River Bridge Campground
4Heads up4 fires, nearest 21 mi
This is how it should work.
- Right now
- OpenThe agency lists it open
- Season
- May 1 – November 30Open May 1 through November 30
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
River Bridge Campground is adjacent to the Rogue River and offers ample opportunity for fishing swimming and hiking. The Upper Rogue Trail is easily accessible from parking lot and the nearby are several sandy areas that offer a place to sit and relax by the river. Prospect OHV trail system is eassily accessed from campground. 9 campsites with picnic tables, and fire pits 2 OHV campsites with picnic tables, and fire pits Garbage Disposal
Around the campground
- On the water
- River
Nothing to book, just show up
One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first. Get there before noon on a summer weekend.
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 4
What you actually pay
“Camping: $15 /site/night Extra Vehicles: $5 /night” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
How we know this receipt · 5
record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Mill Creek CampgroundRogue River National Forest · 2.3 mi
Jim Creek Group CampgroundRogue River National Forest · 3.1 miAbbott Creek CampgroundRogue River National Forest · 4.2 miNatural Bridge CampgroundRogue River National Forest · 5.1 mi
Union Creek Campground - Rogue RiverRogue River National Forest · 6.3 mi
Farewell Bend CampgroundRogue River National Forest · 7.1 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Prospect, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 38°F, day 70°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical November night 34°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
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
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
River Bridge 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 →