Devil's Flat Campground

Forest-operated Developed Recreation Sites are No Longer Accepting Cash or Check

All Forest-operated developed recreation sites are no longer accepting cash or check. Scan & Pay will be available at campgrounds, trailheads, showers, RV dump stations, boat ramps, and picnic day use areas across the Forest.

How will this impact how you recreate in summer 2026?

With limited or no cell service across the Forest, visitors will need to download the Recreation.gov app and add a valid payment method before heading out on their adventure. After arriving at a recreation site or open campsite, locate the nearest information board and scan the provided QR code with the Recreation.gov app. After paying, visitors should write down and display their confirmation code on their car dashboard or campsite post. At recreation sites with no cell service, the payment will be noted as ‘pending’ with the payment going through once service is restored.

Be prepared, download the Recreation.gov app today: https://www.recreation.gov/mobile-app

What do recreators need to know about paying for first-come, first-served Forest-operated sites?

1. With limited cell service across the Forest - Download the Recreation.gov app BEFORE you leave for your adventure: https://www.recreation.gov/mobile-app

2. Create an account.

3. Put in a valid form of payment.

4. Find an open campsite and then use the Recreation.gov app to scan the QR code at campgrounds kiosks.

5. Don't want to download the app or don't have a smart phone? Check out the list of concessionaire-operated campgrounds that are accepting cash.

Open Forest-operated sites that are Scan & Pay for first-come, first-served or reservation:

Diamond Lake Ranger District

• Broken Arrow Campground

• Clearwater Falls Campground

• Diamond Lake Campground

• Kelsay Valley Horse Camp

• Thielsen View Campground

North Umpqua Ranger District

• Hemlock Lake Campground

• Hemlock Meadows Campground

• Lake in the Woods Campground

• Steamboat Falls Campground

Tiller Ranger District

• Ash Flat Campground

• Boulder Creek Campground

• Devil's Flat Campground

• Dumont Creek Campground

• South Umpqua Falls Campground

• Threehorn Campground

• Three C Rock Campground

WESTrek-operated campgrounds and recreation sites that are cash or reservation with Scan & Pay optional:

Cottage Grove Ranger District

• Cedar Creek Campground

• Hobo Campground

• Lund Park Campground

• Rujada Campground

Diamond Lake Ranger District

• Boulder Flat Campground (summer only; Forest Service-operated in the winter.)

• Bunker Hill Campground

• East Lemolo Campground & Boat Ramp

• Inlet Campground

• Poole Creek Campground and Boat Ramp

• Poole Creek Group Site

• Toketee Lake Campground (summer only; Forest Service-operated in the winter.)

• Toketee Group Site

North Umpqua Ranger District

• Apple Creek Campground

• Canton Creek Campground

• Coolwater Campground

• Deer Flat Group Site at Horseshoe Bend Campground

• Eagle Rock Campground

• Horseshoe Bend Campground

• Island Campground (summer only; Forest Service-operated in the winter.)

• Steamboat Ball Field Group Site

• White Creek Campground (summer only; Forest Service-operated in the winter.)

• Whitehorse Falls Campground

• Wolf Creek Campground

• Wolf Creek Group Site

Enjoy a beautiful drive through the picturesque Cow Creek drainage on your way to one of the most interesting campsites in Umpqua.

Located under a bluff and surrounded by a forest of cedar, pine, and madrone, Devil’s Flat is a small campground with three campsites, a bevy of hiking opportunities, and a handful of historic landmarks.

On the north side of the campground, you can see the stone ruins of an old water fixture built by the CCC “Fire-Eaters” in the 1930s. On the south side is the old Devil's Flat Guard Station, where you’ll find a Ranger Cabin built in 1915 and a 1920s-era horse barn. On a fir tree near the Ranger Cabin, you can also see the tiki carving that gave Devil’s Flat its name. This good luck sign was carved by Ike French, a Hawaiian man who moved to the Cow Creek Valley region in the 1850s with his brother Sampson French; later, sometime around the 1930s, the tiki was misinterpreted by a new crop of settlers, who gave the area the name Devil’s Flat.

As for hiking opportunities, Devil’s Flat offers easy access to beautiful hikes of varying length and difficulty:

Cow Creek Falls Trail #1422 makes a 0.3 mile loop along cascading Cow Creek Gorge.
Elk’s Skull Bluff Trail #1428A makes a 0.5 mile loop from the campground to a vantage point of the Upper Cow Creek drainage.
Maranatha Trail #1422A travels 1.5 miles to a viewpoint over the Cow Creek drainage.
Devil’s Flat Trail #1428 leads 5 miles to the top of Red Mountain.

Campground sits at 2,200 feet of elevation. Campground will rarely have snow cover in Winter.

Latitude: 42.97742

Longitude: -122.68686

Facilities

3 campsites with picnic tables and fire pits
No drinking water
Vault toilet

Fees

Campground is in non-fee status. Limited restroom service and trash removal. Please pack out all trash.

Rules

Quiet hours between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Campfires allowed in developed fire pits when conditions allow - please see current Public Use Restrictions for current campfire restrictions Fireworks are prohibited Dogs must be on leash OHV/ATV use prohibited in the campground