Camping near Foster Lake

Stayed here in Sept 2022.  Awesome Campsite overlooking the south end of the lake. It was a steep trek down to the lake, especially toting Kayaks, but worth it. 

  The morning kayak was on an absolutely flat glass lake. The lake is super clean, but a frigid 38 (they tell me) degrees. Swimming is not permitted for this reason. 

There is a petrified forest under the water from the way the lake was formed by a volcanic eruption. Quite a trail thru the lava field (Not for bikes, we say - but some do). We ended up pushing and carrying the bikes a bit. 

Sweet and peaceful campsite.

This review is for the park itself and the cabins, as the campground area was closed for upgrades when we stayed there while we were there in November.

This is a beautiful park, it's huge, of course the main attraction are the many waterfalls and the hike that takes you through all the falls, and even behind several of them. Heads up that dogs are not allowed on this hike, and it's a fairly long hike, so plan what you need to for your dogs.  There are other hikes that dogs are allowed on, however.

In the day use area: There's a big beautiful lodge with a nice roaring fire in the cold months.  A nice gift shop and store. The day use area really is beautiful and so well maintained. There is a cool open large off leash dog area, it's not fenced so be sure your dog isn't a runner. For summer months there is a swimming area too.

Cabins are nice, new-ish, comfortable but basic. They have heaters and a big porch.

Showers and flush toilets are available here too.  Ok cell reception throughout the park.

Stopped in for a night and ended up spending 4 nights here. Cute little RV park very close to town. You can walk or bike into town for food.

This is the first RV park I've ever stayed in where the Wifi was actually decent. Was a little under the weather, so watched some march madness in my RV on the park Wifi. 

the sites are not very private, but it's right on the river with great views. A colony of feral cats lives near the railroad bridge. The hosts were great. Even invited me out to a show with them. 

Showers were good. I've stayed here twice on trips up to Portland.

The marker on the map is where the information kiosk is. If you follow the road to the right of the reservoir there are some developed campsites/boat launches with a fee (and composting toilets). Keep driving. This area is freshly burned, but there are still very treed dispersed sites past the more developed ones. Pass the sign for Mona campground but before the bridge and signs that warn about falling rocks. On the left side there are five dispersed sites along the river. There is a small marker "180" at the entry to the turnoff. Beautiful and quiet. Minimal trash that we cleaned up, steep routes to the river. We were there early March, no snow.

Almost all of my reviews are based on hiking. If the place offers hiking the review is better for us.

This camp offers do much more! They have one of the cleanest swimming areas around!

While there are trails in the resort, the really good longer ones are on forest service land. You can walk from the resort, do a nice hike (keep some clothing at hand) of up to six miles and return with out any issues.

They also have tennis, pickleball, dog park, restaurant, library and a wonderful staff.

You are close to Springfield/Eugene for groceries and etc.

We are a pack of four.