Jack Creek Campground
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 10 mi
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $21From, per site
- Sites
- 19All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices
In the agency’s own words
Jack Creek Campground sits on Jack Creek and is located near a chain of campgrounds one right after another that dot the nearby Metolius River. Keep reading
Recreation
Hiking and fishing top the list of recreational activities for visitors. For anglers, the spring-fed Metolius river offers a stunning setting for fly-fishing. The clear, cold water supports rainbow trout, whitefish, bull trout and kokanee salmon. For day hikers and backpackers, the area offers a wide variety of scenic terrain, ranging from riverside trails to routes in subalpine forests.
Facilities
Jack Creek Campground can accommodate RV, trailer or tent-campers however water and electric hookups are not available. This is a no water facility so campers will need to bring their own supply. All sites are equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring with grill and the campground has vault toilets available.
Natural Features
The headwaters of the adjacent Metolius River are at Metolius Springs at the base of Black Butte, a 3,076-foot cinder cone. The clear, cold river flows north from the springs through diverse coniferous forest and a landscape of volcanic activity. The area provides habitat for mammals such as mule deer, coyote and cougar. Migratory birds and native fish also call the area home.
Nearby Attractions
The Camp Sherman Fish Viewing Platform allows visitors the chance to view a variety of types of fish while the Metolius Research Natural Area gives bird watchers ample opportunities. Visit the Metolius Fish Hatchery or Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery display ponds to observe and feed different types of salmon and other fish. The Metolius-Windigo Trail, open to hikers, bikers and horses, is more than 100 miles in length and begins near the Metolius River headwaters west of the town of Sisters, Oregon. The trail was created in the 1980s primarily to serve long-distance horse riders seeking an alternative to the Pacific Crest Trail. Lava Lands Visitor Center in nearby Bend, Oregon, and the unique geological landscape of Newberry National Volcanic Monument draw visitors to the region as well. It is a great starting point for visitors to learn about the diverse landscape and history of the area through interpretive programs and exhibits. Visitors can also explore the Lava River Cave, located in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. At 5,211 feet in length, the northwest section of the cave is the longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.
Charges & Cancellations
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
This is a no water facility so campers will need to bring their own supply.
Prevent the spread of invasive species by inspecting and cleaning packs, equipment and tires before using lake or trails.
Please Note: One RV with tow vehicle per single site or one vehicle per tent site. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. Extra vehicle will be charged a per night fee and collected at the campground.
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Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed
During your time in Central Oregon, you can find wildfire, prescribed fire and smoke information at centraloregonfire.org
Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) 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.
Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).
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Camping or otherwise occupying a single location (including leaving camping equipment and/or related supplies) for a period longer than 14 consecutive calendar days is prohibited. ‘Location’ means the occupied area, the occupied campsite, and the National Forest System lands in the immediate vicinity thereof. Camping or occupying any location on all National Forest lands for more than 28 calendar days total during a calendar year is prohibited.
NO generator use is allowed in campgrounds between 10:00PM and 7:00AM (36 CFR 261.10). Silent power banks or battery powered devices are allowed.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 19
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…ring with grill and the campground has vault toilets available. Natural Features The headwaters of the…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…hookups are not available. This is a no water facility so campers will need to bring their own…”
- Stay limit
- 28 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- River, Creek
- Night sky · 413th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 2
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 16:49 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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.
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.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $21 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.
“Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.” · 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 · 6
recreation.gov availability, read 16:49 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
19 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 19 mapped sitesAll 19 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. 19 of the 19 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Loop 1 | 001 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 137 ft | 281 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 002 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 137 ft | 212 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 003 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 155 ft | 195 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 004 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 118 ft | 217 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 005 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 102 ft | 223 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 006 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 96 ft | 291 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 007 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 96 ft | 281 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 008 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 135 ft | 178 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 009 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 135 ft | 170 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 010 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 120 ft | 147 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 011 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 120 ft | 119 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 012 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 120 ft | 227 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 013 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 120 ft | 340 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 014 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 112 ft | 405 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 015 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 94 ft | 407 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 016 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 94 ft | 420 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 017 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 102 ft | 401 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 018 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 116 ft | 394 ftJack Creek | $21 |
| Loop 1 | 019 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 131 ft | 384 ftJack Creek | $21 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Lower Canyon Creek CampgroundDeschutes National Forest · 2.6 mi
Smiling River Campground2.8 mi
Allingham CampgroundDeschutes National Forest · 2.9 mi
Gorge CampgroundDeschutes National Forest · 3.1 mi
Camp Sherman CampgroundDeschutes National Forest · 3.2 miFrom Sisters, OR: Travel 12.4 miles northwest on Highway 20, then 4.5 miles north on Forest Road 12, and then 0.6 miles north on Forest Road 1230.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Camp Sherman, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 35°F, day 60°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 27°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
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
Jack Creek 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 →