East Lemolo Campground
1Heads up1 fire 24 mi away
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $16From, per site
- Sites
- 1615 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices
In the agency’s own words
East Lemolo is on the banks of Lemolo Lake, the highest reservoir on the North Umpqua River at an elevation of 4,150 feet. Keep reading
Recreation
Boating, fishing, swimming, kayaking, canoeing and water skiing top the list of recreational activities at the campground. Lemolo Lake provides outdoor enthusiasts with a multitude of recreational opportunities year round. The forested shoreline and mountainous backdrop provide a perfect setting for both swimmers braving the lake's cold, refreshing waters, and for anglers casting lines from boat or beach. Populations of German brown trout, Eastern brook trout, rainbow trout and kokanee salmon thrive in the lake which reaches depths of up to 100 feet in places. For waterfall seekers, nearby Lemolo Falls Trail is a steep traverse that drops down into North Umpqua Canyon for a view of Lemolo Falls as it cascades 150 feet to the canyon bottom. A spur trail accesses the bottom of the canyon below the falls.
Facilities
This campground has 15 standard sites, all sites are available by reservation only. Sites are equipped with picnic tables and campfire rings with grills. There is a vault toilet, but no drinking water is available.
Natural Features
Umpqua National Forest visitors are often taken aback by unique and surprising landscapes shaped by explosive geologic events. The 984,602-acre forest provides spectacular scenery and an abundance of natural and cultural resources. The translation of the word, "Umpqua," meaning "thundering waters," defines the area. High mountain lakes, heart-stopping rapids, peaceful ponds and thundering waterfalls, including the 272-foot Watson Falls on the North Umpqua Highway, offer visitors a renewed sense of spirit. Diverse ecosystems support a wide range of habitat for wildlife. From eagles and owls to salamanders and salmon, these species, along with many others, depend on surrounding undeveloped wilderness, clean streams and diverse forests to live.
Nearby Attractions
Access to hiking, mountain biking and OHV trails is within ten miles of the campground. For a scenic driving experience there are 172 miles of diverse river and mountain landscapes along the Rogue-Umpqua National Scenic Byway. Travel from rolling oak-covered hills and towering coniferous forests, to roaring whitewater rapids and ancient lava flows. The highway travels alongside the Upper Rogue and North Umpqua Wild and Scenic Rivers that contain world-class fisheries. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (760) 932-7092.
Charges & Cancellations
Reservation sites will be held until check out time (11am) 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.
What the agency tells you
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.
There is no drinking water available at this campground.
Extra vehicle fee $5 per vehicle per night, payable at the campground only
Everything else this campground posts · 1
Maximum vehicle length: 22 feet
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 16
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 25 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…campfire rings with grills. There is a vault toilet, but no drinking water is available. Natural…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…grills. There is a vault toilet, but no drinking water is available. Natural Features Umpqua National…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, Reservoir, Lake, River, Creek, Beach
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Kayaking
- Swimming
- Water Skiing
- Night sky · 186th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 2
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 15 of the 16 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.
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.
Every line of the receipt · 13
What you actually pay
“Extra vehicle fee $5 per vehicle per night, **MUST BE PAID AT THE CAMPGROUND FEE KIOSK UPON ARRIVAL” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $16 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.
“Reservation sites will be held until check out time (11am) 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 Co…” · 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
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
16 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 15 mapped sitesAll 16 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. 16 of the 16 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| ELCG | 001 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 46 ft | 148 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 002 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 71 ft | 228 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 003 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 46 ft | 136 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 004 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 71 ft | 175 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 005 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 60 ft | 76 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 006 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 93 ft | 22 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 007 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 93 ft | 85 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 008 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 85 ft | 59 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 009 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 99 ft | 159 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 010 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 53 ft | 118 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 011 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 53 ft | 163 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 012 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 84 ft | 255 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 013 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 90 ft | 236 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 014 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 71 ft | 289 ft | $16 |
| ELCG | 015 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 71 ft | 339 ft | $16 |
| S&P | Single S&P | type not stated | 25 ft | $16 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Inlet CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 0.4 mi
Bunker Hill CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 1.4 mi
Poole CreekUmpqua National Forest · 1.9 mi
Kelsay Valley Horse CampUmpqua National Forest · 3.3 mi
Clearwater Falls CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 5.4 mi
TimpanogasWillamette National Forest · 7.5 miFrom Roseburg, OR, travel east on OR-138 / NE Diamond Lake Boulevard for approximately 72 miles, turn left onto Forest Road 2610 (Bird's Point Road). Continue for 3 miles and turn right onto Forest Road 2614. Proceed 2 miles and turn left onto Forest Road 430. The campground is at the end of the road.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Crescent Lake, 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
East Lemolo 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 →