Chimney Rock Campground
1Heads up1 fire 22 mi away
This is how it should work.
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $8From, per site
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Along the Chimney Rock segment of Central Oregon's Crooked Wild and Scenic River, Chimney Rock campground offers a relaxing woodland setting amongst Western Juniper trees and beneath massive Columbia River rock formations. Fly-fishing and hiking on the nearby Chimney Rock trail offer day-long recreational fun. Enjoy plenty of easy river access along the adjacent Crooked River Back Country Byway, State Highway 27. Keep reading
Know Before You Go
Chimney Rock Campground is open year-round and is equipped with 16 campsites and vault toilets. No reservations are accepted; site is first-come, first-served only. Water is available in the campground and an accessible fishing platform is located near the campground entrance. When recreating on public lands, practice Leave-No-Trace Principles. 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. Point of Interest Check out the campground's namesake butte located prominently above highway 27 opposite the campground. Access to the trailhead is across the highway at the Chimney Rock Trailhead . For a different view, visitors can ride the 18-mile Crooked River Canyon Scenic Bikeway from Prineville to Big Bend Campground. Designated in 2018, this moderate route takes riders from picturesque farms to towering cliffs.
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…and is equipped with 16 campsites and vault toilets. No reservations are accepted; site is first-come,…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…site is first-come, first-served only. Water is available in the campground and an accessible fishing…”
- Firewood
- Mentioned
Around the campground
- On the water
- River
- Accessible Facility Or Activity
- Biking
- Fish Viewing Site
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Picnicking
- Scenic drives
- Wildlife viewing
- Fall color · reported 14 days ago, 40 km away
- Patchy color
Nothing to book, just show up
One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first, and a night costs $8 with nothing added. Get there before noon on a summer weekend.
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.
Every line of the receipt · 8
What you actually pay
“$2 per each extra vehicle (tow vehicles excluded) with a maximum of two vehicles allowed per site.” · the Bureau of Land Management’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the lowest per-night amount the agency’s fee record states ($8), and no booking fee, because this campground takes no reservations. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
How we know this receipt · 6
rules read Sep 7, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the phone number
Where it is
Cobble Rock CampgroundPrineville Deschutes Field Office · 0.5 mi
Stillwater CampgroundPrineville Deschutes Field Office · 1.0 mi
Lone Pine CampgroundPrineville Deschutes Field Office · 1.2 mi
Poison Butte CampgroundPrineville Deschutes Field Office · 1.3 mi
Castle Rock CampgroundPrineville Deschutes Field Office · 1.9 mi
Big Bend Campground1.9 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Juniper Canyon, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 34°F, day 65°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 24°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Chimney Rock 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 →