Little Falls Campground
5Heads up5 fires, nearest 7 mi
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $10From, per site
- Sites
- 43 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices
In the agency’s own words
Little Falls Campground is a pleasant little campground, complete with views of the Illinois River and the expansive mountains surrounding the Illinois Valley. Keep reading
Recreation
The campground is co-located with the trailhead for the Little Falls Trail #1284 that connects to the Jeffrey Pine Loop Trailhead.
Facilities
3 tent campsites with picnic tables and fire pits Amphitheater with large fire pit No drinking water Vault toilet No garbage disposal - Please pack it out Day Use Parking for the Trailhead users.
Natural Features
Little Falls Campground offers access to the cascading Little Illinois River Falls, scenic views of the Illinois Valley and surrounding mountainous terrain. Located within the botanical-rich Eight Dollar Mountain area, the site features specialized serpentine soil, unique Darlingtonia plants, wildflowers and pristine river swimming holes nearby. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (541) 592-4000.
Nearby Attractions
Little Falls Trail #1284 Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Wayside
What the agency tells you
First come, first serve camping, limited to 14 days.
Must pay via Scan & Pay onsite with the Recreation.gov app. App must be downloaded with cellular service prior to arriving at the campground.
No trash service available, pack out what you pack in.
Everything else this campground posts · 7
Campfires are allowed in developed Forest Service installed metal fire rings when conditions allow. Learn more about current fire information: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/rogue-siskiyou/fire/info
Fireworks are prohibited.
Camping is for tents, and only allowed in designated sites.
OHV/ATV use prohibited in campground.
Quiet hours between 10pm and 6am.
Dogs must be on a leash.
There is limited cell phone coverage.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 4 · 3 tent-only
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “No drinking water Vault toilet”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…pits Amphitheater with large fire pit No drinking water Vault toilet No garbage disposal - Please pack it…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- River
- Amphitheater
- Birding
- Hiking
- Picnicking
- Stargazing
- Swimming
- Water access
- Wildlife viewing
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 14:30 UTC
recreation.gov lists 3 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.
Watch for a cancellation
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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.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 14
What you actually pay
“Additional Vehicle Fee: $5 per vehicle per day NOTE : 50% discount for Interagency Senior and Access Pass holders on a single campsite.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $10 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 · 6
recreation.gov availability, read 14:30 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
4 sites
All 4 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. 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.
| Extra Vehicle Fee | Extra Vehicle Fee | type not stated | $5 |
| Little Falls | 1 | tent only nonelectric | |
| Little Falls | 2 | tent only nonelectric | |
| Little Falls | 3 | tent only nonelectric |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Sixmile CampgroundSiskiyou National Forest · 4.8 miSelmac Lake ParkMedford Grants Pass Field Office · 4.9 mi
River Bench CampgroundSiskiyou National Forest · 5.0 mi
Store Gulch CampgroundSiskiyou National Forest · 5.6 mi
Spalding Pond CampgroundSiskiyou National Forest · 7.5 miFrom Kerby, OR, travel the Eight Dollar Road 5240. About 2 miles up the road on left is entrance to the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Kerby, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 39°F, day 72°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 33°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
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
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Little Falls 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 →