Best Tent Camping: Oregon

Becky Ohlsen is a freelance writer and critic living in Portland, Oregon. She has written Lonely Planet guidebooks about Sweden, Seattle, the Pacific Northwest, the Great Plains, and parts of England and Wales. She also reviews books, film, food, and drink for various local and national publications. A recovering copy editor, she will debate points of grammar with anyone, anytime. Becky is an avid hiker and enthusiastic camper; her favorite trails and campsites are in the Swedish countryside. She has a master’s degree in journalism from NYU’s Cultural Reporting and Criticism program. It is said she sincerely believes in trolls.

• Oregon Campground Locator MapMap LegendAcknowledgmentsPrefaceBest CampgroundsIntroductionNorthern Coast1 Beverly Beach State Park Campground2 Cape Lookout State Park Campground3 Nestucca River Recreation Area Campgrounds4 Saddle Mountain State Natural Area CampgroundSouthern Coast5 Cape Blanco State Park Campground6 Cape Perpetua Scenic Area Campground7 Eel Creek Campground8 Marys Peak CampgroundNorthern Cascades9 Badger Lake Campground10 Beavertail Campground11 Camp Creek Campground12 Elk Lake Campground13 Oxbow Regional Park Campground14 Silver Falls State Park Campground15 Summit Lake Campground16 Whispering Falls CampgroundCentral Cascades17 Cascadia State Park Campground18 East Lake Campground19 Frissell Crossing Campground20 Islet Campground21 Mallard Marsh Campground22 Paradise Campground23 Riverside Campground24 Rujada Campground25 Scott Lake Campground26 Three Creek Lake and Driftwood Campgrounds27 Tumalo State Park Campground28 Wildcat Campground29 Yellowbottom CampgroundSouthern Cascades30 Crater Lake National Park: Lost Creek Campground31 Fourmile Lake Campground32 Head of the River Campground33 Natural Bridge Campground34 Sacandaga Campground35 Secret Campground36 Susan Creek Campground37 Thielsen View CampgroundEastern Oregon38 Anthony Lakes Campground39 Buckhorn Campground40 Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge: Hot Springs Campground41 Hidden Campground42 Marster Spring Campground43 Minam State Recreation Area Campground44 North Fork Malheur Campground45 Olive Lake Campground46 Page Springs Campground47 Strawberry Campground48 Two Pan Campground49 Wallowa Lake State Park Campground50 Williamson CampgroundAppendix A: Camping Equipment ChecklistAppendix B: Sources of InformationIndexAbout the Author