Riverside at Detroit Campground

Nice little campground with some excellent sites along the river.  Small travel trailers can get in and out with no problem, but bring plenty of leveling blocks for certain spots.  No cell service and yes, you can hear the highway traffic, but if you walk down and hang out by the water, it's all you can hear!

Beautiful campground along the river. No cellphone service. I arrived on a Thursday with plenty of sites to choose from but it did start to fill up over the weekend. Sites are pretty close together but you get some privacy with all of the forest between.

If you can snag a site on the river side, those are definitely ideal! Sites 25 & 26 are particularly awesome. Our spot was a little small but still nice - there is lots of road noise during the day but at night you can really hear the river and the star gazing is amazing! Each site has a really nice fire pit and grill, the vault toilets are really clean, and there are many water spigots. 

If you don't have a river site, there is still river access. It's not a super long drive to the Detroit Lake day use area. This campsite is waaaayyy less busy than the main Detroit Lake campground as well.

There are several Riverside sites at this campground. I had booked last minute and this was the only one available in the area. Nice vault toilets, lots of room for RVS the river is nice and back from the lake. Late checkout time at 1pm which is nice. Lots or restaurants and mini stores in the area. Black berry picking available All around the lake. Several hiking trails. I didn't explore much due to how bad the smoke was.

Don’t be alarmed, this campground sits along HWY 22 AND along the Santiam River in the Willamette National Forest. Despite the road noise, if you can grab a campsite along the water you will feel at peace with the whispering waters and tucked away in the old growth forest that surrounds you. This site has a feature that many others do not, which is a little roundabout at the end of the site. The pathways are paved which makes this site great for families with kids who may want to ride their bikes or scooters while not in the water fishing/playing/swimming. Potable water is available as well as vault toilets. (Bring soap!) There are no showers at this location. Dogs are welcome as long as they are on a leash.

This site is both walk-up and reservable through Linn County Parks & Rec. See more info here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/willamette/recarea/?recid=4224

This is a narrow campground with limited sites. Some have full parking pads for two vehicles, but mostly parking is dirt next to the drive lane. Spacious sites for the size of the campground.

Sites on the side near the road are very noisy, so make sure to check the map before you reserve.

Dog friendly, tent sites, bathroom, river access, no showers.

This campground is very close to hwy 22. We purposely picked sites on the river side, and the river was fast and loud enough to drown out most of the traffic noise, so it didn't feel too bad. I wouldn't want camp on the other side though.

Our site didn't really have river access (sites 14/15), but there were a few that did. Ours were beautiful sites that had a ton of spaces for tents, so it's great for small groups. Since we had two consecutive sites, we felt pretty private.

There's a ton of good hiking nearby, and detroit lake is just down the road, which we did do one day to go jump in.