Mount Hood National Forest Rock Creek Reservoir Campground

New concession operator won't accept America the beautiful senior pass for the day use parking at the boat ramp area! This federal pass has always allowed me to camp for half price and park at day use areas for free. Now it will cost me 10.00 to park to fish! How can a concession operator decide which federal passes can be used? Been fishing and camping here for years, but won't be going back!

Lovely, well -described campground. Intermittent Verizon cell signal adequate for texting and reading/sending email, but buy more than that. It's near Pine Hollow, which won't be dry like this one, which is lovely regardless. Many Forest Service roads nearby of you want to boondocks and then day use at Rock Creek. Also not far from the lovely Central Oregon towns of Maupin and Dufur.

Have stayed here every year for the past 7-8 years. The campground is typical with amenities that you would expect, water, toilets, fire rings.

This reservoir is stocked with trout along with some trophies; one of the guys in a group I was with landed a 3 lb + rainbow.

Met really nice campers

This is a small campground on the shores of Rock Creek Reservoir, however when you go in the late summer there is no water remaining near half of the campground. The remaining water in the reservoir was small and near the dam, with lots of people fishing the remaining fish. Even though the water levels were super low, there is evidence the water is much higher in the spring/early summer which means most of the spots in the campground would be right on the water.

I was in spot 28, on the edge of the reservoir, but couldn't see any water. The spot was huge with plenty of room for multiple tents. The campground host was quick to greet me, and remind me "No Fires due to extreme fire danger" but overall was very nice. I even spoke to her the next morning due to my neighbors blaring bad music loudly until about 0200 and she talked to them, and the next night no loud music.

The cons to the spot, the bathroom was kind of far away unless you cut through other peoples sites. Also people walked through my site to get to the reservoir, which was very annoying.

I would definitely go back to this campground, it was a great campground. But I would go back in early summer so I could enjoy a lake front campsite.