U.S. Forest Service · Rogue River National Forest · OR

Acorn Woman Lakes Campground

5Heads up5 fires, nearest 26 mi
Wildfire
Tartar Gulch Rd fire · 26 mi away · updated Oct 16, 2026
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Foothill Blvd 5651 fire · 29 mi away · updated Oct 15, 2026
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Crooks Creek Rd 3440 fire · 31 mi away · updated Oct 15, 2026
Wildfire
West Side Rd 5565 fire · 34 mi away · updated Oct 14, 2026
Wildfire
W Fork Evans Creek fire · 42 mi away · updated Oct 15, 2026
The agency doesn’t say how you get a siteIts record carries no access type, so treat it as a place to phone before you drive.
Right now
OpenListed open; its database flags it not open
Season
Year-roundOpen year-round
3,100 ftElevation
659 ftWater · Téel Creek
11.7 miS of Ruch, OR
36%Tree cover
Bortle 3Night sky · 607th darkest of 770 in OR
Open year-roundToday

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there

In the agency’s own words

Acorn Woman Lakes is one of more popular areas in the Applegate Recreation Area! If you want to get away from it all and really enjoy the beauty of southwest Oregon, Acorn Woman Lakes is the ideal opportunity for that. The air is clean and the water fresh,and at night, the stars are bright! Hiking and fishing top the list of recreational opportunities at Acorn Woman Lakes Campground. Two mountain lakes, a river and a handful of hiking trails are accessible from the campground. Keep reading

Anglers enjoy the remote location and scenic backdrop of two natural lakes, providing excellent fishing opportunities for coldwater and warmwater species. Acorn Woman Lake, larger than its sister, sustains rainbow and cutthroat trout, yellow perch, brown bullhead and black bass. Little Acorn Woman Lake provides a rare fishery for 8-11" wild, native coastal cutthroat trout. A 0.25-mile hiking trail connects the lakes. Motors are not permitted on the lakes. From the campground, Little Acorn Woman Trail is a 1-mile interpretive hike that provides visitors with many opportunities for picnicking and swimming. The 2-mile Summit Lake Trail travels through a mixed conifer forest and small water crossings. Paddle boats alone are allowed on the lake, making it a great place to canoe or raft and check out the wildlife. Acorn Woman Lakes Campground contains 10 individual sites and five group sites. All sites are walk-in and designated for tent camping only. They are reachable by walking on foot trails from the parking area. Vehicles must be parked outside the gated area, and all personal belongings must be carried to the campsite. The closest campsites are approximately 1/4 mile from parking and the farthest campsites are approximately 1.5 miles from parking. During specific hours (variable), the concessionaire does offer an ATV portage service for your camping gear. They do not transport people. This service is at the discretion of the Camp Host, and charged at $25 per trip. Picnic tables, campfire rings and vault toilets are provided. Drinking water from a hand-pump, located near site # 2 will NOT be available in 2023. Most sites are located at the water's edge. Please note: There is a two-night minimum when you desire to reserve a Friday or Saturday night. Visit www.applegatelake.com for more information. In addition to camping, there is a popular Day use area within the Campground. Seasonal information: Acorn Woman Lakes Campground and Day use remains open all year, with no fee charged from November through mid-May. However, there are no services during the off-season. Pack out all trash, and please, Leave No Trace .

Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Vault Toilets
“…trip. Picnic tables, campfire rings and vault toilets are provided. Drinking water from a hand-pump,…”
Drinking water
Yes
“…rings and vault toilets are provided. Drinking water from a hand-pump, located near site # 2 will NOT be…”
Store
Nearby
Source: Stated in the agency description
Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Lake, River
Source: Stated in the agency description

Phone before you drive

recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.

Booking window6 months outBooking opens 6 months ahead; today unlocks arrivals through April 16, 2027. The agency publishes no reservable season in the record we hold, so the window may close earlier than that.recreation.gov
Runs itU.S. Forest Servicethe agency’s record
Every line of the receipt · 5

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
The U.S. Forest Service publishes no per-night rate for this campground that we can read, so there’s no sign price to print. That’s a gap in the record, not a free campground.
However, there are no services from November through mid-May, and visitors must pack out their garbage and practice Leave No Trace ethics.
The booking feerecreation.gov
We hold no recreation.gov booking record for this campground, so we can’t say whether a booking fee applies.
What this campground addsits own record
Extra vehicleSee the note

“Standard Campsites (includes one vehicle): $25/night Group sites (includes 2 vehicles): $75/night Additional Vehicles: $5/day per vehicle Day Use : $7 All sites at Acorn Woman Lakes can be used during the off-season,…” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record

What a stay costs
The agency publishes no nightly rate for this campground, so there’s no total to show.
How we know this receipt · 5
Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this

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Getting there

the map and the coordinate

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight53°Partly Cloudy
Saturday70°Mostly Sunny
Saturday Night47°Partly Cloudy
Sunday71°Sunny

NWS forecast for Ruch, OR

Typical weather

Typical October night 38°F, day 70°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical December night 27°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

100°32°20°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: YREKA, CA (USC00049866), 30 miles away and 391 ft lower

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

What threatens this place

Roadless
Little Grayback7,986 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Condrey Mountain9,068 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Kinney7,505 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Sep 30, 2026

Who answers for this land

Cliff Bentz, official portrait

Acorn Woman Lakes Campground is in Oregon’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Cliff Bentz (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

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How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: The agency lists it open right now. Its own recreation database, though, flags it not open with no reason or date; the flag is named under How we know all this.
Season: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026
Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.