Dog Lake Campground
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $6From, per site
- Sites
- 1817 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
Dog Lake Campground is located approximately 55 minutes west of Lakeview, Oregon. The campground is a serene destination for those seeking to fish and relax in a lakeside setting. It offers 17 campsites and 4 vault toilets. Each campsite has a picnic table and campfire ring. Dog Lake Boating and Picnic Sites are across from the campground. Non-motorized boats and boats with electric motors are allowed at Dog Lake. There is a large parking area with adequate trailer turnaround, and one vault toilet. In addition to the boat ramp, you'll find a fishing dock. Keep reading
Dog lake attracts a multitude of birds including pelicans, geese, ducks, and other waterfowl. Birdwatching and fishing are the main recreational pursuits at Dog Lake. Another bonus is its close proximity to Drews Reservoir and Drews Creek. Whether you are tent camping, in an RV, or boating, Dog Lake Campground has several locations to fit your style. Alert: There is no potable water or trash cans. Visitors need to pack plenty of water and leave no trace.
Recreation
Recreational activities include hunting, fishing, hiking, picnicking, mountain biking, and nature viewing.
Facilities
4 vault toilets at different campground areas, boat dock area with vault toilet, and 2 pavilion-style shelters for camp trailers and RV's.
Natural Features
Dog Lake and surrounding Fremont-Winema National Forest, featuring old burn scars from the Barry Point Fire which burned through the area in 2012.
Nearby Attractions
Dog Mountain Lookout, Drews Reservoir, and Drews Creek and Campground are all nearby.
What the agency tells you
Dogs must be kept on a leash. Camping stay is only allowed for 14 days maximum. No potable water or trash services. Pack it in, pack it out. Leave-no-trace policy.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 18
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…setting. It offers 17 campsites and 4 vault toilets. Each campsite has a picnic table and campfire…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…locations to fit your style. Alert: There is no potable water or trash cans. Visitors need to pack plenty of…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, Creek
- Accessible Swimming
- Backpacking
- Biking
- Birding
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Kayaking
- Mountain biking
- Non-Motorized Boating
- Paddling
- Swimming
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 17 of the 18 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
“Camping: $6/Night for single unit, $2/Night for extra vehicle.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $6 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 · 6
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
18 sites
All 18 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 18 of the 18 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Dog Lake Campground | 01 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 02 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 03 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 04 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 05 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 06 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 07 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 08 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 09 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 10 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 11 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 12 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 13 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 14 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 15 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 16 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Dog Lake Campground | 17 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Extra Vehicle Feee | Extra Vehicle Fee | type not stated | $2 |