Spalding Pond Campground
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- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $10From, per site
- Sites
- 54 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices
In the agency’s own words
This primitive camping area is near the historic mill site pond. This pond is stocked with rainbow trout annually by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Fishing is best in the spring to early summer. There is a trail around the pond and fishing platform. Keep reading
Recreation
There is plenty to do at the campground including; non-motorized boating or floating, fishing, swimming and exploring the shoreline.
Facilities
4 campsites with picnic tables, and fire pits No drinking water No toilet No garbage disposal - Please pack it out Natural Features The Spalding Pond Campground is defined by it's remote mountain setting, dense forest and a freshwater habitat. Spalding Pond is a 3 acre freshwater pond that fills the basin of a historic, 19th century timber mill site. The campground is mostly shaded by mature mixed conifers and because of it's higher elevation, the pond's microclimate stays significantly cooler than the surrounding, hot Southern Oregon valleys in peak summer.
Nearby Attractions
Spalding Pond Campground is located in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, just outside of Selma, Oregon. It is an ideal basecamp for exploring unique Southern Oregon botanical areas, scenic lakes, and subterranean monuments. Top nearby attractions include Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Area, Lake Selmac County Park, Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, and the Wild and Scenic Illinois River. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (541) 592-4000.
What the agency tells you
Must pay via Scan & Pay onsite with the Recreation.gov app. App must be downloaded with cellular service prior to arriving at the campground.
First come, first-served camping, limited to 14 days.
No trash service available, pack out what you pack in.
Everything else this campground posts · 5
Campfires are allowed in developed Forest Service installed metal fire rings when conditions allow. Learn more about current fire information: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/rogue-siskiyou/fire/info
Fireworks are prohibited.
Quiet hours are between 10pm and 6am.
Dogs are welcome but must be on a leash.
There is no cell coverage in this area.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 5
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
Facilities
- Toilets
- None. Pack out what you bring in
- “No toilet”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…with picnic tables, and fire pits No drinking water No toilet No garbage disposal - Please pack it out…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Beach
- Birding
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Non-Motorized Boating
- Paddle Boating
- Paddling
- Picnicking
- Stargazing
- Swimming
- Water access
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 15:59 UTC
recreation.gov lists 4 of the 5 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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
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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.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 14
What you actually pay
“Additional Vehicle Fee: $5 per vehicle per day NOTE : 50% discount for Interagency Senior and Access Pass holders on a single campsite.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $10 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
recreation.gov availability, read 15:59 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
5 sites
All 5 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. 5 of the 5 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Extra Vehicle Fee | Extra Vehicle Fee | type not stated | $5 |
| Spalding Pond | 1 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| Spalding Pond | 2 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| Spalding Pond | 3 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
| Spalding Pond | 4 | standard nonelectric | $10 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Sixmile CampgroundSiskiyou National Forest · 3.7 mi
River Bench CampgroundSiskiyou National Forest · 4.1 mi
Store Gulch CampgroundSiskiyou National Forest · 4.5 mi
Sam Brown CampgroundSiskiyou National Forest · 6.7 miJosephine CampgroundSiskiyou National Forest · 7.3 mi
Little Falls CampgroundSiskiyou National Forest · 7.5 miFrom Grants Pass, OR, take Highway 199 (Redwood Highway) at Hayes Hill, turn onto Forest Road 25 go about 8 miles to Forest Road 2524. Turn left and go approximately 5-6 miles.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Selma, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 43°F, day 58°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 32°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
Spalding Pond 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 →