Lockaby
3Heads up3 fires, nearest 3 mi
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:03 UTC
- Sites
- 30In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices
In the agency’s own words
Campground closed due to the 2020 Riverside Wildfire Lockaby Campground is ideally located next to the Wild and Scenic Clackamas River in the lush, green mountains of northern Oregon. It provides access to some of the area's greatest whitewater rafting, as well as a famous place to fish. Whether it is relaxation or recreation, there's something for everyone at the campground. Keep reading
Recreation
Fishing is very popular in the Clackamas River and anglers can expect a catch of winter steelhead, spring Chinook and late summer Coho salmon, as well as other species of freshwater fish. The Clackamas contains miles of wild water as it bends and drops through the scenic Cascade Range, creating prime whitewater rafting opportunities. A hiking trail follows the river north and south and begins about a mile away at Fish Creek Campground. Scenic driving is also available on the West Cascades Scenic Byway, which travels alongside the river.
Facilities
The campground offers more than two dozen single-family sites for tent and RV camping, though RVs over 16 feet are not recommended due to the steep terrain within the facility. Each site is equipped with a table and campfire ring with grill. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided, but no hookups are available. Parking surfaces are paved and gravel.
Natural Features
The campground is situated along the river at an elevation of about 900 feet in Mt. Hood National Forest. Most campsites are within a dense stand of cedar trees overlooking the river. Sites are fairly close together and there is very little vegetation on the forest floor. The forest provides habitat for the federally protected bald eagle and northern spotted owl, as well as an occasional peregrine falcon. A variety of wildlife makes its home in the area.
Nearby Attractions
A boat ramp is available at Fish Creek Campground, which is less than a mile south of the campground. It provides a convenient river launch for kayaks, canoes and rafts. Just below nearby Indian Henry Campground, the Clackamas River offers 12.5 miles of class III-IV whitewater. The Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival is hosted annually in May, attracting rafters from all over the country.
What the agency tells you
In accordance with standard industry practices, Mount Hood Recreation will be assessing a $8 additional vehicle fee on the second vehicle in each single family campsite, and on the third and fourth vehicle in any double family campsite, provided these vehicles are not joined to the first vehicle by a hitch and towed onto the site. In the case of motorcycles, the first two are considered as one vehicle for determining additional vehicle fees. The third and fourth motorcycle would also be considered as one vehicle. No additional vehicle fees are collected for bicycles.
Off-road vehicle use is prohibited within the campground
Click here for more information on Mt. Hood National Forest
Everything else this campground posts · 1
Don't Move Firewood: Please protect Pacific Northwest forests by preventing the spread of invasive species. Firewood can carry insects and diseases that can threaten the health of our western forests. You can make a difference by obtaining and burning your firewood near your camping destination. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 30 · 24 tent-only
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 26 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…and campfire ring with grill. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided, but no hookups are…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…with grill. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided, but no hookups are available. Parking…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- River, Creek
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Water sports
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 756th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 4
- Fall color · reported 5 days ago, 24 km away
- Patchy color
Nothing to book until it reopensread 16:03 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
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.
Tell me when it reopens
Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
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.
Every line of the receipt · 9
What you actually pay
“In accordance with standard industry practices, Mount Hood Recreation will be assessing a $8 additional vehicle fee on the second vehicle in each single family campsite, and on the third and fourth vehicle in any doub…” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
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 · 4
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Lockaby closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Forest Service has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
Open within 60 miles · 4
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
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- Fox Creek Group CampWillamette National Forest · 27 mi · 1 site
- Marion Forks Campground and Day Use AreaWillamette National Forest · 39 mi · walk-up
- Sunset Falls CampgroundGifford Pinchot National Forest · 46 mi · 18 sites
recreation.gov availability, read 16:03 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
30 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 29 mapped sitesAll 30 sites
| AREA LOCKABY | 001 | tent only nonelectric | 44 ft | 275 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 002 | tent only nonelectric | 37 ft | 246 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 003 | standard nonelectric | 23 ft | 36 ft | 224 ft |
| AREA LOCKABY | 004 | tent only nonelectric | 16 ft | 205 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 005 | tent only nonelectric | 34 ft | 158 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 006 | tent only nonelectric | 16 ft | 192 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 007 | tent only nonelectric | 46 ft | 121 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 008 | tent only nonelectric | 48 ft | 157 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 009 | tent only nonelectric | 53 ft | 96 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 010 | tent only nonelectric | 45 ft | 62 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 011 | tent only nonelectric | 45 ft | 107 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 012 | tent only nonelectric | 66 ft | 51 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 013 | tent only nonelectric | 64 ft | 92 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 014 | tent only nonelectric | 64 ft | 56 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 015 | tent only nonelectric | 112 ft | 95 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 016 | tent only nonelectric | 65 ft | 109 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 017 | tent only nonelectric | 49 ft | 126 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 018 | tent only nonelectric | 49 ft | 176 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 019 | tent only nonelectric | 65 ft | 208 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 020 | tent only nonelectric | 63 ft | 277 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 021 | tent only nonelectric | 63 ft | 336 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 022 | tent only nonelectric | 59 ft | 388 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 023 | tent only nonelectric | 59 ft | 385 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 024 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 119 ft | 333 ft |
| AREA LOCKABY | 025 | type not stated | |||
| AREA LOCKABY | 026 | tent only nonelectric | 87 ft | 238 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 027 | tent only nonelectric | 19 ft | 231 ft | |
| AREA LOCKABY | 028 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 19 ft | 244 ft |
| AREA LOCKABY | 029 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 31 ft | 268 ft |
| AREA LOCKABY | 030 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 36 ft | 291 ft |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
25 of 30 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
ArmstrongMt. Hood National Forest · 0.0 mi
Fish Creek (OR)Mt. Hood National Forest · 0.2 miFish Creek Campground/Day UseMt. Hood National Forest · 0.3 miCarter Bridge CampgroundMt. Hood National Forest · 0.4 mi
Roaring RiverMt. Hood National Forest · 1.9 mi
SunstripMt. Hood National Forest · 2.3 miFrom Estacada, take Highway 224 east for 15 miles 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 Mount Hood Villages, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 42°F, day 59°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December 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 Augusts are colder than the August 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
Lockaby is in Oregon’s 5th congressional district. Its representative, Janelle Bynum (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A+. See every public-lands vote →