East Bay Campground
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $10From, per site
- Sites
- 1918 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
Located 40 minutes south of Silver Lake, Oregon, East Bay is a desirable campground located at the base of Hager Mountain on the scenic Thompson Reservoir. Enjoy gorgeous views of the mountain and shady campsites thanks to the ponderosa pines and aspens. Eighteen spacious campsites accommodate tent and RV camping. Amenities include picnic tables, fire rings, potable water, and three vault toilets. East Bay is a popular campground with hunters every fall. East Bay Campground has convenient access to the hiker trail that leads to the summit of Hager Mountain, about 4 miles one way. Besides hiking, East Bay offers excellent fishing and boating opportunities on Thompson Reservoir. There is no dock at the present time but boaters can easily back their boat down the ramp into the water. Thompson Reservoir is stocked with rainbow trout on an annual basis. Keep reading
Recreation
Recreation opportunities in the area include picnicking, flatwater water activities, fishing, hiking, bird watching, nature viewing. The National Recreation Trail #160 is within close proximity to the Campground.
Facilities
3 Vault Toilets, Potable Water (seasonally available by hand pump).
Nearby Attractions
National Recreation Trail #160, Hager Mountain Lookout, Sycan Marsh, Winter Rim
What the agency tells you
Camping stay is only allowed for 14 days maximum. Trash service provided during peak season. Practice leave-no-trace policy. Potable water is only available during the fee-season. Water system is turned off and drained during the winter months. Signage will be posted at designated kiosks regarding water quality, testing, and safety.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 19
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…fire rings, potable water, and three vault toilets. East Bay is a popular campground with hunters…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…include picnic tables, fire rings, potable water, and three vault toilets. East Bay is a popular…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, Coast
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Kayaking
- Paddling
- Sailing
- Water access
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 18 of the 19 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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What you actually pay
“Camping: $10/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, $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.
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
19 sites
All 19 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. 19 of the 19 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| A | 01 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 02 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 03 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 04 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 05 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 06 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 07 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 08 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 09 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 10 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 11 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 12 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 13 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 14 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 15 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 16 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 17 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| A | 18 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| Extra Vehicle Fee | Extra Vehicle Fee | type not stated | $2 |