Riverside Campground
Raphaela H.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2016

Great Summer Floating Site

This is one of the better campgrounds along the Clackamas River in the Mt Hood Forest (and there are lots of campgrounds on this stretch of the river). All the campgrounds are pretty close to the road, but this one is near the end of the section of campgrounds, so it has fewer cars passing by. It is down a little from the road, too, which helps. The sites are pretty private but vary widely site to site. Unfortunately, the Oregon Parks site doesn't show pictures, so we picked a site blindly and it ended up being tiny (although we had 3 tents and 6 people). We made it work, but it wasn't ideal. The access to the river, and the fast current and little rapids do make it ideal, though. You can do the bit of river just by the site (which ends in a swimming hole near the camp host's site), or continue on down some small rapids and walk a trail back about a mile to the camp. It's the ideal campground for summer floating!

  • Review photo of Riverside Campground by Raphaela H., August 23, 2016
  • Review photo of Riverside Campground by Raphaela H., August 23, 2016
  • Review photo of Riverside Campground by Raphaela H., August 23, 2016
  • Review photo of Riverside Campground by Raphaela H., August 23, 2016
  • Review photo of Riverside Campground by Raphaela H., August 23, 2016
  • Review photo of Riverside Campground by Raphaela H., August 23, 2016
  • Review photo of Riverside Campground by Raphaela H., August 23, 2016
  • Review photo of Riverside Campground by Raphaela H., August 23, 2016
  • Review photo of Riverside Campground by Raphaela H., August 23, 2016