Cape Perpetua
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- Right now
- Closed for the seasonOut of the season the agency publishes
- A night
- $39From, per site
- Sites
- 4038 on recreation.gov
- Season
- March 1 – September 30Open March 1 through September 30
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
Cape Perpetua Campground is nestled along the banks of Cape Creek, within reach of the beautiful Oregon Coast. The campground is esteemed for its incredible location between the forest and the beach, and for its easy access to impressive hiking trails and prime ocean views. Keep reading
Recreation
Visitors enjoy relaxing on the shore and exploring tide pools. A 23-mile trail system surrounds the campground. Several paths lead through dense, old-growth forests and to rocky coastal overlooks.
Facilities
Many sites in the campground are situated along Cape Creek. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring. Flush toilets and drinking water are provided. The Cape Perpetua Visitor Center is a short, moderate hike from the campground. The center has a phenomenal view of the ocean. A variety of short films are shown in the theater. The nearest dump station is located in Waldport, about 12 miles north of the campground. Another dump station can be found about 12 miles south at the Carl G. Washburn State Park.
Natural Features
The campground is surrounded by large Sitka spruce, Douglas fir and alder trees within the Siuslaw National Forest. When exploring the area, visitors will find steep cliffs, rolling hills, sand dunes and lush forests. Siuslaw is one of only two national forests bordering the Pacific Ocean. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (801) 226-3564.
Nearby Attractions
Heceta Beach is located nearby, giving visitors the opportunity to enjoy the Pacific Ocean.
What the agency tells you
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.
A fee will be charged for extra vehicles.
Click here for more information on the Siuslaw National Forest
Everything else this campground posts · 3
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
- 40 · 12 tent-only, 1 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 60 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…with a picnic table and campfire ring. Flush toilets and drinking water are provided. The Cape Perpetua…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…and campfire ring. Flush toilets and drinking water are provided. The Cape Perpetua Visitor Center is a…”
- Dump station
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Creek, Beach, Coast
- Beachcombing
- Hiking
- Ranger programs
- Visitor center
- Whale Watching
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 465th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 2
Full this Saturdayread 16:27 UTC
How full the weekend is nationally.
4 campgrounds have sites open within 30 miles, read 16:41 UTC. See them
OpenBooked
Every one of the 10 sites on offer is taken this Friday and Saturday. 20 are free on Tue, Oct 20. read 16:27 UTC Why the weekend fills and the week doesn’t
Watch for a cancellation
Watch this campground
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
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.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
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 · 14
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $39 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
Open within 30 miles this weekend · 4
Sites the agency is offering this Friday and Saturday that nobody has taken, nearest first. read 16:41 UTC
- South Jetty Sand CampingOregon Dunes National Recreation Area · 23 mi · 22 of 28 site-nights open
- DriftwoodOregon Dunes National Recreation Area · 28 mi · 61 of 132 site-nights open
- Siltcoos Sand CampingOregon Dunes National Recreation Area · 28 mi · 32 of 32 site-nights open
- Lagoon CampgroundOregon Dunes National Recreation Area · 28 mi · 24 of 50 site-nights open
recreation.gov availability, read 16:27 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
40 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 38 mapped sitesAll 40 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 35 of the 40 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. 40 of the 40 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 CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 01 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 210 ft | 87 ft | 490 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 02 | type not stated | 35 ft | 42 ft | 534 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 03 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 135 ft | 72 ft | 604 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 04 | tent only nonelectric | 112 ft | 65 ft | 714 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 05 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 112 ft | 33 ft | 804 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 06 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 91 ft | under 10 ft | 905 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 07 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 91 ft | under 10 ft | 989 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 08 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 89 ft | under 10 ft | 1,102 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 09 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 89 ft | 31 ft | 1,188 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 10 | tent only nonelectric | 114 ft | 17 ft | 1,315 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 11 | tent only nonelectric | 114 ft | 22 ft | 1,429 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 12 | tent only nonelectric | 97 ft | 19 ft | 1,551 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 13 | tent only nonelectric | 95 ft | 12 ft | 1,640 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 14 | tent only nonelectric | 85 ft | 36 ft | 1,731 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 15 | tent only nonelectric | 85 ft | 49 ft | 1,814 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 16 | tent only nonelectric | 92 ft | 24 ft | 1,903 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 17 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 93 ft | 25 ft | 2,003 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 18 | tent only nonelectric | 93 ft | 21 ft | 2,096 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 19 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 100 ft | 10 ft | 2,222 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 20 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 100 ft | under 10 ft | 2,322 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 21 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 82 ft | under 10 ft | 2,455 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 22 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 82 ft | 26 ft | 2,535 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 23 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 52 ft | 42 ft | 2,664 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 24 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 52 ft | 47 ft | 2,716 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 25 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 96 ft | 32 ft | 2,815 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 26 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 72 ft | 22 ft | 2,906 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 27 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 41 ft | 12 ft | 2,974 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 28 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 41 ft | 14 ft | 3,015 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 29 | type not stated | 30 ft | under 10 ft | 3,065 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 30 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 46 ft | under 10 ft | 3,113 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 31 | tent only nonelectric | 46 ft | 17 ft | 3,159 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 32 | tent only nonelectric | 47 ft | 12 ft | 3,218 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 33 | tent only nonelectric | 47 ft | 54 ft | 3,245 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 34 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 37 ft | 87 ft | 3,278 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 35 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 37 ft | 94 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 36 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 44 ft | 100 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 37 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 92 ft | 86 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 38 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 44 ft | 115 ft | $39 | |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | 39 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 103 ft | under 10 ft | 3,244 ft | $39 |
| AREA CAPE PERPETUA SITE | GRP1 | group standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 146 ft | 162 ft | $220 |
25 of 40 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
TillicumSiuslaw National Forest · 6.0 miRock Creek CampgroundSiuslaw National Forest · 6.6 mi
Rock Creek Oregon Coast (Siuslaw National Forest, OR)Siuslaw National Forest · 6.7 miCanal Creek Group CampgroundSiuslaw National Forest · 11 mi
Canal Creek12 miCampground is located North of Florence, Oregon along Highway 101, 22 miles north of Florence, Oregon and 3 miles south of Yachats, Oregon. Campground is located on the east side of the highway in the Cape Perpetua Scenic area. After turning off Highway 101, take a right at the split with the signed road to the Cape Perpetua Campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Yachats, OR
Typical weather
Typical March night 42°F, day 55°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical March night 42°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
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
who answers for it · a letter you can send
Who answers for this land
Cape Perpetua 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 Cape Perpetua, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon
Dear Val T. Hoyle, I’m a constituent in Oregon’s 4th district. I tried to camp at Cape Perpetua, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, and couldn’t. recreation.gov lists 38 of the 40 campsites the agency files at Cape Perpetua, and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 10 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Cape Perpetua keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Cape Perpetua. 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 Cape Perpetua (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 Cape Perpetua, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon
Dear Jeff Merkley, I’m a constituent in Oregon. I tried to camp at Cape Perpetua, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, and couldn’t. recreation.gov lists 38 of the 40 campsites the agency files at Cape Perpetua, and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 10 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Cape Perpetua keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Cape Perpetua. 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 Cape Perpetua (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 Cape Perpetua, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon
Dear Ron Wyden, I’m a constituent in Oregon. I tried to camp at Cape Perpetua, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, and couldn’t. recreation.gov lists 38 of the 40 campsites the agency files at Cape Perpetua, and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 10 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Cape Perpetua keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Cape Perpetua. 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 Cape Perpetua (Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon) via campanac.com