Eastbay Campground
1Heads up1 fire 37 mi away
This is how it should work.
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $10From, per site
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
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.
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
Nothing to book, just show up
One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first, and a night costs $10 with nothing added. Get there before noon on a summer weekend.
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 5
What you actually pay
“$10/Night for single unit, $5/Night for extra vehicle” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the lowest per-night amount the agency’s fee record states ($10), and no booking fee, because this campground takes no reservations. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
How we know this receipt · 6
record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Hager Mountain LookoutFremont National Forest · 4.8 miSilver Creek Marsh CampgroundFremont National Forest · 5.6 mi
Duncan Reservoir CampgroundLakeview District Lakeview Field Office · 11 miLower Buck Creek CampgroundFremont National Forest · 13 miUpper Buck Creek CampgroundFremont National Forest · 13 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Silver Lake, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 29°F, day 63°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 19°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 Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Eastbay 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 →