Roaring River (Group)
- Right now
- OpenListed open; its database flags it not open
- Sites
- 1All of them booked ahead
- Season
- May 1 – October 31Open May 1 through October 31
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
Campers at Roaring River Group Campground enjoy the soothing sounds of the aptly named Roaring River flowing past their campsites. The campground is tucked in a wooded setting in Willamette National Forest and can accommodate up to 50 overnight visitors. Fishing and hiking are a few of the best ways to spend the day here. The nearby Three Sisters Wilderness offers plenty of trails to explore. Keep reading
Recreation
The Box Canyon Trail area is nearby, providing excellent hiking routes like the McBee Trail and the Roaring Ridge Trail. The Roaring Ridge Trail passes through Douglas fir forests with views of the South Fork of the McKenzie River. Mountain biking, fishing and wildlife viewing are popular activities here. Bird sightings may include osprey, great blue herons and bald eagles.
Facilities
Roaring River provides picnic tables, dumpsters, vault toilets and campfire rings. No water is provided so campers are expected to bring their own. Parking fits up to 10 vehicles.
Natural Features
The group site is just a few feet from the river on the east bank, among Douglas fir, maple and alder. The Willamette National Forest stretches for 110 miles with varied landscapes of high mountains, narrow canyons, cascading streams and wooded slopes.
Nearby Attractions
The Three Sisters Wilderness Area offers 260 miles of hiking trail through 286,708 acres of wild, incredible mountains and meadows. There is also access to non-wilderness hiking and mountain bike trails within 10 miles.
What the agency tells you
Entry to the site is through a locked gate. The combination will be provided in the reservation confirmation letter. Call (541) 822-3381 at least 72 hours prior to arrival to confirm combination code and for updates.
The McKenzie River Ranger District office is open Monday-Saturday during summer, and Monday-Friday the rest of the year. Office hours are 8:00 am – 4:30 pm. Please call ahead for information at least 72 hours prior to arrival for updates or other information.
No electric hookups are available
Everything else this campground posts · 4
No discharging firearms, possession of fireworks or use of chainsaws.
For more information on Willamette National Forest, click here
Please, bring your own firewood that was acquired locally. 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.
Please, make sure to scroll the code after each use to ensure passer-bys do not acquire it. Also, make sure to keep the gate closed as much as possible, even if you are in camp. This will ensure greater privacy and keep wandering vehicles out.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1 · 1 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 30 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…River provides picnic tables, dumpsters, vault toilets and campfire rings. No water is provided so campers…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…vault toilets and campfire rings. No water is provided so campers are expected to bring their…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- River, Creek, Meadow
- Fishing
- Night sky · 308th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 2
Something open on 3 of the next 3 bookable nightsread 15:47 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
OpenBooked
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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 · 12
What you actually pay
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
recreation.gov availability, read 15:47 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
1 sites · the site map
All 1 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 1 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| ROAR | 001 | group standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 122 ft | $50 |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Frissell Crossing CampgroundWillamette National Forest · 0.8 mi
Box Canyon Guard Station CabinWillamette National Forest · 3.2 mi
Red Diamond CampgroundWillamette National Forest · 5.7 mi
Skookum Creek CampgroundWillamette National Forest · 6.5 mi
Hard Rock CampgroundWillamette National Forest · 8.5 mi
French Pete CampgroundWillamette National Forest · 8.9 miFrom Eugene, Oregon, take I-105 east to McKenzie Highway 126 just past Milepost 45. Turn South on Aufderheide Drive/Forest Service Road 19 and travel for 22 miles to campground. Entry is through a locked gate with a combination.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Oakridge, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 38°F, day 60°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical October night 38°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 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
Roaring River (Group) is in Oregon’s 4th congressional district. Its representative, Val Hoyle (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A+. See every public-lands vote →