Rock Creek Campground (Mt. Hood National Forest, OR)
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 7 mi
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $30From, per site
- Sites
- 3332 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Rock Creek Campground sits on the shores of scenic Rock Creek Reservoir in the pine-covered mountains of Mt. Hood National Forest. It is a family-friendly campground with many sites right on the water's edge. The campground provides access to a variety of recreational activities, as well as historic sites throughout the forest. Keep reading
Recreation
The reservoir is a popular spot for fishing, canoeing and boating, however, boats must have electric motors. Anglers can expect a catch of bass and bluegill, and the lake is regularly stocked with rainbow trout. An unmarked trail connects the campground to nearby Sportsman Campground, which offers a network of off-road vehicle trails. A boat ramp, picnic area and hiking trail are available at the adjacent day use area.
Facilities
The campground offers single-family sites for tent and RV camping. RVs over 35 feet are not recommended. Some sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Each site is equipped with a table and campfire ring with grill. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided, but utility hookups are not available. Water disposal locations can be found throughout the campground. Parking surfaces are gravel. Firewood can be purchased from host.
Natural Features
The campground is situated in a stand of mixed oak and pine trees, along the southeastern shore of the 180-acre reservoir, which is rarely at capacity because it is used for irrigation purposes. At an elevation of about 4,600 feet, the campground provides scenic views of the adjacent lake and surrounding forest. A variety of wildlife make its home in the area and eagles are commonly spotted nesting.
Nearby Attractions
The campground is about 30 miles from the town of Government Camp at the base of Mt. Hood. Year-round skiing, a variety of trailheads and many sightseeing opportunities can be found there. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (541) 467-2291.
What the agency tells you
Water level and lake access are highly dependent on weather conditions, snow melt, and irrigation usage. We have no control of water levels and cannot assure you water activities will be available to you at the time of your reservation. The water level progressively drops throughout the year.
Gas-powered engines are not allowed on the lake
Off-road vehicle use is prohibited within the campground
Everything else this campground posts · 6
Picnic area is closed when eagles are nesting nearby
In accordance with standard industry practices, Mount Hood Recreation will be assessing an additional vehicle fee on the second vehicle in each single family campsite, and on the third and fourth vehicle in any double family campsite, provided these vehicles are not joined to the first vehicle by a hitch and towed onto the site. In the case of motorcycles, the first two are considered as one vehicle for determining additional vehicle fees. The third and fourth motorcycle would also be considered as one vehicle. No additional vehicle fees are collected for bicycles.
Click here for more information on the Mt. Hood National Forest
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.
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.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 33 · 5 tent-only
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…a table and campfire ring with grill. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided, but utility…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…ring with grill. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided, but utility hookups are not…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Firewood
- Sold here
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, Creek
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Swimming
- Visitor center
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 485th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 2
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 32 of the 33 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 · 13
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $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.
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 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
33 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 32 mapped sitesAll 33 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 33 of the 33 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. 32 of the 33 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| Loop 1 | 001 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 59 ft | 369 ftRock Creek | 842 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 002 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 73 ft | 369 ft | 771 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 003HOST | type not stated | 327 ft | 790 ft | |||
| Loop 1 | 004 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 40 ft | 310 ftRock Creek | 876 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 005 | tent only nonelectric | 52 ft | 223 ft | 810 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 1 | 006 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 40 ft | 274 ftRock Creek | 888 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 007 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 50 ft | 247 ftRock Creek | 875 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 008 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 50 ft | 199 ft | 890 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 009 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 52 ft | 178 ft | 818 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 010 | tent only nonelectric | 87 ft | 120 ft | 908 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 1 | 011 | tent only nonelectric | 128 ft | 82 ft | 824 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 1 | 012 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 54 ft | 206 ft | 661 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 013 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 98 ft | 116 ft | 672 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 014 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 54 ft | 183 ft | 615 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 015 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 76 ft | 98 ft | 530 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 016 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 55 ft | 169 ft | 594 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 017 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 56 ft | 85 ft | 500 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 018 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 49 ft | 157 ft | 563 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 019 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 56 ft | 106 ft | 482 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 020 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 49 ft | 177 ft | 558 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 021 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 70 ft | 155 ft | 481 ft | $30 |
| Loop 1 | 022 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 57 ft | 221 ft | 570 ft | $30 |
| Loop 2 | 023 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 112 ft | 115 ft | 371 ft | $30 |
| Loop 2 | 024 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 74 ft | 25 ft | 256 ft | $30 |
| Loop 2 | 025 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 59 ft | 92 ft | 182 ft | $30 |
| Loop 2 | 026 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 60 ft | 47 ft | 219 ft | $30 |
| Loop 2 | 027 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 98 ft | 129 ft | 131 ft | $30 |
| Loop 2 | 028 | tent only nonelectric | 59 ft | 104 ft | 160 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 2 | 029 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 73 ft | 167 ft | 162 ft | $30 |
| Loop 2 | 030 | tent only nonelectric | 73 ft | 191 ft | 221 ft | $30 | |
| Loop 2 | 031 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 82 ft | 296 ft | 240 ft | $30 |
| Loop 2 | 032 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 90 ft | 301 ft | 156 ft | $30 |
| Loop 2 | 033 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 82 ft | 367 ft | 241 ft | $30 |
25 of 33 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Forest Creek CampgroundMt. Hood National Forest · 7.3 miKeeps Mill CampgroundMt. Hood National Forest · 7.9 mi
Flag Point LookoutMt. Hood National Forest · 8.0 mi
McCubbins Overflow CampgroundMt. Hood National Forest · 8.7 miFrom Portland, travel east on Highway 26 for 42 miles. Take the Highway 35 exit to Hood River and travel northeast for 3 miles. Turn right on Forest Road 48 and travel 22 miles. Turn left on Forest Road 4810 and continue to the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Sportsmans Park, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 37°F, day 64°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 27°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
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Rock Creek Campground (Mt. Hood National Forest, OR) 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 →