State Park in an excellent condition. Great playground with a play river. Many generous sites
Champoeg is a big Oregon State Parks campground on the Willamette, 47 minutes from Portland and Salem, on the meadow where settlers voted 52 to 50 in 1843 to form Oregon’s first provisional government. Paved RV loops, six tent sites, yurts and cabins, hot showers, and a four-mile bike trail along the river to Butteville.
The two loops feel different. A Loop sits under big oaks and maples, shady in summer and gold in October; B Loop is open lawn, with hedges and shrubs between the sites. B Loop, the yurts and the cabins are open all year; A Loop closes for the season.
Quick facts
- Run by
- Oregon State Parks
- Sites
- 20 full hookup, 54 electric with water, 6 tent, 6 yurts, 6 cabins, and a hiker/biker camp
- Season
- B Loop, the yurts and the cabins all year; A Loop closes for the season
- Booking
- Up to six months ahead, online or at 800-452-5687; yurts and cabins only by reservation
- Fees in 2019
- $31 for an RV site, $19 for a tent site; check Oregon State Parks for this year
- Facilities
- Flush toilets and hot showers for campers
- Pets
- Dogs on a 6-foot leash, except in the off-leash dog park; three yurts and three cabins are pet-friendly
- The river
- A dock for fishing and kayaks; no swimming from the dock, and the banks are steep
- From Portland
- About 29 miles, 47 minutes; from Salem, 26 miles, under an hour
Which site to take
- Shade: A12, A14, A21, A30, A42, A44 A Loop, under big oaks and maples.
- Open and sunny: B3, B15, B30, B32, B33 B Loop; 30 and 32 look out over a meadow.
- In winter: Any site on B Loop, or a yurt or a cabin: they stay open all year.
- A tent: T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 The six tent sites, with parking nearby; $19 in 2019.
- Without a tent: Yurt A, Yurt B, Yurt D, Cabin C1, Cabin C2, Cabin C5 Six yurts and six cabins, by reservation.
- Accessible: B23, T5, A11 Our notes mark them disabled priority; B23 goes to anyone only if it is still empty after 7 p.m.
Every site
| Site | To the river | Next site | In our photo |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | 650 ft | 30 ft | a table on a gravel pad under trees |
| T2 | 610 ft | 30 ft | a table, a big fir, grass |
| T3 | 580 ft | 30 ft | a table and fire ring, sun and grass |
| T4 | 560 ft | 30 ft | a table and fire ring in shade |
| T5 | 530 ft | 30 ft | a table under tall trees |
| T6 | 520 ft | 30 ft | a framed tent pad in shade |
| Yurt A | 1,650 ft | 70 ft | a yurt with a porch |
| Yurt B | 1,700 ft | 50 ft | a yurt with a ramp |
| Yurt C | 1,750 ft | 50 ft | a yurt with a ramp |
| Yurt D | 1,770 ft | 60 ft | a yurt with a long ramp |
| Yurt E | 1,800 ft | 60 ft | a yurt, open field behind |
| Yurt F | 1,830 ft | 60 ft | a yurt under a maple |
| Cabin C1 | 500 ft | 50 ft | a log cabin under trees |
| Cabin C2 | 490 ft | 50 ft | a cabin with a porch |
| Cabin C4 | 490 ft | 60 ft | a cabin with a porch |
| Cabin C5 | 480 ft | 40 ft | a cabin behind a cedar |
| Cabin C6 | 480 ft | 40 ft | a cabin on the lawn |
| B1 | 950 ft | 60 ft | no photo |
| B2 | 920 ft | 50 ft | red shrubs, lawn |
| B3 | 910 ft | 60 ft | open lawn, young trees |
| B4 | 890 ft | 50 ft | no photo |
| B5 | 850 ft | 70 ft | no photo |
| B6 | 830 ft | 50 ft | no photo |
| B7 | 780 ft | 70 ft | no photo |
| B8 | 780 ft | 40 ft | no photo |
| B9 | 690 ft | 90 ft | no photo |
| B10 | 730 ft | 40 ft | no photo |
| B11 | 540 ft | 70 ft | no photo |
| B12 | 510 ft | 70 ft | red shrubs screening it |
| B13 | 510 ft | 70 ft | no photo |
| B14 | 540 ft | 60 ft | no photo |
| B15 | 600 ft | 60 ft | open lawn, a hedge |
| B16 | 600 ft | 80 ft | lawn, a hedge, autumn color |
| B17 | 650 ft | 60 ft | no photo |
| B18 | 650 ft | 60 ft | no photo |
| B19 | 650 ft | 60 ft | no photo |
| B20 | 650 ft | 70 ft | no photo |
| B21 | 690 ft | 90 ft | no photo |
| B22 | 730 ft | 60 ft | no photo |
| B23 | 850 ft | 60 ft | the accessible-site sign |
| B24 | 790 ft | 60 ft | no photo |
| B25 | 900 ft | 60 ft | no photo |
| B26 | 860 ft | 60 ft | red shrubs at the pad |
| B27 | 960 ft | 60 ft | shrubs round the post |
| B28 | 920 ft | 60 ft | sunny, a hedge |
| B30 | 1,120 ft | 60 ft | an open meadow behind |
| B31 | 1,010 ft | 70 ft | no photo |
| B32 | 1,110 ft | 60 ft | an open meadow behind |
| B33 | 970 ft | 70 ft | open, young trees |
| B34 | 1,080 ft | 60 ft | no photo |
| A1 | 1,740 ft | 30 ft | a paved pad under tall trees |
| A3 | 1,740 ft | 30 ft | a paved pad among oaks |
| A5 | 1,740 ft | 50 ft | a shaded pad, a fire ring |
| A7 | 1,770 ft | 50 ft | lawn and big trees |
| A8 | 1,780 ft | 40 ft | shaded, a restroom behind |
| A9 | 1,820 ft | 50 ft | a sunny pad on the lawn |
| A10 | 1,820 ft | 40 ft | a shaded pad |
| A11 | 1,870 ft | 40 ft | lawn and shade |
| A12 | 1,860 ft | 40 ft | a table under big trees |
| A13 | 1,910 ft | 40 ft | a shaded pad |
| A14 | 1,900 ft | 50 ft | a table under oaks |
| A15 | 1,960 ft | 50 ft | lawn, gold leaves |
| A16 | 1,960 ft | 70 ft | a table on a slab, lawn |
| A17 | 2,000 ft | 50 ft | under gold leaves |
| A18 | 2,020 ft | 50 ft | no photo |
| A19 | 2,060 ft | 60 ft | a table in the leaves |
| A20 | 2,070 ft | 50 ft | a long pad, lawn |
| A21 | 2,110 ft | 60 ft | a shaded table |
| A22 | 2,130 ft | 60 ft | open lawn |
| A23 | 2,220 ft | 50 ft | gold maples overhead |
| A24 | 2,210 ft | 40 ft | a long pad, shrubs |
| A25 | 2,140 ft | 40 ft | a carpet of yellow leaves |
| A26 | 2,210 ft | 40 ft | no photo |
| A27 | 2,140 ft | 40 ft | gold trees overhead |
| A28 | 2,200 ft | 60 ft | no photo |
| A29 | 2,130 ft | 50 ft | no photo |
| A30 | 2,190 ft | 40 ft | shade under big trees |
| A31 | 2,160 ft | 40 ft | no photo |
| A32 | 2,120 ft | 40 ft | at the edge, a meadow beyond |
| A33 | 2,090 ft | 50 ft | lawn beside the pad |
| A34 | 2,070 ft | 50 ft | a table under trees |
| A35 | 2,040 ft | 50 ft | no photo |
| A36 | 2,020 ft | 40 ft | no photo |
| A37 | 1,990 ft | 40 ft | no photo |
| A38 | 1,980 ft | 40 ft | no photo |
| A39 | 1,950 ft | 40 ft | lawn and conifers |
| A40 | 1,940 ft | 40 ft | gold trees |
| A41 | 1,900 ft | 50 ft | a restroom beside it |
| A42 | 1,890 ft | 50 ft | a table under tall trees |
| A43 | 1,850 ft | 50 ft | lawn and trees |
| A44 | 1,840 ft | 50 ft | a table under tall trees |
| A45 | 1,800 ft | 40 ft | dappled shade |
| A47 | 1,760 ft | 40 ft | lawn and shrubs |
Distances are straight lines from each pin, to the water and to the nearest neighbor, so read them as “about”. Photos from October 2019.
Questions
- Is Champoeg open all year?
- B Loop, the yurts and the cabins are; A Loop closes for the season.
- How far ahead can you book?
- Up to six months, online or at 800-452-5687. Yurts and cabins are by reservation only.
- Can you swim in the Willamette here?
- Oregon State Parks says no swimming from the dock, and the river banks are dangerously steep.
- Are there showers?
- Yes, hot showers for campers, and flush toilets.
- What happened at Champoeg?
- On May 2, 1843, settlers voted 52 to 50 here to form a provisional government. The town of 200 that grew up after was washed away in the great flood of 1861. The visitor center tells the story.
Checked October 2026 with Oregon State Parks: Champoeg State Heritage Area and OpenStreetMap (the Willamette River). Been there since? Tell us what has changed: support@tentspots.com.
Amenities
DRINKING
WATER
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FIRE PIT
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