Spinreel
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:20 UTC
- A night
- $25From, per site
- Sites
- 3736 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices
In the agency’s own words
Spinreel Campground is an off-road vehicle rider's dream, located within the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area along Tenmile Creek. Campers can rely on conveniences like drinking water and paved roads, with prime access to expansive off-road riding opportunities along the sandy dunes. The campground also provides a boat launch for visitors seeking to float Tenmile Creek. Keep reading
Recreation
Spinreel is an outstanding location for off-road vehicle enthusiasts. Thrill seekers have a choice of riding on designated routes (such as the Coast Guard Trail) or cruising in the open riding zones. Elsewhere, the Pacific Ocean beaches provide opportunities for beachcombing, viewing wildlife, and playing in the surf. To the north of the Spinreel Staging Area, there is a beach section open for horseback riders and hikers only (no motorized use). Other portions of the beach are open to off-road vehicles. Fishing and boating opportunities are also available in Tenmile Creek and Tenmile Lake.
Facilities
Drinking water, flush toilets, trash collection, picnic tables, fire rings, and a boat ramp are available for campers. The ramp is designed for small boats entering Tenmile Creek. There are no electric hookups or dump stations in this campground.
Natural Features
Spinreel Campground is located in the heart of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, near a large section of open dunes. The towering dunes provide expansive vistas of the nearby terrain, and the dune field is surrounded by coastal forest. The Pacific Ocean lies a short distance to the west. Tenmile Creek begins at Tenmile Lake, flows past the campground, and empties into the Pacific Ocean.
Nearby Attractions
The John Dellenback Dunes Trail is located two miles north of Spinreel Campground. This is a non-motorized trail that traverses a section of tall and open sand dunes on the way to the beach. Off-road vehicle riders can check out other nearby riding opportunities in the Hauser and Horsfall areas. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (541) 271-6000.
Charges & Cancellations
Campsites that are not occupied after 24 hours of arrival time will be considered as a "no show" and sites will be released for others to reserve. If campers will be arriving after 24 hours of their arrival time, they are encouraged to call the ranger station at 541-271-6000 to let staff know.
What the agency tells you
Notice to all Dune Riders! The Oregon dunes have the highest off-highway vehicle incident rates in the state. Before riding, please be aware of dune riding hazards and what you and others can do to stay safe. Here are some dune riding safety tips along with some general riding tips that can help redu ce incidents. Oregon ATV Program information can be found at www.OregonOHV.org.
Guidelines for a safe visit to the Siuslaw National Forest The Siuslaw’s campgrounds, day use areas, and trails continue to be open for public enjoyment. While you are visiting the Forest, please adhere to the following guidelines. These guidelines will help ensure a safe and healthy visit for you and your family, our employees and volunteers, and other visitors: Please keep in mind that restrooms are generally cleaned and disinfected at least once daily at the more popular campgrounds and day use sites, and once to three times a week at other sites. Be prepared to provide your own soap, sanitizer, or disinfectant. If no trash receptacle is provided, please protect your public lands by packing out your waste and trash.
Forest Service-operated campsites on the Siuslaw National Forest are currently available by online reservation only. Visitors can make reservations online through this website (preferred), or via phone by calling the recreation.gov phone line at 877-444-6777. If you call this number, please be prepared for longer-than-usual wait times. Please note that the Siuslaw National Forest does not have any control over the recreation.gov phone line, so we ask you to please prepare by making reservations well in advance.
Everything else this campground posts · 7
There is a 14-day in 30 rolling days camping limit on the Siuslaw National Forest. The 14 days does not have to be consecutive. The 14-day limit covers the entire Siuslaw National Forest and not just this campground as shown in the Rules Section. This means you cannot go to other campgrounds on the Siuslaw National Forest after reaching the 14-day limit.
No electric hookups available
State of Oregon OHV permit required for off-road vehicle riding
Sites must occupied within first 24 hours of arrival time. Otherwise unoccupied sites will be considered a "no-show" and will be released.
Limit 2 vehicles per site
For more information on the Siuslaw National Forest, click here
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
- 37
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 61 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- 3
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…Tenmile Lake. Facilities Drinking water, flush toilets, trash collection, picnic tables, fire rings, and a…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…Campers can rely on conveniences like drinking water and paved roads, with prime access to expansive…”
- Dump station
- Yes
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek, Beach, Coast
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Off Road Vehicle Trails
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 654th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 3
50 of 72 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:20 UTC
recreation.gov lists 36 of the 37 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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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.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $25 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.
“Campsites that are not occupied after 24 hours of arrival time will be considered as a "no show" and sites will be released for others to reserve. If campers will be arriving after 24 hours of their arrival time, they are encouraged to call the ranger station at 541-271-6000 to let staff know.” · this campground’s own no-show terms
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 16:20 UTC · rules read Oct 1, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
37 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 36 mapped sitesAll 37 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 37 of the 37 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. 36 of the 37 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.
| AREA SPINREEL | 001 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 65 ft | 430 ft | 195 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 002 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 48 ft | 424 ft | 225 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 003 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 48 ft | 449 ft | 271 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 004 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 53 ft | 420 ft | 282 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 005 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 54 ft | 364 ft | 261 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 006 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 36 ft | 311 ft | 222 ft | $25 |
| AREA SPINREEL | 007 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | yes | 29 ft | 274 ft | 170 ft | $25 |
| AREA SPINREEL | 008 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 29 ft | 302 ft | 172 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 009 | standard nonelectric | 47 ft | 44 ft | 271 ft | 114 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 010 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 46 ft | 293 ft | 51 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 011 | standard nonelectric | 47 ft | 46 ft | 339 ft | 82 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 012 | type not stated | 38 ft | 391 ftSaunders Creek | 129 ft | |||
| AREA SPINREEL | 013 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 80 ft | 406 ft | 131 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 014 | standard nonelectric | 29 ft | 66 ft | 445 ftSaunders Creek | 176 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 015 | standard nonelectric | 43 ft | 66 ft | 510 ftSaunders Creek | 240 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 016 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 94 ft | 593 ftSaunders Creek | 318 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 017 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 42 ft | 239 ft | 85 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 018 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 42 ft | 198 ft | 99 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 019 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 33 ft | 276 ft | 207 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 020 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 53 ft | 182 ft | 150 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 021 | standard nonelectric | 41 ft | 62 ft | 180 ft | 214 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 022 | standard nonelectric | 34 ft | 33 ft | 243 ft | 199 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 023 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 34 ft | 248 ft | 236 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 024 | standard nonelectric | 41 ft | 34 ft | 258 ft | 270 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 025 | standard nonelectric | 43 ft | 43 ft | 263 ft | 314 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 026 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | yes | 55 ft | 204 ft | 269 ft | $25 |
| AREA SPINREEL | 027 | standard nonelectric | 61 ft | 43 ft | 245 ft | 350 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 028 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 25 ft | 203 ft | 356 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 029 | standard nonelectric | 39 ft | 25 ft | 178 ft | 351 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 030 | standard nonelectric | 43 ft | 51 ft | 128 ft | 364 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 031 | standard nonelectric | 33 ft | 34 ft | 87 ft | 326 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 032 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 34 ft | 93 ft | 293 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 033 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 53 ft | 89 ft | 246 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 034 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 56 ft | 97 ft | 182 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 035 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 60 ft | 110 ft | 177 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 036 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 103 ft | 220 ftSaunders Creek | 79 ft | $25 | |
| AREA SPINREEL | 037 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 45 ft | 154 ft | 129 ft | $25 |
25 of 37 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Spinreel Sand CampingSiuslaw National Forest · 0.1 mi
Eel Creek CampgroundOregon Dunes National Recreation Area · 1.6 mi
Umpqua Sand CampingOregon Dunes National Recreation Area · 4.3 mi
Hauser Sand CampingOregon Dunes National Recreation Area · 5.7 mi
Bluebill CampgroundSiuslaw National Forest · 8.7 mi
Wild Mare Horse CampSiuslaw National Forest · 8.8 miFrom Reedsport, Oregon, travel about 12 miles south on Highway 101 to Spinreel Road. Turn right onto Spinreel Road and proceed 1/2 mile to the Spinreel Campground entrance. Turn left to enter the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Lakeside, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 47°F, day 63°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 40°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
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Spinreel 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 →