Camping near Malheur National Forest

Very nice and well-kept State Park. Lots of green grass. All sites are back-in with level gravel pads. No hook-ups. uncrowded, only a few sites taken. Great place to stop with very interesting history. Will definitely stay here again.

Easy to find right off 395, this is a US forest service campground, no reservations, all first come basis. Large semi secluded sites in pine forest. Interpretive trail next to campground. Clean pit toilets with hand sanitizer. Abundant dry firewood on the ground. Five stars.

I really like this location. I wanted to pa down by the water, but we are pulling a small camper and the road looked way too rough to go all the way down. There was a car down there, so definitely passable, but not with our camper. The sites earlier on the road are nice though. Pretty big, with fire rings. Only complaint is the noise from the road. Not terrible, but definitely audible from where we were at with our windows open.

This is an adorable affordable location with cute little cottages. I would highly recommend and we will be going back.

I've been visiting small town across the West for the last seven years. This is one of the nicest places I've stayed. It's quiet and clean with lovely grass growing between the camp sites. And the bathrooms and showers are exceptionally clean and nice...they even include cloth hand and bath towels for you to use!

Highly recommended, especially if you are visiting John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

Nice area close to the road. Plenty of room for my small trailer. Though it was close to the road it wasn’t very noisy. I camped in site 9 so 1/4 mile away from the road. Only issue last role of TP.

Getting there from the coordinates on this app was easy, although maps said I would have to walk I was easily able to drive a small trailer in all the way back. Nice open spot with lots of places to park, was a bit worried how open it was but there were a few other campers all spread out so it just felt homey.

Needed a place to pitch a tent for the night and stopped here. The park is fairly large and has a lot of shade trees around it. Unfortunately, I guess the tent area they normally use was closed and I was directed to pitch my tent behind the front office. It was a small shaded grassy area. For $20, it worked. The only real complaint I would have was the bathroom area could have used some cleaning, both inside and out, washing and cleaning of showers, sinks, shelves, sweeping up of dirt and leaves around the building.

I stayed here years ago and had a good experience so stayed again. Yes, it’s by the main road, but you’re also pretty much right out of town. Road quiets down to nothing at night. It’s still warm in September, so got a spot with shade. Super comfortable. Love all the quail, squirrels and listening to coyotes at night. Drove out to do the Steens Mountain loop, see the Round Barn, etc. Love this area and nice to come back to a comfortable site.