Best Dispersed Camping near Frenchglen, OR

This is a free campground at a former CCC camp in use during the Great Depression. Crews house here built the Hart Mountain road that passes through the Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge. The bunkhouse remains.

The backdrop is the beautiful Hart Mountain area. Lots of wildlife here in the wetlands and meadows of the Warner Valley.

Each site has a fire ring, picnic table and there are vault toilets. There is a central water spigot for potable water but large rocks prevent you from filling your tank unless you have a longer hose.

The sites aren’t that private due to lack of vegetation but they are spaced far enough apart that you have a sense of privacy. There are some very dark skies here.

A short rough road takes you a few hundred yards of the main gravel road to the top of a ridge. Nice views , but also seclusion due to junipers. Not trailer or RV friendly.

pretty cool site in the desert with mountain ranges surrounding you. the drive in goes from pavement, to gravel, to dirt roads with some gnarly trenches at the end but it’s not too bad and definitely worth it