Southshore at Detroit Lake - Willamette (OR)
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 23 mi
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $28–$56Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 3328 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 13 notices
In the agency’s own words
Southshore Campground provides 30 campsites, 25 single and 5 double sites, in two main loops. This campground is now fully reservable. First come first serve is only available if no prior reservation has been made on site and only one night at a time. The sites can accommodate trailers up to 30 feet in length. Campsites 4 -11 are walk in, tent only sites. No RV's or trailers allowed for these sites. All sites are equipped with picnic tables and fire rings. The Boat Launch area includes the launch and two courtesy docks. *Day use is available for a parking fee. Keep reading
Drinking water is available to both sites via individual faucet risers located throughout the campground. There are two double-vault toilets, and two single-vault toilets located in accessible locations throughout the sites. Trash receptacles are located in the campground. There are approximately 43 parking spaces for use at the boat ramp area, which have also been used as overflow parking (ex. extra vehicle w/boat trailer) or the campground. *Extra Vehicle Fee for campers. Campfires allowed until and unless otherwise posted. Fire bans are common during summer months. Please plan accordingly. A mix of wooded and open sites are available, located a little further away from the busier portions of Detroit Lake. You'll find quiet camping on all but the busiest weekends. Detroit Lake covers 3,500 acres and is surrounded by groves of Douglas fir. Reservations for this site can be made up to 6 months in advance of arrival date by reserving online at RECREATION.GOV or by calling 877-444-6777.
Recreation
Detroit Lake is a popular destination for boating, jet skiing, swimming and fishing. Rainbow trout, Kokanee salmon and catfish are found in the lake. A boat ramp and dock are located next to the campground.
Facilities
The campground offers 25 single and five double family campsites. There are vault toilets and drinking water onsite. Coin operated showers are available a mile away at Cove Creek. In the day use area, there is about 1,000 ft. of shoreline. There is a dock for launching, loading and unloading only. There is no mooring allowed.
Natural Features
A mix of wooded and open sites are available, located a little further away from the busier portions of Detroit Lake. You'll find quiet camping on all but the busiest weekends. Detroit Lake covers 3,500 acres and is surrounded by groves of Douglas fir.
Nearby Attractions
Additional hiking trails can be found across the lake, including those that lead to Dome Rock and Needle Rock. The town of Detroit is across the lake with hometown activities. The Cascading Rivers Bikeway is available for cyclists of all ages. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (541) 967-3917.
What the agency tells you
This is Southshore on Detroit Lake in Oregon. It is not one of the several other South Shores located throughout Oregon. Is this the location you want?
No hookups available.
This park is Fully Reservable. First-come first-served may be available if campsite was not previously reserved. FCFS can only be paid for one night at a time, and only upon availability.
Everything else this campground posts · 10
Limit 1 vehicle per single sites; a $10 per vehicle per night fee will be charged for additional vehicles.
You must stay in the site that you book. Site swapping is not allowed.
Day Use Fee area for non campers.
No discharging firearms, possession of fireworks or use of chainsaws allowed
Campfires allowed until and unless otherwise posted. Fire bans are common during summer months. Please plan accordingly.
Check-In 2:00PM
Check-Out 12:00PM
Firewood is available for purchase, at this facility, while supplies last.
Be bear aware; keep all food out of sight in approved containers or locked inside your vehicle and remove all food from the area after eating
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 · 7 walk-in
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 130 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…the campground. There are two double-vault toilets, and two single-vault toilets located in accessible…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…*Day use is available for a parking fee. Drinking water is available to both sites via individual faucet…”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek, Beach
- Biking
- Boating
- Fishing
- Swimming
- Night sky · 640th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 3
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
recreation.gov lists 28 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 · 14
What you actually pay
“a $10 per vehicle per night fee will be charged for additional vehicles.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $28–$56 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 · 6
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 28 mapped sitesAll 33 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. 33 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.
| Loop 1 | 001 | type not stated | 30 ft | 222 ft | $28–$56 | |
| Loop 1 | 002 | type not stated | 53 ft | 195 ft | $28–$56 | |
| Loop 1 | 003 | type not stated | 50 ft | 174 ft | $28–$56 | |
| Loop 1 | 004 | walk to | 18 ft | 29 ft | 140 ft | $28 |
| Loop 1 | 005 | walk to | 18 ft | 29 ft | 127 ft | $28 |
| Loop 1 | 006 | walk to | 18 ft | 46 ft | 92 ft | $28 |
| Loop 1 | 007 | walk to | 18 ft | 72 ft | 98 ft | $28 |
| Loop 1 | 009 | walk to | 18 ft | 48 ft | 104 ft | $28 |
| Loop 1 | 010 | walk to | 18 ft | 48 ft | 149 ft | $28 |
| Loop 1 | 011 | walk to | 18 ft | 48 ft | 195 ft | $28 |
| Loop 2 | 012 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 116 ft | 193 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 2 | 013 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 78 ft | 188 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 2 | 014 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 78 ft | 158 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 2 | 015 | standard nonelectric | 99 ft | 98 ft | 186 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 2 | 016 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 81 ft | 111 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 2 | 017 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 77 ft | 76 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 2 | 018 | standard nonelectric | 98 ft | 56 ft | 135 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 2 | 019 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 71 ft | 49 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 2 | 020 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 71 ft | 40 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 2 | 021 | standard nonelectric | 81 ft | 56 ft | 170 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 2 | 022 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 85 ft | 64 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 2 | 023 | standard nonelectric | 39 ft | 96 ft | 139 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 3 | 024 | standard nonelectric | 73 ft | 113 ft | 178 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 3 | 025 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 91 ft | 117 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 3 | 026 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 91 ft | 84 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 3 | 027 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 59 ft | 90 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 3 | 028 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 54 ft | 139 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 3 | 029 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 54 ft | 186 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 3 | 030 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 71 ft | 250 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 3 | 031 | standard nonelectric | 62 ft | 138 ft | 311 ft | $28–$56 |
| Loop 3 | 032 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 138 ft | 366 ft | $28–$56 |
| S&P | Double S&P | type not stated | 130 ft | $28–$56 | ||
| S&P | Single S&P | type not stated | 30 ft | $28–$56 |
25 of 33 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Cove Creek (OR)Willamette National Forest · 1.0 miPiety Island1.4 mi
Hoover Campground2.6 mi
Santiam Flats Campground3.0 mi
Humbug CampgroundWillamette National Forest · 6.6 miFrom Detroit, Oregon, travel east on State Highway 22 for 2.7 miles to Blowout Road/Forest Service Road 10. From Idanha, Oregon, travel west on State Highway 22 for 0.7 miles to Blowout Road/Forest Service Road 10. Proceed on Blowout Road 4.7 miles to Southshore Campground on the right.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Detroit, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 47°F, day 61°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 36°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
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
Southshore at Detroit Lake - Willamette (OR) is in Oregon’s 5th congressional district. Its representative, Janelle Bynum (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A. See every public-lands vote →