Best Glamping near Christmas Valley, OR

Summer Lake Hot Springs features upscale glamping accommodations in central Oregon's high desert landscape. The property maintains rustic-luxury cabins and glamping options alongside traditional camping areas, with guests enjoying access to mineral hot springs as part of their stay. The indoor pool housed in a barn-like structure offers a unique soaking experience, complemented by outdoor soaking pools at varying temperatures. All glamping accommodations include comfortable amenities while maintaining an eco-friendly, rustic aesthetic that blends with the natural surroundings. A visitor noted, "The cabins are clean and well kitted, the spring pools are absolutely pleasant, and the scenery outstanding."

The natural mineral hot springs serve as the centerpiece attraction, with both indoor and outdoor soaking options available to overnight guests. Christmas Valley Base Camp provides additional glamping accommodations in the region with electric hookups, shower facilities, and campfire areas for evening relaxation. The area offers exceptional stargazing opportunities due to minimal light pollution, with Summer Lake designated as a Dark Sky sanctuary. According to a camper, "Surrender yourself to the sky and scenery. This is a Dark Sky sanctuary - so many stars." Visitors should note that the remote location requires bringing supplies, as grocery options are limited to small convenience stores in nearby communities. Most glamping sites remain open year-round, though winter visitors should prepare for potentially harsh weather conditions.

Best Glamping Sites Near Christmas Valley, Oregon (4)

    1. Summer Lake Hot Springs

    12 Reviews
    Paisley, OR
    35 miles
    Website
    +1 (541) 943-3931

    $25 - $350 / night

    "It would uncomfortable without air conditioning. The hot pool and outdoor smaller pools are hot but not super hot. It’s mineral water and lovely to float in the indoor pool. No picnic table or shade."

    "The hot springs were WONDERFUL, with both indoor (bathhouse) and outdoor pools.  If I recall. clothing optional after 9pm. "

    2. Christmas Valley Base Camp

    1 Review
    Silver Lake, OR
    35 miles
    Website
    +1 (541) 505-4826

    $40 - $250 / night

    3. East Lake Resort

    3 Reviews
    La Pine, OR
    44 miles
    Website
    +1 (541) 383-4000

    "Another very popular resort, this one is on the shores of East Lake. Rustic cabins built between the 1940s and 1960s, but quaint and cozy, most with toilets and showers and close to the shoreline."

    "a general store, boat launch, beach and restaurant, this quaint little "resort" is a small collection of 1960s cabins along a simple gravel parking lot/road and most either on or with a view of the lake"

    4. Paulina Lake Lodge Cabins

    4 Reviews
    La Pine, OR
    46 miles
    Website

    "Old school resort on the shores of beautiful Paulina Lake. Wonderful, small log cabin lodge with amazing food."

    "Great out of the way location!"

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20 Reviews of 4 Christmas Valley Campgrounds


  • L
    Jul. 19, 2022

    Summer Lake Hot Springs

    Chill, open, rustic, and beautiful

    Camping for 4 nights. Pay is per person and $10 extra for full RV hookups. It’s open, and hot. It would uncomfortable without air conditioning. The hot pool and outdoor smaller pools are hot but not super hot. It’s mineral water and lovely to float in the indoor pool. No picnic table or shade. There are cabins.

  • Brian C.
    Apr. 1, 2020

    Paulina Lake Lodge Cabins

    Amazing food, nice cabins, good views and location

    Old school resort on the shores of beautiful Paulina Lake. Wonderful, small log cabin lodge with amazing food. Other log cabins to rent ranging from three people to large families with fire places, a couple right on the water.

    Cabins have running water, bathrooms, cozy fireplaces, comfy couches. Resort has a boat launch and small general store for supplies, food, and bait.

    The Lake itself is beautiful and the location puts you right next to all of the fun hikes, biking, trails and activities all around Paulina Lake area. Possibly also some spots for RVs.

    Try the Apple Crumble and the“Knife Burger” (huge burger with steak knife stuck in it). You will not be disappointed.

  • c
    Feb. 2, 2019

    Paulina Lake Lodge Cabins

    Awful Customer Service

    I am floored by the customer service at this lodge. My friends and I visited this winter and will not be returning again after a series of issues with our stay. 

    After visiting, I received a brief email from Karen Brown saying that we had damaged their new table in the Bluebird cabin. Throughout this entire month, I have requested over six times for a picture, as wanted to see what damage she was referring to. I have called and emailed and talked with other staff to please see the damage, and I never heard back. They charged me the labor and damage without even letting me see what it looked like. 

    Additionally, we had some lights not working, smoke detectors chirping, and a large container of diesel, which was unmarked, resting right near the wood burning stove. We did not realize this until one of the employees had to come to help us out with the stove, as there were no directions, and let us know how dangerous it was that it was sitting right there. We felt pretty alarmed, as we hadn't moved the container upon our arrival and we did not know it was diesel as the container had nothing written on it. 

    I have stayed up in the crater for three years now and have used Paulina Lake's cabins for two of them. I'm feeling pretty put out by our latest visit there particularly with this charge and lack of information given to us upon our arrival. I loved visiting here, but I will not be doing so anymore.

  • Greg B.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jun. 12, 2020

    Summer Lake Hot Springs

    Drive/Ride-In campground with wonderful, developed hot springs

    Back in July 2019, my buddy and I rode our motorcycles to this camp/hot spring.  I had heard of this place from another friend on Facebook & this was our  destination.  A wonderful ride to this easy-to-find site.  Everything from full-service cabins to rent and RVs, down to what we used, tent camping.  Beautiful but spartan tent camping area, portable toilets (clean), and cable spools used as tables.  The hot springs were WONDERFUL, with both indoor (bathhouse) and outdoor pools.  If I recall. clothing optional after 9pm.  The operators of this facility are extremely "green" in thinking, with the re-use of most building materials, etc.  Their website is excellent and gives more details.  Highly recommend!!

  • Shari  G.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jul. 26, 2022

    Summer Lake Hot Springs

    Middle of Nowhere Surprise!

    This funky little private resort and campground, on the way from nowhere to anywhere, has more than you might expect from first glance. The large, dry camping area offers a large field for folks to spread out without being on top of each other. While there are a handful of hookups sites for RV’s, we preferred the less expensive field option.  They have a couple of pit toilets near the field, as well as a full bathroom and shower area.  With our solar powered system, we were able to keep our battery topped off while taking advantage of all that the springs have to offer, which is just a short walk away. 

    They also offer some tiny cabins for rent, each with its own unique rustic charm. The public bath house has a large indoor swimming pool, clean changing rooms, sparkling bathrooms and showers. The outdoor, natural pools are what make this place so unique. Three pools, three differing temperatures helps folks find their own “just right.” The springs have a decidedly rustic charm, with lots of converted farm buildings and antique features, so you might want to adjust your city expectations to a more rural and rougher edged setting. But hot water on a very cold night with views of the starry sky above are just the right about the right cure for whatever ails you. 

    The springs are located about midway between the larger towns of La Pine and Lakeview, around 70ish miles from each, where you can find large grocery stores and services. A few convenience stores, gas, and post offices can be found in the tiny hamlets along the highway. It is a remote, lovely and quiet spot on the edge of this large lake.

  • EThe Dyrt PRO User
    Jun. 20, 2025

    Summer Lake Hot Springs

    Rustic perfection

    A favorite spot, great if you are content with dry camping (we are). Can’t beat the views, birds, wildlife, or sunsets here. This is a Dark Sky sanctuary - so many stars. Caveats: bring food and water, as there are limited (and expensive) groceries in nearby Paisley. The water is hard enough to stand on therefore bring your own (you don’t want coffee made with the water, but I wouldn’t turn it down if I were farther from civilization). It can get very windy here. A totally calm day is rare. Hot springs are clothing optional after 9pm, which is a huge plus for us as nudists who hate cold, soggy bathing suits. Surrender yourself to the sky and scenery.

  • B M.The Dyrt PRO User
    May. 29, 2020

    East Lake Resort

    OK sites yet dusty

    We stayed in Site # 16 which backed up to the hill in the Deschutes National Forrest. The resort and lake is across the street. It's a big lake with good fishing. The restaurant food was just ok and a little pricey. You might get lucky at the restaurant and get cell service but I did not, some are luckier. We had deer out back, pikas & pretty yellow birds with redheads.

    Caught some Kokanee had someone in the campground with a smoker he gave us a smoked Kokanee.

    It was cold several days & nights it graupeled on us several times, never saw graupel before.

    There was an area not open yet which is where we would have launched the kayak they were clearing it out after the winter. 

    We went to the big Obsidion Flow is down the road it was cool to go hike on it, Lava that looks like black glass.

  • William J.The Dyrt PRO User
    Dec. 13, 2024

    Summer Lake Hot Springs

    Clear sky's, hot water.

    Clean campground with amazing views from the bathhouse. Full hookups on level pads and cabins if you left your rv at home. Hint. Take a warm, fluffy robe and good sandals for your walk to and from the soaking pools.

  • Ashley B.
    Oct. 28, 2020

    Summer Lake Hot Springs

    Campground/Eco Resort Next to Hot Springs

    This is for the camping portion of the campground, I did not stay or see the inside of the various cabins available.  The camping area is just a large open field area where people can park/camp where they would like.  This would work well if you  had a large group and several RVs wanting to be next to each other.  There are also no tables, which camping in your car during the winter not having a table to put my stove on made it a little bit more difficult to heat up water/food.  If I remember correctly I didn't really pay anything to camp, mainly just to access the pools.  The main pool area was a large pool like area with a barn like covering.  This pool was not hot at all and the amount of children splashing and playing did not make it very relaxing.  The pools outside were a bit more quite and a bit warmer but filled up fast and only comfortably held maybe 20 people and wasn't scolding hot if you like that sort of hot springs.  Also the changing rooms had no glass window panes in them so the large "window" let in all the wind.  Which I was there during a high wind storm with freezing temps.  This means it was miserable changing into/out of my wet bathing suit.  The owners were nice and the view was also pleasant, but I would maybe travel to another hot springs before going back.


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