Ben M.

Corvallis , OR

Joined August 2019

My favorite kind of camp ground

Right on the north Santiam. A few swimming holes although potentially dangerous current. VERY COLD WATER. Great fishing!

I lucked out and picked site 003. Worst spot by far. 2 is ok. All the rest of the riverside spots are amazing.

Nice beach, big CG

About 72 sites mean this is a larger CG. Which means more people. More noisy generators. The facilities are great, plenty of staff. The lake side sites are all 5star, the rest of them offer little to no privacy or shade. But still fun.

The pumice beach of crescent lake make it all worthwhile. Swimming, and all that other lake stuff are ready to roll.

Site map is incorrect

Nice campground. Decent spacing. No bad spots. Lake access isn’t great we tried to hike to the falls from the campground but count get to it by foot. N.umpqua trail DOES NOT lead you to toketee falls. Drive back down the road for access to the falls. You can hike to the hot springs but it’s about 3.5 miles. There were some loud neighbors partying til 2am both fri/sat nights but that’s to be expected in southern Oregon.

Big complaint- the rec.gov reservation site map has the A and B loops reversed. I made a reservation well in advanced and should have been riverside but B10 ended up being highway side and A 10 was the site I thought I was getting. Kind of ruined the trip for me as the river side sites are primo. A1-A9 are river side.

Best beach CGif you like small and private

If you’re Lucky there are beachfront camp sites with their own private trail to the beach which is only 20’ away. A bunch of these sites are tucked away behind bushes for ultimate privacy. It’s popular so dont expect to find a walk-in site unless you can get there by Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest.

My hometown CG

This is one of the closest campgrounds to Corvallis. It’s fine, nothing fancy about the campground. Setting is wooded but not a ton of privacy across the CG.

Mary’s peak hiking is incredible. The peak is the highlight, unbeatable views. There’s also great old growth forest trails. And if you try hard you’ll find an amazing waterfall trail about a half mile down the HARLAN Rd. Take a left off the Mary’s peak rd about 200 yards befor the winter gate.