Oak Fork Campground (Timothy Lake, OR)
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- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $24–$30Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 5049 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 13 notices
In the agency’s own words
Oak Fork Campground is located on the shores of Timothy Lake in the shadow of Oregon's Mt. Hood. The surrounding forest setting offers spectacular views, miles of trails for exploration and abundant fishing. Keep reading
Recreation
Proximity to Timothy Lake allows campers to enjoy a variety of water-related recreation activities, including boating and sailing, as well as swimming, windsurfing and fishing. Anglers can expect a catch of kokanee salmon and a variety of trout . A range of trails are located in the area. The Timothy Lake Trail is popular for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. The 12 miles of relatively level terrain loops trekkers around the lake, providing scenic views of the area. It connects to the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, a lengthy hike that extends across three states, from the borders of Canada and Mexico. Portions of that trail also lead southwest to Clackamas Lake Campground. The Clackamas Lake Ranger Station Historic District is less than 2 miles from the campground. It was built to house forest service workers in the early 1900s. The rustic architecture and historic nature of the buildings and the surrounding area draws thousands of tourists each year.
Facilities
The campground offers 36 single-family campsites, six cabins, and eight hike-to sites with some of these as accessible sites. Each site is equipped with a picnic table and fire grill. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided. An on-site host is available for questions regarding the campground and surrounding area. Sleeping cabins are furnished with a twin over twin bunk, a twin over full bunk, a table and two chairs. The beds have mattresses, but please bring your own bedding. Cooking and smoking in cabins is prohibited and pets are not allowed in the cabins or at the cabin sites. Cabins are nonelectric. The nearest gas station/convenience store is about 18 miles away, west on Hwy. 26. The nearest grocery store is in Government Camp, about 23 miles away, west on Hwy. 26.
Natural Features
The campground is situated on the southeastern shore of the roughly 1,400-acre lake, at an elevation of 3,400 feet. Timothy Lake was created in 1956 as a storage reservoir for the Oak Grove Hydroelectric Project. It is one of the larger lakes in the Mt. Hood National Forest.
Nearby Attractions
Oak Fork is about 27 miles from the base of majestic Mt. Hood, the highest point in Oregon. The historic Timberline Lodge in Government Camp offers scenic views of the snow-capped mountain. Contact Info Between 05/26/2023 and 09/09/2023 this location is staffed. Please call (503) 834-2215 to speak with local staff. From 11/22/2022 to 05/25/2023 this location is unstaffed. Please call (503) 464-8515 for general information.
Charges & Cancellations
A service fee will apply if you change or cancel your reservation. Late cancellations are subject to additional fees. For full details see the Recreation.Gov, Rules & Reservation Policies.
What the agency tells you
Check-In/Out: Sites must be occupied each night. Check-in starts at 4 PM. Check-out is 12 PM. Sites unoccupied by 12 PM the day after the start the reservation will be forfeited without refund and resold. Call the campground office (503-834-2215) if you cannot arrive the first day of your reservation.
Generators: Generator use is permitted from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Due to customer feedback, we ask that campers refrain from using open-frame, construction-style generators, as they create excessive noise and may violate our peace and quiet rules. Generators are PROHIBITED after 8 PM and before 8 AM including to power medical devices or other equipment.
Parking: There is a $10 fee per day for each extra vehicle. One vehicle is included with single campsite, two with a double site. Please check your site's driveway length. This may limit the number and size of vehicles at your site.
Everything else this campground posts · 10
Maximum Occupancy: Standard Sites = 6 persons. Cabins = 5 persons. Hike-To sites = 4 persons (small tent only).
RV Water Tanks: Please fill your water tanks before arriving. We do not have fill stations. Filling at campsite water standpipes is prohibited.
Pets: Pets are NOT permitted in cabins or at cabin sites, except #3, #17, #18 and #39 (pet-friendly cabins, max 2 pets). Pets at tent and RV sites must be on leash and in the presence of the handler.
Day Use: Day use parking permits are required at this location. Campers must display their hang tag. Daily parking permits are $10. Northwest Forest Passes and Interagency America the Beautiful Passes are honored.
Registration: If you booked for someone else, please update the reservation with their information. The person listed is responsible for the activities of everyone at the site.
Wildfires: Before arrival, check your destination for wildfires , fire restrictions and air quality .
Non-Refundable Fees: Service fees such as reservation fees, cancellation fees, and change fees are non-refundable. They are retained by the reservation service contractor, not by PGE or the U.S. Forest Service.
This campground is managed by Portland General Electric, under a partnership with the U.S. Forest Service as a part of the Clackamas River Hydroelectric Project FERC No. 2195. Contact PGE Parks and Recreation for more information: PortlandGeneral.com/parks, 503-464-8515, pgeparks@pgn.com. More Information: Park Rules, Boater Regulations, Mt. Hood National Forest, Portland General Electric .
Firewood: Buy it where you burn it. Did you know? Invasive insects and diseases can hitchhike in on logs, and they can destroy forests. Keep firewood local: under 10 miles is best, and 50 is too far. Learn more: dontmovefirewood.org
Cannabis: Please remember that Timothy Lake is on federal lands. While cannabis is legal in Oregon, possession and use are illegal on National Forest lands including in campgrounds.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 50 · 8 tent-only, 6 cabin
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 60 ft
- Paved pads
- 8 of 50
- Accessible sites
- 12
- Pets
- Allowed at 48 of 50 sites
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…picnic table and fire grill. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided. An on-site host is…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…fire grill. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided. An on-site host is available for…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake
- Amphitheater
- Berry Picking
- Biking
- Birding
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Crawfishing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Horseback riding
- Ranger programs
- Kayaking
- Mountain biking
- Night sky · 616th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 3
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 49 of the 50 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 · 18
What you actually pay
“Parking: There is a $10 fee per day for each extra vehicle.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $24–$30 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 service fee will apply if you change or cancel your reservation. Late cancellations are subject to additional fees. For full details see the Recreation.Gov, Rules & Reservation Policies.” · 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 · 7
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
50 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 49 mapped sitesAll 50 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 50 of the 50 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. 49 of the 50 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Cabin, Pet, Rustic | 003 | cabin nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 74 ft | 106 ft | 1,224 ft | $75–$77 |
| Cabin, Pet, Rustic | 017 | cabin nonelectric | 50 ft | yes | 94 ft | 298 ft | 1,597 ft | $75–$77 |
| Cabin, Pet, Rustic | 018 | cabin nonelectric | 60 ft | yes | 94 ft | 368 ft | 1,503 ft | $75–$77 |
| Cabin, Pet, Rustic | 039 | cabin nonelectric | 60 ft | yes | 72 ft | 357 ft | 585 ft | $75–$77 |
| Cabin, Rustic | 027 | cabin nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 110 ft | 376 ft | 1,004 ft | $75–$77 |
| Cabin, Rustic | 041 | cabin nonelectric | 55 ft | yes | 72 ft | 406 ft | 655 ft | $75–$77 |
| East | 002 | type not stated | 40 ft | 215 ft | 1,139 ft | |||
| East | 004 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 74 ft | 89 ft | 1,281 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 005 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 107 ft | 186 ft | 1,250 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 006 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 82 ft | 80 ft | 1,337 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 007 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 111 ft | 66 ft | 1,419 ft | $28–$30 |
| East | 008 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 112 ft | 173 ft | 1,358 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 009 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 104 ft | 76 ft | 1,490 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 010 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 75 ft | 191 ft | 1,432 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 011 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 84 ft | 77 ft | 1,554 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 012 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 84 ft | 85 ft | 1,600 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 013 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 109 ft | 191 ft | 1,504 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 014 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 107 ft | 92 ft | 1,659 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 015 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 118 ft | 218 ft | 1,578 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 016 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 127 ft | 148 ft | 1,700 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 019 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 110 ft | 305 ft | 1,461 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 020 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 110 ft | 412 ft | 1,369 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 021 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 120 ft | 396 ft | 1,294 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 022 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 75 ft | 265 ft | 1,380 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 023 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 104 ft | 285 ft | 1,219 ft | $28–$30 |
| East | 024 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 90 ft | 380 ft | 1,181 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 025 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 90 ft | 404 ft | 1,102 ft | $28–$30 | |
| East | 026 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 125 ft | 312 ft | 1,108 ft | $28–$30 | |
| Hike To | A | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 89 ft | 641 ft | 1,041 ft | $24 |
| Hike To | B | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | 89 ft | 690 ft | 974 ft | $24 |
| Hike To | C | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 113 ft | 651 ft | 1,138 ft | $24 | |
| Hike To | D | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 107 ft | 780 ft | 1,035 ft | $24 | |
| Hike To | E | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 123 ft | 756 ft | 1,184 ft | $24 | |
| Hike To | F | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 123 ft | 613 ft | 1,256 ft | $24 | |
| Hike To | G | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 146 ft | 566 ft | 1,394 ft | $24 | |
| Hike To | H | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 123 ft | 708 ft | 1,293 ft | $24 | |
| West | 001 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 98 ft | 339 ft | 801 ft | $28–$30 | |
| West | 028 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | yes | 94 ft | 160 ft | 922 ft | $28–$30 |
| West | 029 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 94 ft | 154 ft | 837 ft | $28–$30 | |
| West | 030 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 113 ft | 139 ft | 725 ft | $28–$30 | |
| West | 031 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 95 ft | 252 ft | 733 ft | $28–$30 | |
| West | 032 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 91 ft | 244 ft | 637 ft | $28–$30 | |
| West | 033 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | 117 ft | 135 ft | 610 ft | $28–$30 | |
| West | 034 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 96 ft | 108 ft | 469 ft | $28–$30 | |
| West | 035 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 52 ft | 198 ft | 547 ft | $28–$30 | |
| West | 036 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 52 ft | 220 ft | 525 ft | $28–$30 | |
| West | 037 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 84 ft | 180 ft | 424 ft | $28–$30 | |
| West | 038 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 84 ft | 263 ft | 471 ft | $28–$30 | |
| West | 040 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 76 ft | 292 ft | 594 ft | $28–$30 | |
| West | 042 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | yes | 113 ft | 367 ft | 706 ft | $28–$30 |
25 of 50 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Gone Creek Campground (Timothy Lake, OR)Mt. Hood National Forest · 0.3 mi
Stone Creek Campground (Timothy Lake, OR)Mt. Hood National Forest · 0.9 mi
Hoodview Campground (Timothy Lake, OR)Mt. Hood National Forest · 1.1 miTimothy Lake - Meditation Point CampgroundMt. Hood National Forest · 1.4 mi
Joe Graham Horse CampgroundMt. Hood National Forest · 1.5 mi
Clackamas Lake Historic CabinMt. Hood National Forest · 1.5 miFrom Sandy, Oregon, travel east on Highway 26 for approximately 40 miles to Skyline Road/Road 42. Turn right on Skyline Road and continue south for about 9 miles. Turn right on Forest Service Road 57,and then turn right again at the Oak Fork Campground entrance sign.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Government Camp, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 37°F, day 53°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 26°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 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
Oak Fork Campground (Timothy Lake, OR) 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 →