Mt. Hood National Forest

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Mt. Hood National Forest campgrounds are widely appreciated for their beautiful natural settings, spacious and clean sites, and friendly, helpful camp hosts. Visitors enjoy peaceful atmospheres, ample access to lakes, rivers, and hiking trails, and well-maintained facilities. Common activities include hiking, fishing, kayaking, and family-friendly outdoor experiences. However, challenges include noise disturbances from neighbors, generators, or nearby highways; variable water availability and quality; limited amenities such as showers and electricity; road and access issues; occasional maintenance and cleanliness concerns; enforcement variations of campground rules; and seasonal impacts like low water levels and fire restrictions.

Beautiful natural scenery with lakes, rivers, and trails

Spacious, clean, and well-maintained campsites

Friendly and helpful camp hosts

Family-friendly and peaceful environments

Good access to outdoor activities like hiking and fishing

Noise disturbances from campers, generators, and highways

Limited or inconsistent water availability and quality

Road and access challenges including potholes and rough conditions

Variable maintenance and occasional cleanliness issues

Inconsistent enforcement of rules and occasional host attitude problems

3,488 reviews

5 stars

2,272

4 stars

651

3 stars

265

2 stars

171

1 stars

129

Vincent F

Campground:Camp Creek

Loop:Area Camp Creek

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Reviewed 8 days ago

What a fabulous site. The camp host was INCREDIBLE! Very fun to chat with and very welcoming. It was wooded enough to feel like I wasn't being stuffed between two other sites. I had spot #19 which is also a trail head so we had a little more traffic than we expected.

Steven S

Campground:Camp Creek

Loop:Area Camp Creek

Site:

Reviewed 11 days ago

Really nice campground with lots of space.

James N

Campground:Trillium

Loop:Area Trillium

Site:

Reviewed 20 days ago

Great campsites and lake access

Hayley E

Campground:Trillium

Loop:Area Trillium

Site:

Reviewed 23 days ago

Clean, spacious sites! Only drawback about the sites that are around the lake are really close to the trail and lots of foot traffic.

Robert H

Campground:Trillium

Loop:Area Trillium

Site:

Reviewed 24 days ago

Camp near the lake if you can. The trail around Trillium Lake is an easy flat trail with some new boardwalk sections.

Lydia C

Campground:Camp Creek

Loop:Area Camp Creek

Site:

Reviewed 24 days ago

This is our favorite campground. Has enough room between sites, the sound of the creek is so relaxing, and the camp host is very friendly and helpful. No cell service except for T-Mobile, but the point of going there is to disconnect.

Keep your options open

Watch for a matching campsite across monitored campgrounds in Mt. Hood National Forest.

Popularity: Very quiet

Busiest in November, when about 13% of guest capacity is reserved. Based on 5 years of reservations.