Promontory Park Campground (Clackamas River, OR): which site to take

Promontory Park Campground

PGE campground on North Fork Reservoir. Paved sites under tall firs, yomes and cabins, a marina and a kids’ fishing pond.

Promontory Park is Portland General Electric’s campground on the Clackamas where the river widens into North Fork Reservoir, seven miles past Estacada and an hour from Portland. Paved sites under tall firs, canvas yomes and small cabins, hot showers, a marina and a store on the reservoir, and a fishing pond just for kids.

It sits at the bottom of the corridor the 2020 Riverside Fire burned. In May 2021, KOIN reported, the Forest Service said there were no open campgrounds past it. Sites 24, 25, 40 and 41 are closest to the river; the yomes are at 6, 10, 11, 12, 15 and 42, the cabins at 14, 33, 39 and 40.

Quick facts

Run by: Portland General Electric
Season: From the Friday of Memorial Day weekend to the second full weekend in September
Sites (PGE): 21 standard, 6 with power, 4 yomes, 6 cabins
Fees (2026): $30 standard, $34 with power, $55 a yome, $75 a cabin; $2 more on holiday weekends
Booking: Online from the first business day of January, by phone (503-630-7229) from March; a weekend booking must include Friday and Saturday
Facilities: Restrooms with showers, a marina and camp store, fishing docks
Pets: On a leash at tent sites; in cabins only where marked pet-friendly
Accessible sites: None, PGE says; the fishing area is barrier-free
From Portland: About 36 miles, an hour; 7 miles east of Estacada on OR 224

Which site to take

Closest to the river: 25, 41, 40, 24 About 30 to 45 feet from the Clackamas, in a straight line.
Yomes: 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 42 Canvas on a platform, bunks for five, an outlet; no heat.
Cabins: 14, 33, 39, 40 Bunks for five.
With kids: Small Fry Lake is a pond stocked in early summer where anyone 17 or younger can keep two trout a day.

Every site

Site	To the river	Next site	In our photo
2	300 ft	60 ft	a paved pad by the table, a yome just beyond
5	300 ft	110 ft	a paved pad in green shade
6	180 ft	40 ft	a yome on a rock-edged platform, ferns
7	160 ft	50 ft	a paved pad, a footbridge at the back
8	110 ft	40 ft	a table on gravel, a yome in the trees behind
10	210 ft	40 ft	a yome and a table off a long paved pad
11	220 ft	40 ft	a yome against a green fence at the edge
12	200 ft	40 ft	a yome against the fence, boulders
13	120 ft	40 ft	no photo
14	80 ft	40 ft	a cabin at the end of the pad
15	70 ft	20 ft	a yome and a huge fir
16	70 ft	20 ft	a table under tall firs
17	70 ft	40 ft	a table and fire ring, firs all round
18	70 ft	40 ft	a paved pad into the firs
19	70 ft	40 ft	a table and fire ring among boulders
20	140 ft	50 ft	a paved pad, a big rock, brush
24	40 ft	30 ft	a paved pad under tall firs
25	30 ft	30 ft	a table under tall firs
30	100 ft	50 ft	a long paved pad, a table at the back
32	100 ft	40 ft	no photo
33	70 ft	30 ft	a cabin among big firs
34	60 ft	30 ft	no photo
35	110 ft	40 ft	a paved pad, a trailer beyond
37	120 ft	40 ft	a table, a fire ring and a firewood shed behind
39	70 ft	60 ft	a cabin above the pad
40	40 ft	60 ft	a cabin in the brush
41	30 ft	60 ft	a table at the edge, a rail fence
42	90 ft	60 ft	a yome and a table
43	270 ft	60 ft	a canopy over the table, a paved pad

Distances are straight lines from each pin, to the water and to the nearest neighbor, so read them as “about”. Photos from July 2019.

Questions

Can you reserve a site at Promontory Park?: Yes. Online booking opens the first business day of January at 8 a.m.; phone and email bookings, at 503-630-7229, open the first business day of March.
Are there showers?: Yes, restrooms with showers, PGE says.
What is a yome?: PGE’s word for a cross between a yurt and a dome: canvas walls on a platform, bunks for five and an outlet, but no heat or air conditioning.
Did the 2020 fire reach Promontory Park?: PGE’s page says nothing about it, and the campground is open. It is at the lower end of the Clackamas corridor the Riverside Fire burned; in May 2021, KOIN reported, the Forest Service said there were no open campgrounds past it.

Nearby

After the 2020 fires the campgrounds further up the Clackamas
Lazy Bend Campground about 2 miles up the river; closed since the 2020 fire
Armstrong Campground about 6 miles up the river; reopened after the 2020 fire; closed for a time by the 2026 Austin Fire

The places to camp outside the campgrounds on this river, photographed the same summer

Checked October 2026 with PGE: Promontory Park, PGE: rates and policies and KOIN, June 2023. Been there since? Tell us what has changed: support@tentspots.com.