Reservoir Campground
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- Sites
- 23All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices
In the agency’s own words
Campground closed until further notice Reservoir Campground is located next to Wickiup Reservoir along the Cascade Lakes Highway. Keep reading
Recreation
Campers enjoy boating, canoeing, swimming and fishing. Both motorized and non-motorized boats are allowed on Wickiup Reservoir. The reservoir's relatively warm water and cooler deep channels generate excellent opportunities for fishing.
Facilities
Reservoir Campground can accommodate RV, trailer or tent-campers, however, water and electric hookups are not available. Campers will need to bring their own water supply. All sites are equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring with grill and the campground has vault toilets available. This campground offers a boat ramp with access to Wickiup Reservoir.
Natural Features
Wickiup Reservoir is a popular fishing destination. Fish species include brown trout, kokanee and Coho salmon, rainbow and brook trout, whitefish and chub. Wetlands, diverse forests, and rocky slopes near the campground provide a necessary habitat for shorebirds, porcupine, deer, bats and the occasional black bear.
Nearby Attractions
Campers can explore wilderness areas, rivers, lakes and reservoirs and hundreds of miles of trails. Visitors can travel the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway which climbs 66 miles through the Cascade Range, weaving past snow-capped peaks and alpine lakes. Newberry National Volcanic Monument, approxiately 45 minutes by vehicle, is a great starting point for visitors to learn about the diverse landscape and history of the area through interpretive programs and exhibits. Visitors can explore Lava River Cave, the longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.
Charges & Cancellations
Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
What the agency tells you
This is a no water facility so campers will need to bring their own supply.
Prevent the spread of invasive species by inspecting and cleaning packs, equipment and tires before using lake or trails.
Please Note: One RV with tow vehicle per single site or one vehicle per tent site. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. Extra vehicle will be charged a per night fee and collected at the campground.
Everything else this campground posts · 8
Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed.
During your time in Central Oregon, you can find wildfire, prescribed fire and smoke information at centraloregonfire.org
Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).
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.
Click here for more information about Deschutes National Forest.
Camping or otherwise occupying a single location (including leaving camping equipment and/or related supplies) for a period longer than 14 consecutive calendar days is prohibited. ‘Location’ means the occupied area, the occupied campsite, and the National Forest System lands in the immediate vicinity thereof. Camping or occupying any location on all National Forest lands for more than 28 calendar days total during a calendar year is prohibited.
NO generator use is allowed in campgrounds between 10:00PM and 7:00AM (36 CFR 261.10). Silent power banks or battery powered devices are allowed.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 23
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 125 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…ring with grill and the campground has vault toilets available. This campground offers a boat ramp with…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…are not available. Campers will need to bring their own water supply. All sites are equipped with a picnic table…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 28 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, River
- Night sky · 322nd darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 2
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 9
What you actually pay
“Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify 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 · 5
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
24 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 23 mapped sitesAll 24 records
| Loop 1 | 01 Host | host pad | 110 ft | ||
| Loop 1 | 02 | standard nonelectric | 85 ft | 178 ft | 190 ft |
| Loop 1 | 03 | standard nonelectric | 110 ft | 163 ft | 397 ft |
| Loop 1 | 04 | standard nonelectric | 115 ft | 178 ft | 145 ft |
| Loop 1 | 05 | standard nonelectric | 125 ft | 186 ft | 179 ft |
| Loop 1 | 06 | standard nonelectric | 100 ft | 135 ft | 383 ft |
| Loop 1 | 07 | standard nonelectric | 100 ft | 135 ft | 511 ft |
| Loop 1 | 08 | standard nonelectric | 100 ft | 94 ft | 593 ft |
| Loop 1 | 09 | standard nonelectric | 65 ft | 101 ft | 643 ft |
| Loop 1 | 10 | standard nonelectric | 110 ft | 94 ft | 510 ft |
| Loop 1 | 11 | standard nonelectric | 115 ft | 98 ft | 412 ft |
| Loop 1 | 12 | standard nonelectric | 90 ft | 116 ft | 297 ft |
| Loop 1 | 13 | standard nonelectric | 110 ft | 152 ft | 132 ft |
| Loop 1 | 14 | standard nonelectric | 95 ft | 119 ft | 213 ft |
| Loop 1 | 15 | standard nonelectric | 90 ft | 133 ft | 99 ft |
| Loop 1 | 16 | standard nonelectric | 105 ft | 133 ft | 219 ft |
| Loop 1 | 17 | standard nonelectric | 115 ft | 159 ft | 121 ft |
| Loop 1 | 18 | standard nonelectric | 105 ft | 159 ft | 272 ft |
| Loop 1 | 19 | standard nonelectric | 100 ft | 186 ft | 236 ft |
| Loop 1 | 20 | standard nonelectric | 65 ft | 185 ft | 161 ft |
| Loop 1 | 21 | standard nonelectric | 75 ft | 118 ft | 161 ft |
| Loop 1 | 22 | standard nonelectric | 95 ft | 49 ft | 183 ft |
| Loop 1 | 23 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 49 ft | 151 ft |
| Loop 1 | 24 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 93 ft | 145 ft |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It names it a host pad. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Gull Point CampgroundDeschutes National Forest · 2.4 mi
North Davis Creek CampgroundDeschutes National Forest · 2.7 mi
West South Twin CampgroundDeschutes National Forest · 3.1 mi
South Twin Lake CampgroundDeschutes National Forest · 3.3 miSheep Bridge CampgroundDeschutes National Forest · 4.2 mi
North Twin Lake CampgroundDeschutes National Forest · 4.3 miFrom Bend, OR: Travel about 58 miles southwest on Cascade Lakes Hwy (46), then 2 miles east on Forest Road 44.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for La Pine, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 31°F, day 62°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 21°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 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
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
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 →