Cinder Hill Campground
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $27From, per site
- Sites
- 108106 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices
In the agency’s own words
Cinder Hill Campground sits at the edge of beautiful East Lake in the caldera of Newberry Volcano. The area is part of the Newberry National Monument in Deschutes National Forest. The area is popular for its geological significance and multitude of recreational activities, making it an ideal individual and family camping excursion. Deschutes National Forest | Newberry National Volcanic Monument - Deschutes NF | Forest Service Recreation Visitors can take advantage of boating, kayaking, swimming and fishing on East Lake. A boat ramp is located in the campground, and the lake has a 10 mph speed limit. Keep reading
For anglers, the lake provides the perfect setting to fish from boat or the shoreline. It supports rainbow trout, brown trout and Kokanee salmon. In September, the outlet of adjacent Paulina Lake may be choked with Kokanee moving to spawn in Paulina Creek. The Crater Rim Trail, considered one of the finest high country trails in the area, boasts vast stretches of forest, deserts and mountains. The trail has many access points and connectors to other trails.
Facilities
Cinder Hill Campground offers several sites close to the shore or within easy walking distance to the beach. It is an ideal campground for those hauling trailers, but it also has plenty of sites perfect for tents. Sites are equipped with tables and campfire rings with grills. Flush toilets and drinking water are also available.
Natural Features
East Lake is located within the collapsed crater, or caldera of Newberry Volcano. Nearly five miles in diameter, the caldera encircles the basins of East Lake and Paulina Lake. East Lake covers 1,044 acres and is 180 feet at its deepest point. Paulina Creek flows from the lake and has chiseled a narrow gorge through the caldera's west wall creating a remarkable twin waterfall. Thermal vents and hot springs along the lake's northeast edge help create a highly productive ecosystem. The surrounding undeveloped wilderness, clean streams and diverse forests support a variety of wildlife, including black bear, bighorn sheep, deer, native fish and migratory birds. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (541) 323-1746.
Nearby Attractions
Big Obsidian Flow Trail offers a 1-mile interpretive trail that climbs up and onto this impressive lava flow of obsidian (black volcanic glass) and pumice. The Big Obsidian Flow is 1300 years old, the youngest lava flow in Oregon. Lava Lands Visitor Center in nearby Bend, Oregon, is a great starting point for visitors to learn about the diverse landscape and history of the area through educational programs and exhibits. Lava River Cave, also located in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument, is nearly a mile long. The northwest section of the cave is the longest continuous lava tube in Oregon. A nearby resort, operating under a special use permit from the Deschutes National Forest offers visitors lodging, last minute essentials and boat rentals.
Charges & Cancellations
Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
What the agency tells you
A restricted generator use policy is in affect for sites 52 - 110 at Cinder Hill Campground to enhance visitor experience opportunities. Generators may only operate between the hours of 10 a.m. and noon and the hours of 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. daily.
Prevent the spread of invasive species by inspecting and cleaning packs, equipment and tires before using lake or trails
Please Note: One RV with tow vehicle per single site or one vehicle per tent site. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. Extra vehicle will be charged a per night fee and collected at the campground.
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Boat launch parking is for day use only and requires a recreation fee separate from camping fees. Park your boat trailers and vehicles at your campsite please.
Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed.
During your time in Central Oregon, you can find wildfire, prescribed fire and smoke information at centraloregonfire.org
Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).
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.
Camping or otherwise occupying a single location (including leaving camping equipment and/or related supplies) for a period longer than 14 consecutive calendar days is prohibited. ‘Location’ means the occupied area, the occupied campsite, and the National Forest System lands in the immediate vicinity thereof. Camping or occupying any location on all national Forest lands for more than 28 calendar days total during a calendar year is prohibited.
NO generator use is allowed in campgrounds between 10:00PM and 7:00AM (36 CFR 261.10). Silent power banks or battery powered devices are allowed.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 108
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 85 ft
- Paved pads
- 4 of 108
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 105 of 107 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Pit Toilets
- PIT TOILETS on 1 of 110 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- WATER SPIGOT on 1 of 110 campsite records
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 28 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Hot springs, Waterfall, Lake, River, Creek, Beach
- Biking
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Night sky · 429th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 2
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 16:10 UTC
recreation.gov lists 106 of the 108 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
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.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $27 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.
“Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.” · this campground’s own terms
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 · 6
recreation.gov availability, read 16:10 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
110 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 106 mapped sitesAll 110 records
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 1 of the 110 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. 106 of the 110 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.
| Cinder Hill Campground | 001 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 65 ft | 405 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 002 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 56 ft | 388 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 003 | standard nonelectric | 65 ft | 74 ft | 457 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 004 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 56 ft | 389 ft | Pit Toilets listed | $27 | |
| Cinder Hill Campground | 005 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 68 ft | 472 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 006 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 68 ft | 409 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 007 | standard nonelectric | 34 ft | 70 ft | 456 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 008 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 76 ft | 376 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 009 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 52 ft | 462 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 010 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 52 ft | 420 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 011 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 68 ft | 458 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 012 | standard nonelectric | 33 ft | 63 ft | 398 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 013 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 63 ft | 479 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 014 | standard nonelectric | 33 ft | 63 ft | 424 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 015 | standard nonelectric | 33 ft | 89 ft | 464 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 016 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 101 ft | 482 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 017 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 90 ft | 378 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 018 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 66 ft | 335 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 019 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 66 ft | 359 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 020 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 65 ft | 287 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 021 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 65 ft | 289 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 022 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 135 ft | 303 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 023 HOST | host pad | 40 ft | yes | 235 ft | |||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 024 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 96 ft | 200 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 025 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 111 ft | 289 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 026 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 96 ft | 174 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 027 | standard nonelectric | 34 ft | 77 ft | 248 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 028 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 94 ft | 177 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 029 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 77 ft | 272 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 030 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 68 ft | 213 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 031 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 68 ft | 268 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 032 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 77 ft | 212 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 033 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 131 ft | 203 ft | 3,170 ft | $27 | |
| Cinder Hill Campground | 034 | standard nonelectric | 23 ft | 91 ft | 440 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 035 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 91 ft | 350 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 036 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 99 ft | 305 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 037 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 97 ft | 361 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 038 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 97 ft | 271 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 039 | standard nonelectric | 23 ft | 88 ft | 276 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 040 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 91 ft | 366 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 041 | standard nonelectric | 33 ft | 79 ft | 274 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 042 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 86 ft | 359 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 043 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 79 ft | 262 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 044 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 86 ft | 342 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 045 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 102 ft | 234 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 046 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 61 ft | 205 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 047 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 104 ft | 307 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 048 | standard nonelectric | 33 ft | 61 ft | 202 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 049 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 85 ft | 319 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 050 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 85 ft | 296 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 051 | type not stated | 36 ft | 326 ft | ||||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 052 | type not stated | 33 ft | 341 ft | ||||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 053 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 71 ft | 230 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 054 | standard nonelectric | 33 ft | 108 ft | 350 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 055 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 71 ft | 238 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 056 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 80 ft | 260 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 057 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 80 ft | 339 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 058 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 91 ft | 299 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 059 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 95 ft | 253 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 060 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 40 ft | 201 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 061 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 40 ft | 239 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 062 | standard nonelectric | 33 ft | 77 ft | 316 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 063 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 77 ft | 318 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 064 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 111 ft | 322 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 065 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 111 ft | 361 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 066 | standard nonelectric | 85 ft | 90 ft | 422 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 067 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 63 ft | 493 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 068 | standard nonelectric | 75 ft | 71 ft | 486 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 069 | standard nonelectric | 57 ft | 63 ft | 544 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 070 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 74 ft | 606 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 071 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 71 ft | 535 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 072 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 65 ft | 594 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 073 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 65 ft | 639 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 074 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 57 ft | 728 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 075 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 53 ft | 654 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 076 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 53 ft | 704 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 077 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 57 ft | 748 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 078 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 66 ft | 771 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 079 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 61 ft | 722 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 080 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 61 ft | 778 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 081 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 41 ft | 720 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 082 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 41 ft | 751 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 083 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 50 ft | 668 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 084 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 74 ft | 729 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 085 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 50 ft | 655 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 086 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 75 ft | 671 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 087 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 75 ft | 621 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 088 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 91 ft | 564 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 089 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 78 ft | 543 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 090 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 60 ft | 470 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 091 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 37 ft | 482 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 092 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 60 ft | 414 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 093 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 37 ft | 449 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 094 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 107 ft | 146 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 095 | standard nonelectric | 33 ft | 62 ft | 207 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 096 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 65 ft | 170 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 097 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 65 ft | 201 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 098 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 85 ft | 145 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 099 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 85 ft | 228 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 100 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 97 ft | 218 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 101 HOST | host pad | 36 ft | |||||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 102 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 145 ft | 313 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 103 | standard nonelectric | 31 ft | 78 ft | 332 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 104 | standard nonelectric | 31 ft | 41 ft | 390 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 105 | standard nonelectric | 33 ft | 41 ft | 394 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 106 | standard nonelectric | 33 ft | 45 ft | 326 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 107 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 45 ft | 361 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 108 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 55 ft | 286 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 109 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 55 ft | 339 ft | $27 | ||
| Cinder Hill Campground | 110 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 62 ft | 239 ft | $27 |
The agency files 2 more records here that aren’t sites for the night. It names them host pads. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.
25 of 110 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Cinder Hill CampgroundDeschutes National Forest · 0.6 mi
East Lake CampgroundNewberry National Volcanic Monument · 1.4 mi
Little Crater CampgroundNewberry National Volcanic Monument · 2.7 mi
Newberry Group Camp SiteNewberry National Volcanic Monument · 3.5 mi
Chief Paulina Horse CampNewberry National Volcanic Monument · 3.6 mi
Paulina Lake CampgroundNewberry National Volcanic Monument · 4.2 miFrom Bend, travel 23 miles south on Highway 97 to County Road 21( Paulina Lake Road). Turn onto County Road 21 and go about 17 miles east. Take Forest Road 300 north for 0.5 miles.
From La Pine, go 5 miles north on Highway 97 to County Road 21(Paulina Lake Road). Take County Road 21 east about 17 miles. Take Forest Road 300 north for 0.5 miles.
The weather
the next four days
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Three Rivers, OR
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
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
Cinder Hill 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 →