River Bench Campground
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $10From, per site
- Sites
- 98 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 12 notices
In the agency’s own words
Several walk in campsites along the Illinois River, located on a lower river terrace, within a forested setting. Must hike down one of two river access trails to use. Keep reading
Recreation
This site provides access to the Illinois River for swimming or fishing.
Facilities
8 walk in campsites with picnic tables, and fire pits No drinking water Vault toilet within walking distance No garbage disposal - Please pack it out Natural Features Situation on a lower river terrace, offering direct access to the Illinois River.
Nearby Attractions
Six Mile Day Use site is nearby with picnic tables under small gazebos.
What the agency tells you
First come, first serve camping, limited to 14 days.
No trash service available, pack out what you pack in.
Campfires are allowed in developed Forest Service installed metal fire rings when conditions allow. Learn more about current fire information: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/rogue-siskiyou/fire/info
Everything else this campground posts · 9
Fireworks are prohibited.
Camping is for tents, and only allowed in designated sites.
Quiet hours between 10pm and 6am.
Dogs must be on a leash.
There is limited cell phone coverage.
Parking is limited, stay outside the white lines and never block traffic so that emergency vehicles maintain access at all times.
Driving can be dangerous along the Illinois River road, often narrow with blind corners, so please remain cautious.
The Illinois River can have cold water year-round, is remote and has the potential for volatile flows. Always practice safety when recreating in the river and wear a PFD.
Must pay via Scan & Pay onsite with the Recreation.gov app. App must be downloaded with cellular service prior to arriving at the campground.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 9 · 8 walk-in
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “No drinking water Vault toilet within walking distance”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…with picnic tables, and fire pits No drinking water Vault toilet within walking distance No garbage…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- River
- Birding
- Kayaking
- Paddling
- Rafting
- Scenic drives
- Stargazing
- Swimming
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 15:45 UTC
recreation.gov lists 8 of the 9 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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.
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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 · 14
What you actually pay
“Additional Vehicle Fee: $5 per vehicle per day NOTE : 50% discount for Interagency Senior and Access Pass holders on a single campsite.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $10 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
recreation.gov availability, read 15:45 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
9 sites
All 9 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. 1 of the 9 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.