Blackberry
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- Right now
- OpenThe agency lists it open
- A night
- $36From, per site
- Sites
- 32All of them booked ahead
- Season
- Year-roundOpen year-round
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Blackberry Campground is perched on a heavily wooded bluff overlooking the Alsea River. The well-maintained campground offers plenty of fishing opportunities, including crawfishing. Swimming in the Alsea River is a popular summer activity. Keep reading
Recreation
The Alsea River is a favorite spot for drift boating, and a boat ramp is located on-site. Anglers cast by boat or from shore for Coho and Chinook salmon and Steelhead trout. Crawfishing is also a popular activity. The shellfish can often be found along the riverbank. The area is known for elk hunting, and the campground makes a great base camp for hunting parties.
Facilities
Some sites overlook the river and others are situated beside a large, manicured grassy field. Parking spurs are paved and each site is equipped with a campfire ring and picnic table. No dump station or electric hookups are available. The nearest dump station is in Waldport.
Natural Features
Blackberry Campground sits among tall cedars and Douglas fir in the Siuslaw National Forest, where blackberry bushes are scattered on the forest floor. The Siuslaw encompasses over 630,000 acres and stretches from the lush forests of the coastal mountains to the Oregon Dunes and beaches of the Pacific Ocean. The Alsea River flows 48.5 miles from the town of Alsea out to the Pacific Coast at Waldport and Alsea Bay.
Nearby Attractions
Sandy beaches stretch north and south of Waldport, just 20 minutes from the campground. Beautiful Cape Perpetua Scenic Area is another 15 minutes south of Waldport. Mary's Peak is the highest point in Oregon's Coast Range and has been designated a Scenic Botanical Area because of its rich, unique scenery and plants. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (801) 226-3564.
What the agency tells you
Be bear aware; keep all food out of sight in approved containers or locked inside your vehicle
Be sure to reserve a site that will accommodate your equipment. The site you reserve is your site. You may not move to another site.
No electric hookups at this facility
Everything else this campground posts · 6
This campground has first-come, first-served sites
A fee will be charged for extra vehicles.
Click here for more information on the Siuslaw National Forest
Don't Move Firewood: Please protect Pacific Northwest forests by preventing the spread of invasive species. Firewood can carry insects and diseases that can threaten the health of our western forests. You can make a difference by obtaining and burning your firewood near your camping destination. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
Any accepted senior passes must be entered for the discount at the time of booking for single sites only.
Customer Service Contact 801-226-3564 or Help.Siuslaw.CentralCoast@AmericanLL.com
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 32
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 120 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- River, Beach, Coast
- Berry Picking
- Biking
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Crawfishing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Night sky · 546th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 3
Full this Saturdayread 16:20 UTC
How full the weekend is nationally.
OpenBooked
The one site on offer is taken this Friday and Saturday. 20 are free on Thu, Oct 22. read 16:20 UTC Why the weekend fills and the week doesn’t
Watch for a cancellation
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We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 13
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $36 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 16:20 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
32 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 32 mapped sitesAll 32 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 32 of the 32 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 32 of the 32 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 01 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 110 ft | 240 ft | 406 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 02 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 90 ft | 301 ft | 339 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 03 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 74 ft | 223 ft | 255 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 04 | standard nonelectric | 120 ft | 74 ft | 237 ft | 176 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 05 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 81 ft | 298 ft | 259 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 06 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 74 ft | 289 ft | 180 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 07 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 55 ft | 269 ft | 136 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 08 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 59 ft | 227 ft | 98 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 09 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 55 ft | 214 ft | 89 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 10 | standard nonelectric | 120 ft | 60 ft | 184 ft | 137 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 11 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 60 ft | 244 ft | 165 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 12 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 69 ft | 235 ft | 143 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 13 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 68 ft | 243 ft | 90 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 14 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 68 ft | 175 ft | 111 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 15 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 77 ft | 59 ft | 210 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 16 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 73 ft | 119 ft | 63 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 17 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 77 ft | 47 ft | 193 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 18 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 73 ft | 47 ft | 113 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 20 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 77 ft | 57 ft | 77 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 21 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 69 ft | 130 ft | 112 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 22 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 69 ft | 65 ft | 112 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 23 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 74 ft | 156 ft | 215 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 24 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 86 ft | 138 ft | 308 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 25 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 81 ft | 55 ft | 187 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 26 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 86 ft | 137 ft | 443 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 27 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 81 ft | 65 ft | 258 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 28 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 77 ft | 55 ft | 341 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 29 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 77 ft | 57 ft | 414 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 30 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 95 ft | 49 ft | 508 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 31 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 75 ft | 158 ft | 587 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 32 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 75 ft | 181 ft | 516 ft | $36 |
| AREA BLACKBERRY | 33 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 112 ft | 270 ft | 605 ft | $36 |
25 of 32 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
River Edge Group CampgroundSiuslaw National Forest · 1.7 mi
West Winds Campground - Sand Lake Recreation Area3.2 mi
River Edge3.8 miCanal Creek Group CampgroundSiuslaw National Forest · 4.5 mi
Canal Creek4.7 miTillicum Beach CampgroundSiuslaw National Forest · 13 miFrom Waldport, Oregon, take State Route 34 east about 18 miles and turn right at the sign for the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Waldport, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 42°F, day 59°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 35°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
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 Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it · a letter you can send
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Blackberry is in Oregon’s 4th congressional district. Its representative, Val Hoyle (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A+. See every public-lands vote →
Who can change it · 3
Two offices, two different asks. The draft to the agency asks it to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up. The draft to Congress asks why that share is zero and presses for a published minimum at the campgrounds it funds.
- The member who votes the moneyVal T. HoyleU.S. Representative · Oregon’s 4th district
- Your senator, on the same appropriationJeff MerkleyU.S. Senator · Oregon
- Your senator, on the same appropriationRon WydenU.S. Senator · Oregon
Read the draft, or change the wording
For the camper who turned up, or tried to book, and couldn’t get in. Every draft is written from this campground’s own record (its agency, its unit, its site count and its own weekend) and the buttons above copy whichever wording is selected here.
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Blackberry, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon
Dear Val T. Hoyle, I’m a constituent in Oregon’s 4th district. I tried to camp at Blackberry, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, and couldn’t. All 32 sites at Blackberry are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, the one site recreation.gov was offering there was already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Blackberry keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Blackberry. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Blackberry (Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Blackberry, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon
Dear Jeff Merkley, I’m a constituent in Oregon. I tried to camp at Blackberry, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, and couldn’t. All 32 sites at Blackberry are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, the one site recreation.gov was offering there was already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Blackberry keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Blackberry. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Blackberry (Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Blackberry, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon
Dear Ron Wyden, I’m a constituent in Oregon. I tried to camp at Blackberry, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, and couldn’t. All 32 sites at Blackberry are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, the one site recreation.gov was offering there was already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Blackberry keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Blackberry. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Blackberry (Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon) via campanac.com