Bureau of Land Management · Coos Bay Myrtlewood Field Office · OR

Edson Creek Campground (OR)

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ReservableOut of season, no booking; November 24 opens May 24.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night
$16–$32Across the site types the agency prices
Sites
36All of them booked ahead
24 ftLongest rig
70 ftElevation
220 ftWater · Edson CreekEstuary · 5.9 mi
18.9 miS of Bandon, OR
38%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices

In the agency’s own words

Edson Creek Campground features open meadow style camping. It is located near a beautiful meandering creek that flows into the Sixes River. Keep reading

Recreation

Camping, fishing, boating, sightseeing, and water play are all popular activities at the campground. A day use area and boat ramp are located across the road from the main campground, providing a place to launch boats and fish the Sixes River.

Facilities

Edson Creek Campground provides 27 campsites and 5 group sites. All five of the group sites are reservable. Four of the group sites (B-E) are located across the creek from the main campground via a seasonal bridge. Group site A is near the main campground. This provides a private camping area for groups of up to 25 people in each site. Campground includes picnic tables, fire rings, and accessible toilets.

Natural Features

Tall red alder and myrtlewood trees flank the open meadows at Edson. The water and forest that surrounds the campground are home to many fish and wildlife species.

Nearby Attractions

The area provides warm temperatures and easy access to nearby coastal attractions. Cape Blanco Lighthouse, New River Nature Center, Oregon State Parks, and several coastal beaches are nearby.

What the agency tells you

Rule

The campground is open from Memorial Day to September 30th, each year.

Rule

Visitors can begin to make reservations at group sites TWO weeks prior to the date, Half of the main campground is first-come, first-served, the other half is reservable.

Rule

There are no electrical, water or sewer hook-ups. Water is Potable and avalible by the Kiosk of the main campground.

Everything else this campground posts · 2
Rule

Poison oak is common in the campground; so look for and avoid the distinctive, glossy leaves with three leaflets.

Rule

Dogs must be on 6-foot leash at all times.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Tents and rigs

Sites
36 · 3 tent-only, 5 group
Hookups
None
Longest rig
24 ft
Accessible sites
8
Pets
Allowed at 32 of 36 sites
Campfires
32 of 36 sites
Shade
26 of 36 sites
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Vault Toilets · Pit Toilets
VAULT TOILETS on 7 of 37 campsite records / ACCESSIBLE PIT TOILETS on 4 of 37 campsite records
Boat ramp
Yes
Camp host
On site
recreation.gov lists “Host”
Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026
Water, toilets and showers: counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
River, Creek, Beach, Meadow
Boating
Fishing
Swimming
Night sky · 226th darkest of 770 in OR
Bortle 2
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

No reading yet, book on recreation.gov

Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.

No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. On November 24, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through May 24, 2027.recreation.govAdd to calendar (.ics)
Max stay14 nightsthe facility record
A night$16–$32plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$40–$72DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itBureau of Land ManagementBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
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.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
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’ll write once, when the season that starts Mon, May 24 2027 is open for booking.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 18

What you actually pay

The sign priceBureau of Land Management
A night, per site$16–$32
ScanPay 2$16
Standard Nonelectric$16
Tent Only$16
Double Site$32
ScanPay 1$32
Group area, a night$40
These are next season’s rates, May 24, 2027 to Sep 30, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
What this campground addsits own record
Extra vehicleSee the note

“Camping $16.00 Single Campsite $32.00 Double Campsite $40.00 Group Campsite $8.00 Additional Vehicle (Online reservations may incur additional fees ) NOTICE: You may also pay through the Scan & Pay feature in the Recr…” · the Bureau of Land Management’s own fee record

What a stay costs
One nightDerived$24–$40
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$40–$72

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $16–$32 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.

If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

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 Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

37 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 32 mapped sites
59 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Least room06 17 ft25 17 ft03 20 ft

All 37 records

32 of 37 records located
Standard24Tent only3Group5
SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 36 of the 37 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND01standard nonelectric24 ft100 ft144 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND02standard nonelectric24 ft47 ft196 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND03standard nonelectric24 ft20 ft164 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND04standard nonelectric24 ft25 ft157 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND05standard nonelectric24 ft25 ft153 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND06standard nonelectric24 ft17 ft154 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND07standard nonelectric24 ft44 ft163 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND08standard nonelectric24 ft45 ft163 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND09standard nonelectric24 ft36 ft160 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND10standard nonelectric24 ft36 ft177 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND11standard nonelectric24 ft41 ft205 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND12standard nonelectric24 ft63 ft248 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND13tent only nonelectric67 ft93 ft$16
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND14tent only nonelectric45 ft14 ft$16
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND15tent only nonelectric45 ftunder 10 ft$16
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND16standard nonelectric24 ft86 ft117 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND17standard nonelectric24 ft60 ft122 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND18standard nonelectric24 ft60 ft102 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND19standard nonelectric24 ft287 ft73 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND20standard nonelectricyes68 ftunder 10 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND21standard nonelectricyes66 ftunder 10 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND22standard nonelectricyes60 ft43 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND23standard nonelectric24 ftyes72 ft95 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND24standard nonelectric24 ftyes67 ft156 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND25standard nonelectricyes17 ft141 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND26standard nonelectricyes25 ft143 ft$16–$32
EDSON CREEK CAMPGROUND27standard nonelectricyes20 ft154 ft$16–$32
GROUPAgroup standard area nonelectric307 ft42 ft$40
GROUPBgroup standard area nonelectric24 ft114 ft76 ft$40
GROUPCgroup standard area nonelectric24 ft114 ft152 ft$40
GROUPDgroup standard area nonelectric24 ft238 ft94 ft$40
GROUPEgroup standard area nonelectric24 ft238 ft311 ft$40
Scan and PayScanPay 2standard nonelectric$16–$32
Scan and PayScanPay 3day use$16–$32
Scan and PayScanPay 4standard nonelectric$16–$32
Scan and PayScanPay 5standard nonelectric$16–$32
Scan and PayStandardstandard nonelectric$16–$32

The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It files it as day use. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.

25 of 37 listed

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate42.81520, -124.41093
The phone541-756-0100
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Getting there

Edson Creek campground is located off of Highway 101 between Bandon and Port Orford, Oregon. From U.S. Highway 101, turn east onto Sixes River Road. Travel approximately four miles, and turn left into the campground just before you cross the Edson Creek Bridge.

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Overnight52°Mostly Cloudy6% rain
Saturday68°Partly Sunny7% rain
Saturday Night46°Partly Cloudy2% rain
Sunday64°Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny

NWS forecast for Port Orford, OR

Typical weather

Typical October night 48°F, day 63°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical December night 41°F. Bring the bag rated for it.

80°30°

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.

Measured at: PORT ORFORD #2, OR (USC00356784), 6 miles away and 28 ft lower

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

Roadless
Grassy Knob5,672 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Who answers for this land

Val Hoyle, official portrait

Edson Creek Campground (OR) is in Oregon’s 4th congressional district. Its representative, Val Hoyle (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A. See every public-lands vote →

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How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: Bureau of Land Management publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate: the number below is the only way to be sure.
Cell signal: the BLM’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.
Nearest place of any size: Port Orford, OR, 5.5 mi NE. Straight line.