lake was so beautiful, with nice views of sisters and bachelor. The Lava Lake store rocked too. Open 7 - 7 and they have everything and anything you could need. They also…
Simple, quiet lakeside campground
There seems to be some confusion or mixing of campgrounds in the Dyrt reviews. There are only two campgrounds at Lava Lake and one at Little Lava Lake which is right next door.
I did not see any dispersed campsites. However, there is a private campground run by the Lava Lake Resort and you can…
Location
Lava Lake Campground is located in Oregon
Directions
In Bend, OR, at the intersection of US 97 and Downtown/Mt Bachelor/Exit 138, take Exit 138 to Colorado Ave. Turn right (west) onto Colorado Av and go 1.7 miles to a roundabout. Take the third right off the roundabout onto Century Dr. and go 35.1 miles to campground sign. Turn left, onto Forest Rt. 500 and go 0.6 miles to a "Y" intersection. Bear left and go 0.2 miles to campground on right.
Coordinates
43.91290364480789 N
121.76536815686782 W