Mud Lake Campground
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- Right now
- Closed for the seasonOut of the season the agency publishes
- A night
- $16–$32Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 87 on recreation.gov
- Season
- July 1 – September 30Open July 1 through September 30
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices
In the agency’s own words
Mud Lake Campground is located across from the Anthony Lake Ski Area and near Mud Lake in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Some campsites are tucked beneath dense pine and fir forest, while others sit in an open meadow. For questions for Anthony Lake, Grande Ronde Lake, Mud Lake, Peavey Cabin, and Anthony Lake Guard Station call (541) 519-3993 Recreation Campers at Mud Lake have access to all the recreational activities at Anthony Lake, including boating, canoeing, kayaking and trout fishing. There is an accessible boat ramp available. Trails around Anthony Lake include the 22.6-mile Elkhorn Crest and the 1-mile Black Lake Trails for hiking and horseback riding, as well as the 1-mile Shoreline Trail for hiking only. Mud Lake is also near over 8 miles of singe track mountain bike trails and a downhill flow trail at the ski area. Keep reading
Facilities
Has 6 reservable standard electrical sites, and a standard non electric site are available. At an elevation of 7,100 feet, Mud Lake Campground offers comfortable camping during the hottest part of the summer. Each site has a picnic table and grill. Vault toilets are available at the campground, and drinking water is available at the Anthony Lake Campground, and Anthony Lake Day use area.
Natural Features
Mud Lake Campground is located in the Southern Elkhorn Mountain/Powder River Basin Area. Picturesque views of the ski area, Gunsight Peak and the Elkhorn Mountains are only a short hike across Forest Road 73, which is part of the Elkhorn Scenic Byway. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (541) 519-3993.
Nearby Attractions
The Elkhorn Scenic Byway is a 106-mile drive through the Elkhorn Mountains. Along this drive are ghost towns and an abundance of lakes and rivers.
Charges & Cancellations
A $10.00 service fee will apply if you change or cancel your reservation. Late cancellations are subject to additional fees. For full details see NRRS Reservation Policy
What the agency tells you
Water is not available at this campground
Camp host located just across highway at the Anthony Lake campground
Click here for more information about Wallowa-Whitman 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
- 8
- Hookups
- 6 electric
- Longest rig
- 30 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 3 of 8 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- VAULT TOILETS on 6 of 8 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE VAULT TOILETS on 6 of 8 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…are available at the campground, and drinking water is available at the Anthony Lake Campground, and…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Beach, Meadow
- Biking
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 234th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 2
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 7 of the 8 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
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.
Every line of the receipt · 16
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $16–$32 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.
“A $10.00 service fee will apply if you change or cancel 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
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
8 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 7 mapped sitesAll 8 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 8 of the 8 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. 7 of the 8 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Mud Lake Campground | 001 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 330 ft | 683 ft | 574 ft | $16 | |
| Mud Lake Campground | 002 | standard electric | 23 ft | 30 amp | 130 ft | 585 ft | 255 ft | $32 |
| Mud Lake Campground | 003 | standard electric | 27 ft | 30 amp | 57 ft | 677 ft | 151 ft | $32 |
| Mud Lake Campground | 004 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | 42 ft | 699 ft | 103 ft | $32 |
| Mud Lake Campground | 005 | standard electric | 30 amp | 32 ft | 704 ft | 58 ft | $32 | |
| Mud Lake Campground | 006 | standard electric | 13 ft | 30 amp | 32 ft | 726 ft | 90 ft | $32 |
| Mud Lake Campground | 007 | standard electric | 30 amp | 48 ft | 693 ft | 21 ft | $32 | |
| MUD LAKE CAMPGROUND | GS-1 | type not stated | 30 ft | 705 ft | 580 ft |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Anthony LakeWhitman National Forest · 0.1 mi
Anthony Lake Guard StationWhitman National Forest · 0.2 mi
Grande Ronde Lake CampgroundWhitman National Forest · 0.9 mi
Peavy CabinWhitman National Forest · 4.1 mi
North Fork John Day Campground (OR)Umatilla National Forest · 9.1 mi
McCully Forks CampgroundWhitman National Forest · 14 miFrom Baker City, Oregon, head north on Highway 30 toward Haines for approximately 10 miles. In Haines, turn left and follow the Anthony Lake Highway signs (turns into Forest Road 73 and Elkhorn Scenic Byway) for 25 miles to the Anthony Lake Recreation Area. Turn right into the campground across from the ski area.
From La Grande, head south on Interstate 84 for 25 miles to exit 285 in North Powder, Oregon. In North Powder, follow the ski area signs on Highway 237 for 4 miles to Ellis Road. Turn left on Ellis Road and go about a mile to the Anthony Lake Highway. Turn right and follow the Anthony Lake Highway (becomes Forest Road 73) for 16 miles to the campground entrance on the right, across from the ski area.
The weather
the next four days
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Granite, OR
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
Mud Lake 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 →