Black Canyon Campground - Willamette NF
Reviewed Jun. 24, 2020

Pros and Cons

We originally booked a reserved site at the campground. These slots are all in the center of the campground. The spot was nice but located about 200 ft from riverfront first come first serve sites so we packed up and moved there. Site manager said paying for these was different and we had to pay again. That sucks. Don’t reserve a site here. Pros: Our site was great with a trail down to the river and a rocky beach. Fire pit, table, tent site. It had all the standards. We were lucky to have a fresh water station across the road from us. Bathrooms were adequate. Cons: The train tracks are literally across the river. Maybe 200 ft away. The train runs all day and sadly all night. If you fall asleep easily to the sound of a train horn and train cars along a track then you’ll love it here. If you sleep lightly or generally dislike train sounds, good luck sleeping. Our “neighbors” told us they had moved to the river site because at the other end of the campground road noise was louder than the all night train noise. Summary:

If you stay here it will be beautiful and the river is great but might want to bring earplugs. Fortunately you won’t need to bring your sounds of the train yard sleeping CD with you to lull you asleep at night.

  • Review photo of Black Canyon Campground - Willamette NF by Ryan C., June 24, 2020
  • Review photo of Black Canyon Campground - Willamette NF by Ryan C., June 24, 2020
  • Review photo of Black Canyon Campground - Willamette NF by Ryan C., June 24, 2020
  • Review photo of Black Canyon Campground - Willamette NF by Ryan C., June 24, 2020
  • Review photo of Black Canyon Campground - Willamette NF by Ryan C., June 24, 2020