Skull Hollow Campground
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 22 mi
- Right now
- OpenInside the published season, our reading
- Season
- March 15Opens March 15. No closing date published.
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Situated southeast of Haystack Reservoir , this campground offers views of Gray Butte and easy access to Skull Hollow Trailhead , the Gray Butte Trailhead , the Cole Loop Trail (#854) , and Smith Rock State Park . View a map of Skull Hollow Campground . View a vicinity map here . *** There is a Closure Order prohibiting dispersed camping outside of the Skull Hollow campground. View a map of the closure area here . This closure is designed to help protect natural resources around the trailhead from overuse and to prevent conflict between campers and day users. Keep reading
Please observe the closure order and use the campground for camping in the vicinity of Skull Hollow trailhead. AMENITIES: NO DRINKING WATER 70 standard campsites No hook-ups or dumping facilities 1 wooden picnic table and 1 combination fire ring/grill per campsite 3 vault outhouses for the campground 1 informational signboard On-site campground host NEARBY ACTIVITIES: Horseback Riding Hiking Mountain Biking Rock climbing (Smith Rock State Park) Hunting
Facilities
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…of Skull Hollow trailhead. AMENITIES: NO DRINKING WATER 70 standard campsites No hook-ups or dumping…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir
Phone before you drive
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 · 10
What you actually pay
“Per night, per site fee: $15 single campsite/ $7 extra vehicle fee.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
“Any other vehicles more than 2 on a double site or more than 1 on a single site are subject to a $5 extra vehicle fee.” · 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
Haystack Campground (East Shore)Crooked River National Grassland · 7.8 mi
South Shore Group Sites7.8 mi
South Shore Group Campground7.8 miHaystack West Shore Campground and Day Use Area8.2 mi
Steelhead Falls CampgroundPrineville Deschutes Field Office · 12 miBLM Beach CampgroundPrineville Deschutes Field Office · 20 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Terrebonne, OR
Typical weather
Typical March night 25°F, day 51°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical March night 25°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 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
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Skull Hollow 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 →