Indigo Springs
- Right now
- Closed for the seasonOut of the season the agency publishes
- A night
- $6–$12Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 41 on recreation.gov
- Season
- May 1 – September 30Open May 1 through September 30
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices
In the agency’s own words
This location is available on a first-come, first-served basis only. Visitors are required to physically arrive at the campground to purchase and claim a site. Once on-site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) with cash or by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.gov mobile app, and the Scan and Pay feature. If this option is available, you will need to first download the free Recreation.gov mobile app https://www.recreation.gov/mobile-app prior to your arrival as some remote areas have limited or no cellular service. Keep reading
Recreation
Hikers and mountain bikers can take advantage of the nearby Middle Fork National Recreation Trail, as well as the Indigo Springs Loop and Chuckly Springs Trail. The Diamond Peak wilderness is also located nearby with several hikes into undeveloped areas on the forest. Fishing in the Middle Fork is another great option, if you follow local regulations.
Facilities
This campground has one communal bathroom and regular trash service. There is no potable water available.
Natural Features
This small campground is located right alongside the beautiful Indigo Springs. Nearby old growth forests, as well as scenic views of Chuckle Springs, the Middle Fork River, and the Diamond Peak Wilderness make this a wonderful place to get into nature.
Nearby Attractions
Diamond Peak Wilderness, Indigo Springs, Chuckle Springs, Middle Fork River, Timpanogas Lake
What the agency tells you
This small campground does not have room for trailer turnaround. Guests should plan to tent camp or car camp, as RVs and trailer campers are not suited to this campground.
This campground does not have any potable water. It is recommended that guests bring water or a filtration system for their stay.
There is only one bathroom available. Cleanliness is based on the actions of the last guest to use the facility, so guests are asked to please be courteous to the others who will need the facilities.
Everything else this campground posts · 2
Fire restrictions may be in place based on the season and recent weather conditions. Guests are expected to know any restrictions that may impact their ability to have a fire before starting their stay.
Road construction and closures can impact the route to and from the campground. Guests should look for any closure notifications that may impact travel before starting their trip.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 4
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
Facilities
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…bathroom and regular trash service. There is no potable water available. Natural Features This small campground…”
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 15:28 UTC
recreation.gov lists 1 of the 4 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $6–$12 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
recreation.gov availability, read 15:28 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
4 sites · the site map
All 4 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 1 of the 4 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. 1 of the 4 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.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
SacandagaWillamette National Forest · 3.3 mi
Warner Mountain LookoutWillamette National Forest · 6.1 mi
Campers FlatWillamette National Forest · 7.5 mi
SecretWillamette National Forest · 9.0 miSecret Group CampgroundWillamette National Forest · 9.1 mi
TimpanogasWillamette National Forest · 9.5 miExit I-5 heading east on Highway 58 towards Oakridge, OR. On the east side of Oakridge, just past mile marker 37, take a right onto Kitson Springs Road. In approximately half a mile, take a right onto Forest Service Road 21. Follow the 21 Road to mile post 29 and the entrance to the campground will be on the left.
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 May night 43°F, day 70°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical May night 43°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
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
Indigo Springs 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 →