North Fork Catherine Creek Group Campground

La Grande Ranger District, 3502 Hwy 30
La Grande, OR 97850

Overview

North Fork Catherine Creek Group Campgrouind is situated along North Fork Catherine Creek in the southeast Wallowa Mountains of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. The area has abundant wildlife and plant species, and sits in a mixed confer forest. There are two wilderness trailheads nearby.

Recreation

The campground is a mile downstream from North Fork Catherine Creek Trailhead, a main portal to the Eagle Cap Wilderness. This trail is open to horses and hikers, and is closed to motorized vehicles and bicycles.

Facilities

Several picnic tables and fire rings are located at this site. There is one vault toilet in the campground.

Natural Features

North Fork Catherine Creek flows strong year-round.

Contact Info

For facility specific information, please call (541) 962-8500.

Charges & Cancellations

For cancellations, please contact Recreation.gov.

Camp site features

Across 1 camp site:

Fire pit: all 1 sites
Pets allowed: all 1 sites
Group sites: all 1 sites
Largest party: 30 people

Fees

The nightly/daily fee rate is $40. There are no walk up reservations/payments available on site, and no cellular service to make a payment online.

Directions

North Fork Catherine Creek Group Site is located approximately 17 miles southeast of Union, Oregon. Union is about 14 miles southeast of La Grande. From Union, take Hwy 203 east. The road turns southeast up Catherine Creek. Follow the road for 11 miles and turn east onto FS Rd. 7785. Stay on 7785 for 5.5 miles and the group site is on the right through a gate.

Stay Limit

Check in from 12 PM, check out by 11 AM.

Reviews

5 reviews

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Fred H

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Reviewed 18 days ago

Very nice and quiet

Jeremy H

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Reviewed 4 months ago

The area is beautiful. The code for the lock was accurately sent to me, and the site was clean. With the creek so near and the privacy I would say it's one of the best options I've found so far. There is no water, so bring your own.

Nichole O

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Reviewed 5 months ago

I had a reservation for the site, traveled 3.5 hrs and site was locked. I tried calling no answer, finally had to make plans to stay elsewhere.

Anna H

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Reviewed 5 months ago

My email confirmation after booking gave us a code for the padlock as advertised, but once we got there, the padlock needed a key rather than a code so we had to awkwardly park outside the gate and carry all our stuff down to the campground and if we had more than 2 vehicles the parking situation would have gotten real tricky... Otherwise we had a FANTASTIC time. The campground was STUNNING and spacious and the river was beautiful

Jeremy K

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Reviewed 2 years ago

The code provided didn’t work so I couldn’t get my car past the gate. I did walk down to check it out and it seemed abandoned. Campsites weren’t clearly marked and there wasn’t anyone around.

Availability

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