Lofton Reservoir Campground
1Heads up1 fire 42 mi away
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $6From, per site
- Sites
- 2524 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
Lofton Reservoir Campground is one of the three main points of interest in the Fishhole Lake Recreation Area. Located 45 minutes east of Bly, Oregon, this highly developed campground features 24 campsites. 22 of the campsites are RV sites. The road is paved all the way to Lofton Reservoir, making it ideal if you are towing a trailer or boat. These spacious campsites accommodate trailers and feature grills, fire rings, picnic tables, and tent areas. There are 3 vault toilets and 3 pit toilets, five group sites, and one ADA designated site. This high elevation forest setting showcases a mixed conifer stand. Keep reading
The refreshing lakeside environment attracts migratory birds and deer. Although the water level varies in the reservoir, it is stocked annually with rainbow trout. There is a boat ramp on the south side of the reservoir, and the campground complex now features a newly replaced Fishing Pier, built in 2025. Besides fishing and relaxing, you can hike 1.5 miles to Heart Lake on a defined trail. This hike is uphill on the way back to Lofton, making it a moderate 3 mile round-trip trek. Some campers bring their pole, food, and make it a day outing of fishing, picnicking, and hiking. There is no potable water. Visitors need to pack an adequate supply of water.
Recreation
Recreation activities include hunting, fishing, hiking, picnicking, mountain biking, and nature viewing.
Facilities
3 vault toilets, 3 pit toilets, boat launch, new fishing pier, and hiking trails.
Natural Features
Lofton Reservoir and Fishhole Mountain dominate the landscape.
Nearby Attractions
Heart Lake and Holbrook Reservoir are nearby and within the Fishhole Lake Recreation Area. Gearhart Wilderness Ares is also within site. If you are hungry and want a fine dining experience, Aspen Ridge Resort is just down the paved road into the campground.
What the agency tells you
Dogs must be kept on a leash. Camping stay is only allowed for 14 days maximum. No potable water or trash services. Pack it in, pack it out. Leave-no-trace policy.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 25
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets · Pit Toilets
- “…tables, and tent areas. There are 3 vault toilets and 3 pit toilets, five group sites, and one ADA…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…of fishing, picnicking, and hiking. There is no potable water. Visitors need to pack an adequate supply of water.…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake
- Biking
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Motor Boat
- Mountain biking
- Non-Motorized Boating
- Paddling
- Picnicking
- Swimming
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 24 of the 25 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
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Tell me when the season opens
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 15
What you actually pay
“Camping: $6/Night for single unit, $2/Night for extra vehicle.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $6 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
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
25 sites
All 25 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. 25 of the 25 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 | $2 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 01 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 02 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 03 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 04 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 05 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 06 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 07 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 08 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 09 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 10 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 11 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 12 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 13 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 14 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 15 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 16 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 17 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 18 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 19 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 20 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 21 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 22 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 23 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
| Lofton Reservoir Campground | 24 | standard nonelectric | $6 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Clear Spring CampgroundFremont National Forest · 15 miLofton Reservoir is located 45 minutes east of Bly, Oregon.
From Bly, Oregon, follow Oregon Highway 140 east toward Lakeview, Oregon. Turn right onto Forest Road (FS) 3715, then left on FS Road 013 to campground.
The weather
the next four days
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Bly, OR
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Lofton Reservoir 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 →