Clearwater Falls Campground
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 19 mi
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $10From, per site
- Sites
- 10All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
Surrounded by picturesque, moist, green foliage along the Rogue-Umpqua National Scenic Byway sits Clearwater Falls Campground. With nine campsites available, enjoy the sounds of the Clearwater River as it meanders through the old growth Douglas fir forest. At lower Clearwater Falls Campground, you can stay at one of five campsites and enjoy the waterfall as it drifts downward 30 feet over moss covered rocks and logs to the river below. Or you can hike the trail to the upper portion of the campground, where you will find four secluded and serene campsites that sit along the Clearwater River. Keep reading
Recreation
Hiking Picnicking Fishing Facilities Vault toilet Nine tent/trailer sites Each site has a picnic table and fire ring Maximum trailer length: 25 feet Natural Features Visitors to the Umpqua National Forest are often taken aback by the unique landscapes of southwestern Oregon. High Cascades glaciation, whitewater rapids, and explosive geologic events have shaped the distinctive landscape on the 983,239 acres of forest that provides spectacular scenery as well as an abundance of natural and cultural resources. Verdant stands of hemlock, fir and cedar transition to forests of mixed conifers and hardwoods at lower elevations, while alpine ecosystems dominate high peaks. The translation of the word "Umpqua," meaning "thundering waters," defines the area. The Forest's waterways and diversity create desirable habitat for many species of fish and wildlife, in addition to providing outstanding recreational opportunities to our local communities and visitors. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (541) 496-3532.
Nearby Attractions
Lemolo Lake Whitehorse Falls Watson Falls Watson Falls Trailhead (#1496) Silent Creek Trailhead (#1479) Diamond Lake Umpqua Hot Springs Trailhead North Umpqua Trail (#1414)
Charges & Cancellations
This is a Scan and Pay campground . There are no refunds, modifications, cancellations, or other fee changes allowed with Scan and Pay payments. This system is the same as putting cash into a fee tube and cannot be refunded.
What the agency tells you
Campfires are allowed in developed Forest Service installed metal fire rings when conditions allow. Learn more about current fire information: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/umpqua/fire/info Quiet hours between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Check in: 1:00 p.m.; Check out: 11:00 a.m. Electric or water hook ups are not available. Drinking water is not available, please bring your own. Trash facilities are not available; pack it in, pack it out. Fireworks are prohibited. OHV/ATV use is prohibited in the campground. There is no cell phone coverage Dogs must be on a leash. Maximum length of stay anywhere on the forest is 14 days. Must pay via Scan & Pay onsite with the Recreation.gov app.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 10
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 25 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- VAULT TOILETS on 10 of 10 campsite records
Around the campground
- On the water
- Hot springs, Waterfall, Lake, River, Creek
- Berry Picking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Picnicking
- Night sky · 159th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 2
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 14:34 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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
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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
“Extra vehicle fee $5 per vehicle per night.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $10 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.
“This is a Scan and Pay campground. There are no refunds, modifications, cancellations, or other fee changes allowed with Scan and Pay payments. This system is the same as putting cash into a fee tube and cannot be refunded.” · 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 · 7
recreation.gov availability, read 14:34 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
10 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 9 mapped sitesAll 10 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 9 of the 10 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. 10 of the 10 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Clearwater Falls | 01 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 123 ft | 271 ft | 260 ft | $10 |
| Clearwater Falls | 02 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 123 ft | 319 ft | 249 ft | $10 |
| Clearwater Falls | 03 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 123 ft | 438 ft | 370 ft | $10 |
| Clearwater Falls | 04 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 82 ft | 456 ft | 427 ft | $10 |
| Clearwater Falls | 05 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 82 ft | 399 ft | 392 ft | $10 |
| Clearwater Falls | 06 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 99 ft | 129 ft | 93 ft | $10 |
| Clearwater Falls | 07 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 99 ft | 105 ft | 122 ft | $10 |
| Clearwater Falls | 08 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 121 ft | 242 ft | 40 ft | $10 |
| Clearwater Falls | 09 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 121 ft | 141 ft | 147 ft | $10 |
| Extra Vehicle | Extra Vehicle | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | Vault Toilets listed | $10 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions
Where it is
Whitehorse Falls CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 3.7 mi
Poole CreekUmpqua National Forest · 4.5 mi
Bunker Hill CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 5.3 mi
East Lemolo CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 5.4 mi
Inlet CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 5.7 mi
Thielsen View CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 6.3 miFrom Roseburg, OR, travel east on OR-138 / Diamond Lake Boulevard for approximately 70 miles, turn right at the sign for the Clearwater Falls Campground. Follow the short entry road and bear left, the campground will be to the left.
For access into the four upper sites, continue to travel east on OR-138 to Forest Road 4785 and turn right, then make an immediate right and drive approximately 1.5 miles to the campground located on the right.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Chemult, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 36°F, day 59°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 26°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 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
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
Clearwater Falls 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 →