Black Canyon Campground - Willamette NF

Been to this campground a couple times now and enjoy it. Avoid the spots right near the entrance as the highway sound is pretty loud. Spots 20-40 are near the river and you can either see/hear at most spots. Lots of water fill up stations and there was firewood for sale at $9/bundle. Bathrooms were clean, though if you are staying at a spot like ours (26) you have a bit of a walk to the closet one. It was extremely quiet when we stayed, but it does get busy during the summer from past experiences. There is also a boat launch area with a large rocky beach people lay out on when it's sunny. Overall a great campground!

We needed a spot to stay for the night and after driving to a few others that were (reserve online only) closed we rolled the dice and headed towards this one. It was late and dark but we pulled in in hopes that they had some openings. THEY DID!! We didn’t do much driving around before pulling into a spot but I with we had. We pulled into #4, one of the first available and I DONT recommend any of the first few slots because they sit right next to the highway and that was annoying but our own fault. If I had to redo I’d stay in the 20’s or 30’s because they are closer in where it’s much quieter and those spots back up to a river…super cute! The restrooms were very clean and I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to public restrooms…it was good. All in all the park is very maintained, clean and the staff is great!! Would definitely stay again!

Pulled in here after a long night driving with a cranky toddler around 3am and found a perfect lil site to toss the tent up quick and sleep until morning. When the sun rose we realized what an amazing spot we had, right on the river with lots of room for the little to run around. Stayed the whole day and enjoyed soaking our feet in the cool creek.

This is a HUGE campground. Every site is gorgeous, lots of forest in between so you have privacy. All of the best spots along the river with a view are first come first serve.

Looked like a decent campground, would have been great and had direct river access. Saw bathrooms but didn’t see showers. No service.

Gates were locked, billboard with fee area was empty with no explanation or hours. Saw one truck & RV parked behind a gate . Maybe closed for the season?

Looked lush but closed. Also, no cell service.

We stayed at Black Canyon Campground for one night en route to Crater Lake.  It's a pretty campground with 75 sites nestled between Highway 58 and the middle fork of the Willamette River in the Willamette National Forest near Oakridge.  Since we stayed in October, most sites were available and we chose site #44, which was nice and level.  Though we could hear a little traffic from the highway, we could also hear the river and enjoyed the river access trail at the back of the site.

Not the place to take a big motorhome and no cell service but nice if you want to tent camp in the woods

We love this campground. We’ve only tent camped here. The site we’ve always stayed at is huge, way far from any other sites, and has a neat little trail between the parking spot and camping spot. The river is a short walk away and has wonderful spots for the kids to play in away from the main channel. The one downside is the train that goes during the night across the river, but we were usually tired enough it didn’t bother us too much. We’ve since moved away from Oregon but will always remember this spot fondly and will camp there anytime we can when we’re back in Oregon!

This is a good campground if you are traveling between the Portland area and Crater Lake and want to stop half way. It is a very large campground located between the Highway and the River. There is road noise as well as train noise that is across the river, but didn't notice either in the early hours of the morning. The spot I was in was good size, had very little shade, and was a distance from the toilets and water. There was a nice access ramp to the river, as well as additional parking near the ramp. Not a campground I would travel to stay in from the Portland area but would stay again if I was headed to Southern Oregon and needed to stop.

Overall a good campground. Sites on the river are spectacular. Other sites are mostly small or have issues with road noise. Plan on reserving a site on the river if possible. They do not disappoint!

I really liked this campground. I really enjoyed our 3 days here and the dogs loved swimming in the river. There are nice trails running through this campground. It was nice and quiet and plenty of space and privacy from your neighbors. Next time I stay here I would pick a different site since the one we were in wasn't good for hammock camping and we had to set up two tents instead of one. The site was small and parking was tight for two vehicle.

The access to the water was nice and so were the park hosts. They gave us free passes to see the beach up the road - but it was dried up and probably was for years. Strange they gave us the passes. There are some hikes around but you have to drive to them. The toilets are the vault toilets and there are no sinks/showers. Not a bad experience but if I'm already car camping I like nicer amenities. We stayed in the group camping area and it wasn't bad. More privacy than normal group sites since everyone had their own site on the loop. Some road noise. It wasn't a bad place, just not somewhere I would make a special trip to camp at.