Bogus Creek Campground
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 19 mi
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- Sites
- 14All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
Bogus Creek Campground is situated in a stand of old growth Douglas fir, cedars, and deciduous trees, among many flowering shrubs and native species. Its proximity to the Wild & Scenic North Umpqua River makes this campground the perfect get away. Keep reading
Recreation
Bogus Creek Campground is located in a prime location to participate in many outdoor endeavors such as hiking, mountain biking, fly fishing, and whitewater rafting to name a few. If nature photography or wildlife viewing are your passion, you will be in no better place to capture Mother Nature's splendor through your lens or sit along the river to see the flight of the majestic bald eagles that call the North Umpqua River home. The North Umpqua River, just across the highway from this campground, offers many recreational pursuits and river access is made easy with a raft launch located across from the campground as well. Renowned for outstanding salmon and steelhead fishing and exhilarating whitewater challenges, the North Umpqua River offers an ideal setting for many recreational pursuits.
Facilities
This 14 site campground offers potable water, accessible flush toilets and hand washing sinks. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and fire ring and some sites offer a barbeque grill. Roads and spurs in this campground are paved. Trash facilities are available within the campground. Access to the North Umpqua River is within walking distance. A campground host is on site during peak season. All sites are reservable, unreserved sites will be made available on a first-come first-serve basis.
Natural Features
Visitors to the Umpqua National Forest are often taken aback by the unique landscapes of southwestern Oregon. Explosive geologic events have shaped the distinctive landscape on the nearly 1 million-acre forest, and provide spectacular scenery as well as an abundance of natural and cultural resources. The translation of the word "Umpqua," meaning "thundering waters," defines the area. High mountain lakes, heart stopping rapids, peaceful ponds and thundering waterfalls, including the beautiful Toketee Falls, offer visitors plenty to see and do.
Nearby Attractions
The popular 79 mile North Umpqua Trail is nearby and can be accessed easily from the campground from the Wright Creek or Mott Trailheads. Within the campground, you can walk along the Riverview Trail and treat yourself to amazing views of the river. Opportunities for mountain biking and whitewater rafting are within 10 miles. This campground sits along the route of the Rogue-Umpqua National Scenic Byway. The Byway offers 172 miles of diverse river and mountain landscapes that traverses through the Umpqua and Rogue River valleys. Travel from rolling oak covered hills and towering coniferous forests, to roaring white water rapids and incised inter-canyon lava flows. The highway travels alongside the Upper Rogue and the Wild & Scenic North Umpqua River.
What the agency tells you
Electric hook ups are not available.
Check-in time is 1:00 p.m.; checkout time is 11:00 a.m.
To provide a quality camping experience for all, loud/boisterous parties are prohibited.
Everything else this campground posts · 3
Drinking water is available.
Maximum vehicle length: 35 feet
Additional vehicle fees are payable only at the campground.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 14
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 30 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- 6
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…offers potable water, accessible flush toilets and hand washing sinks. Each site is equipped with…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…This 14 site campground offers potable water, accessible flush toilets and hand washing sinks.…”
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, Lake, River, Creek
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 337th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 2
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
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Every line of the receipt · 10
What you actually pay
“$5.00 per additional vehicle per day, payable only at campground $15.00 per night for additional camping units” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
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
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
14 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 14 mapped sitesAll 14 sites
| East | 003 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 90 ft | 262 ftNorth Umpqua River | |
| East | 004 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 59 ft | 311 ftNorth Umpqua River |
| East | 005 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 93 ft | 299 ftNorth Umpqua River | |
| East | 006 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 93 ft | 212 ftNorth Umpqua River | |
| East | 007 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 99 ft | 202 ftNorth Umpqua River |
| East | 008 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 59 ft | 355 ftNorth Umpqua River |
| Entrance | 001 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 112 ft | 269 ft | |
| Entrance | 002 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 112 ft | 284 ftNorth Umpqua River | |
| West | 009 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 146 ft | 307 ft | |
| West | 011 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 98 ft | 169 ft |
| West | 012 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 98 ft | 161 ft |
| West | 013 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 111 ft | 56 ft |
| West | 014 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 81 ft | 51 ft | |
| West | 015 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 81 ft | 107 ft |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Steamboat Ball Field Group SiteUmpqua National Forest · 3.8 mi
Canton Creek CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 3.9 mi
Island CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 4.0 mi
Scaredman Recreation SiteRoseburg District Swiftwater Field Office · 4.3 mi
Susan Creek CampgroundRoseburg District Swiftwater Field Office · 5.1 miDeer Flat Group CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 6.1 miFrom Roseburg, OR, travel east on OR-138 East /NE Diamond Lake Boulevard for 35 miles, Bogus Creek Campground is on the left side of the highway - opposite of the campground entrance sign.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Glide, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 41°F, day 64°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 33°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 Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Bogus Creek 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 →