Secret
1Heads up1 fire 28 mi away
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $5–$14Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 1All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices
In the agency’s own words
This small campground is now a group site and is well-screened from Forest Service Road 21. The Middle Fork Willamette River is directly adjacent to some of the sites. Popular activities include fishing, hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding. The nearby Middle Fork National Recreation Trail cna be easily accessed from the campgound. Please note that special fishing regulations apply to this section of the Middle Fork; refer to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife regulations for the most up-to-date information. Keep reading
Recreation
This site has diverse recreation opportunities located nearby that allow everyone in the group to experience the forest in their own preferred way. Activities such as kayaking, paddle boarding, and boating are available on the Middle Fork as well as Hills Creek Reservoir. Fishing opportunities also abound, but be sure to research the fishing restrictions for the local area before arriving. Nearby trails offer scenic views for hikers, mountain bikers, and equestrians.
Facilities
The campground has one communal restroom as well as regular trash service.
Natural Features
This secluded campground has several well-shaded campsites along the edge of the Middle Fork River. The river as well as Hills Creek Reservoir offer scenic vistas, as well as the nearby Young's Rock, Larrison Rock, and Chuckle Springs.
Nearby Attractions
Middle Fork River, Hills Creek Reservoir, Young's Rock, Larrison Rock, Chuckle Springs, Indigo Springs
What the agency tells you
There is no potable water available at this site. Guests are recommended to bring water or a filtration system for their stay.
There is one bathroom at this site. The bathroom will only be as clean as the last guest has left it, so guests are asked to please be courteous to others who need the facilities.
Fire restrictions may be in place depending on season and recent weather conditions. Guests are expected to know any restrictions that are in place before begining their stay.
Everything else this campground posts · 1
Road construction and closures may impact travel to and from the site. Guests should look for any closures that may impact their travel before starting their trip.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1 · 1 group
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- 1
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- VAULT TOILETS on 1 of 1 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE VAULT TOILETS on 1 of 1 campsite records
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, River, Creek
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 15:28 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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.
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 rates for this season, $5–$14 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
recreation.gov availability, read 15:28 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
1 sites · the site map
All 1 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 1 of the 1 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
| Secret | Secret Campground Group | group standard nonelectric | yes | 262 ft | 429 ft |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Campers FlatWillamette National Forest · 1.7 mi
Warner Mountain LookoutWillamette National Forest · 4.2 mi
SacandagaWillamette National Forest · 5.8 mi
Sand Prairie CampgroundWillamette National Forest · 6.0 mi
Indigo SpringsWillamette National Forest · 9.0 miExit I-5 heading east on Highway 58 towards Oakridge, OR. On the east side of Oakridge, just past mile marker 37, take a right onto Kitson Springs Road. In approximately half a mile take a right onto Forest Service Road 21. Just past mile marker 18 the entrance to the campground will be on the right.
The weather
the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Typical weather
Typical October night 40°F, day 63°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 31°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 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
Secret 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 →