Look around before you go
At 350 places on our map we stood on the site and took a photo all the way around, so you can turn in it: the ground under the tent, who is next door, the river behind the fire ring. Here they are, campground by campground, each leading to its site, where the view turns.
Some are of campgrounds the 2020 fires closed. Those show the sites as they were the summer before.
Stand in our favorite first
McNeil Campground 31
Site 1 · Site 2 · Site 3 · Site 4 · Site 5 · Site 6 · Site 7 · Site 8 · Site 9 · Site 10 · Site 11 · Site 12 · Site 14 · Site 15 · Site 16 · Site 18 · Site 19 · Site 20 · Site 21 · Site 23 · Site 24 · Site 25 · Site 26 · Site 27 · Site 28 · Site 29 · Site 30 · Site 31 · Site 32 · Site 33 · Site 34
Promontory Park Campground 25
Inside the 2020 Riverside Fire’s perimeter, and open.
Site 5 · Site 6 · Site 7 · Site 8 · Site 10 · Site 11 · Site 12 · Site 14 · Site 15 · Site 16 · Site 17 · Site 18 · Site 19 · Site 20 · Site 24 · Site 25 · Site 30 · Site 33 · Site 35 · Site 37 · Site 39 · Site 40 · Site 41 · Site 42 · Site 43
Fish Creek Campground 19
Closed since the 2020 Riverside Fire. These are its sites as they were: our photos are from July 2019, a year before the fire.
Site 2 · Site 3 · Site 4 · Site 5 · Site 6 · Site 7 · Site 8 · Site 10 · Site 11 · Site 12 · Site 14 · Site 15 · Site 16 · Site 18 · Site 20 · Site 21 · Site 22 · Site 23 · Site 24
Slab Camp 15
Along the boulders · Among the rocks · At the trailhead · Behind the boulders · By the road · In the woods by the creek · On the creek bank · On the path · Our favorite, by the creek · The abandoned spot · The grassy clearing · The grassy fire ring · The mountain view · The secluded one · Under the firs
Sunset Falls Campground 15
Site 1 · Site 2 · Site 4 · Site 5 · Site 7 · Site 10 · Site 11 · Site 12 · Site 13 · Site 14 · Site 15 · Site 16 · Site 17 · Site 18 · unnumbered
North Santiam State Recreation Area 13
Burned in the 2020 Beachie Creek Fire, reopened since. These are its sites as they were: our photos are from summer and fall 2019, the year before the fire.
Site 1 · Site 2 · Site 3 · Site 4 · Site 5 · Site 6 · Site 7 · Site 8 · Site 9 · Site 10 · Site 11 · Site 12 · Site 13
Champoeg State Heritage Area Campground 9
Site T1 · Site T4 · Site T5 · Site T6 · Site A7 · Site A8 · Site A9 · Site A10 · Site A12
Cold Creek Campground 9
Site 1 · Site 2 · Site 3 · Site 4 · Site 6 · Site 7 · Site 8 · Site 9 · unnumbered
Lost Creek Campground 8
Site B1 · Site A3 · Site B3 · Site A5 · Site B5 · Site A7 · Site A9 · Site A11
Ramona Falls trailhead 8
Spot 1 · Spot 2 · Spot 3 · Spot 4 · Spot 5 · Spot 6 · Spot 7 · Spot 8
Armstrong Campground 7
Reopened after the 2020 Riverside Fire; closed for a time by the 2026 Austin Fire. These are its sites as they were: our photos are from July 2019, a year before the fire.
Site 1 · Site 2 · Site 3 · Edge of the trees · In the sun · The marked post · Unnumbered
Ripplebrook Campground 7
Reopened after the 2020 Riverside Fire; closed again by the 2026 Austin Fire. These are its sites as they were: our photos are from July 2019, a year before the fire.
Site 1 · Site 3 · Site 4 · Site 5 · Site 6 · Site 7 · Site 8
Jackson F. Kimball State Recreation Site 6
Sunstrip Campground 6
Closed since the 2020 Riverside Fire. These are its sites as they were: our photos are from July 2019, a year before the fire.
Black Lake Campground 5
Site 2 · Site 3 · Among the logs · South end · The meadow
Roaring River Campground 5
Closed since the 2020 Riverside Fire. These are its sites as they were: our photos are from July 2019, a year before the fire.
Rock Creek Campground 4
Streeter's Resort, Silver Lake 4
Devils Lake Campground 3
Lake Harriet Campground 2
Closed for 2026 after the Austin Fire. These are its sites as they were: our photos are from July 2019.
Parish Lake Campground 2
Rainy Lake Campground 2
Blue Bay Campground, Suttle Lake 1
Scott Lake Campground 1
Outside the campgrounds
143 more are of places to pitch a tent outside any campground, on the Sandy River, the Clackamas and the Nisqually among them. Dispersed camping, area by area.