Fish Lake Campground - Rogue River
4Heads up4 fires, nearest 32 mi
- Right now
- OpenInside the published season, our reading
- A night
- $25From, per site
- Sites
- 2220 on recreation.gov
- Season
- – October 31Closes October 31. No opening date published.
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices
In the agency’s own words
Fish Lake Campground is located 39 miles east of Medford, Oregon in the midst of an old growth forest and adjacent to Fish Lake. There are 17 campsites, that can accommodate trailers, rvs and tents and 3 sites that are tent camping only. Fish Lake Resort is within walking distance of all campsites and provides access to a convenience store, cafe and lodging. The lake has a 10 m.p.h. speed limit and there is a boat launch within the campground and at the resort. A Historic picnic shelter is available for use with no reservations required. Keep reading
Recreation
Fish Lake Campground offers biking, fishing, swimming, paddle / motor boating and hiking opportunities. There is easy access to Fish Lake Trail, High Lakes Trail, Brown Mountain Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail. Sky Lakes Wilderness and Mount McLoughlin Trail system are less than an hour drive away.
Facilities
Drinking water and flush toilets with wash basins are provided, as well as a fish cleaning station, picnic tables and grills.
Natural Features
Fish Lake is a reservoir with 483 acres surface area and is located at 4,639 feet elevation. The lake is supplied by over 45 underground volcanic streams. The southern shore provides really good views of Mount McLoughlin and is bordered by a 2,000 year old lava flow from Brown Mountain. The northern shore accommodates 2 campgrounds and a resort.
Nearby Attractions
Campgrounds nearby include adjacent Doe Point Campground and North Fork Campground. Lake of the Woods Resort is 8 miles east of Fish Lake Campground and provides opportunity for dining, swimming, hiking and boating. Crater Lake National Park is 53 miles north of this campground. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (541) 560-3400.
What the agency tells you
Caution: Bears frequent the area. Be aware, keep a clean camp and store all food items in closed containers.
One vehicle is included in campsite fee, an additional fee for extra vehicles must be paid at campground.
First-come, first-served sites are available.
Everything else this campground posts · 2
Off-road vehicles are not allowed in the campground.
For current conditions at Fish Lake please call the High Cascades Ranger District at 541-560-3400
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 22 · 3 walk-in
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 60 ft
- Accessible sites
- 1
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…away. Facilities Drinking water and flush toilets with wash basins are provided, as well as a fish…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…less than an hour drive away. Facilities Drinking water and flush toilets with wash basins are provided, as…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, Creek
- Night sky · 511th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 3
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 20 of the 22 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 · 12
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $25 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 · 5
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
22 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 20 mapped sitesAll 22 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 20 of the 22 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 22 of the 22 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 01 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 84 ft | 206 ft | 82 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 02 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 54 ft | 294 ft | 162 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 03 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 54 ft | 327 ft | 161 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 04 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 59 ft | 299 ft | 110 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 05 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 57 ft | 403 ft | 203 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 06 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 57 ft | 396 ft | 191 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 07 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 89 ft | 501 ft | 305 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 08 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 66 ft | 565 ft | 359 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 09 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 66 ft | 586 ft | 385 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 10 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 92 ft | 746 ft | 541 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 11 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 92 ft | 655 ft | 472 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 12 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 101 ft | 549 ft | 372 ft | $25 |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 13 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 39 ft | 448 ft | 276 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 14 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 39 ft | 448 ft | 291 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 15 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 ft | 313 ft | 145 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 16 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 50 ft | 310 ft | 176 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 17 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 108 ft | 197 ft | 99 ft | $25 | |
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 18 | walk to | 45 ft | 94 ft | 121 ft | $12.50 | ||
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 19 | walk to | 45 ft | 131 ft | 80 ft | $12.50 | ||
| FISH LAKE CAMPGROUND - ROGUE RIVER | 20 | walk to | 47 ft | 123 ft | 102 ft | $12.50 | ||
| S&P | Standard S&P | type not stated | 60 ft | $12.50–$25 | ||||
| S&P | Walk In S&P | type not stated | $12.50–$25 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Doe Point CampgroundRogue River National Forest · 0.4 mi
North Fork Campground (OR)Rogue River National Forest · 2.5 mi
Big Elk Guard StationRogue River National Forest · 3.2 mi
Willow Prairie HorsecampRogue River National Forest · 3.9 mi
Willow Prairie CabinRogue River National Forest · 3.9 mi
Aspen Point (Lake of the Woods, OR)Winema National Forest · 5.4 miFrom Medford, OR, take OR-140 (Lake of the Woods Hwy) about 20 miles to Fish Lake Campground. From Klamath Falls, take OR-140 (Falls Hwy) about 4 miles past Lake of the Woods to the Campground. Fish Lake Campground is adjacent to, but not part of Fish Lake Resort.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Rocky Point, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 33°F, day 58°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical October night 33°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
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
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Fish Lake Campground - Rogue River 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 →