Still Creek
4Heads up4 fires, nearest 12 mi
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $30From, per site
- Sites
- 26All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
Still Creek Campground lies in the shadows of majestic Mt. Hood, in Oregon's Mt. Hood National Forest. It is one of the closest campgrounds to the mountain, and offers access to a variety of recreational opportunities. The surrounding area contains hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding trails, as well as numerous mountain lakes, rivers and creeks. Keep reading
Recreation
A variety of hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding trails can be accessed from the campground, including the historic Barlow Trail. The somewhat primitive, 1-mile trail connects the campground with the town of Government Camp. Fly-fishing is a popular activity on Still Creek. Anglers can expect a variety of trout and occasional whitefish and salmon.
Facilities
The campground offers more than two dozen single-family sites for tent and RV camping. Utility hookups are not provided and parking surfaces are an assortment of dirt, gravel and paved. Water disposal sites are scattered throughout the campground. Sites are equipped with tables and campfire rings with grills. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Firewood is available for purchase at or near the campground.
Natural Features
The campground sits on the banks of Still Creek just south Mt. Hood at an elevation of about 3,700 feet. It is surrounded by a lush forest of mixed conifers, including cedar, pine and fir trees. A dense understory of shrubs makes for ample privacy between sites. The creek can be heard throughout the campground.
Nearby Attractions
A fork on Forest Road 1825 that accesses the campground will lead to the trailhead for spectacular Ramona Falls on the Sandy River. The 7.1-mile, moderately difficult trail leads to cascading waterfalls and is one of the most popular hikes in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Timberline Lodge, a National Historic Landmark on Mt. Hood, is located within seven miles of Still Creek Campground. Sightseeing and a variety of recreational opportunities are available. The area is a popular snow sports playground for most of the year.
What the agency tells you
Off-road vehicle use is prohibited within the campground
In accordance with standard industry practices, Mount Hood Recreation will be assessing an additional vehicle fee on the second vehicle in each single family campsite, and on the third and fourth vehicle in any double family campsite, provided these vehicles are not joined to the first vehicle by a hitch and towed onto the site. In the case of motorcycles, the first two are considered as one vehicle for determining additional vehicle fees. The third and fourth motorcycle would also be considered as one vehicle. No additional vehicle fees are collected for bicycles.
Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed.
Everything else this campground posts · 3
Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).
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.
Click here for more information on the Mt. Hood National Forest
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 26 · 17 tent-only
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 30 ft
- Paved pads
- 8 of 26
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…campfire rings with grills. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Firewood is…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…grills. Accessible vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Firewood is available for purchase at…”
- Playground
- Yes
- Firewood
- Sold here
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, Lake, River, Creek
- Biking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Water sports
- Winter sports
- Night sky · 710th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 3
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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 · 13
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $30 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
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
27 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 26 mapped sitesAll 27 records
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 19 of the 27 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. 26 of the 27 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| AREA STILL CREEK | 001 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 111 ft | 247 ft | 3,065 ft | $30 |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 002 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 123 ft | 103 ft | 3,010 ft | $30 |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 003 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 111 ft | 213 ft | 3,118 ft | $30 |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 004 | tent only nonelectric | 209 ft | 138 ft | 3,172 ft | $30 | |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 005 | tent only nonelectric | 111 ft | 197 ft | $30 | ||
| AREA STILL CREEK | 006 | tent only nonelectric | 111 ft | 107 ft | $30 | ||
| AREA STILL CREEK | 007 | tent only nonelectric | 162 ft | 151 ft | $30 | ||
| AREA STILL CREEK | 008 | tent only nonelectric | 122 ft | 296 ft | $30 | ||
| AREA STILL CREEK | 009 | tent only nonelectric | 122 ft | 314 ft | $30 | ||
| AREA STILL CREEK | 010 | tent only nonelectric | 115 ft | 182 ft | 3,136 ft | $30 | |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 011 | tent only nonelectric | 114 ft | 60 ft | 3,145 ft | $30 | |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 012 | tent only nonelectric | 114 ft | 72 ft | 3,067 ft | $30 | |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 013 | tent only nonelectric | 113 ft | 195 ft | 2,940 ft | $30 | |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 014 | tent only nonelectric | 113 ft | 153 ft | 2,832 ft | $30 | |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 015 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 136 ft | 85 ft | 2,803 ft | $30 |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 016 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 136 ft | 72 ft | 2,873 ft | $30 |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 017 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 115 ft | 231 ft | 3,064 ft | $30 |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 018 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 145 ft | 111 ft | 3,021 ft | $30 |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 019 | tent only nonelectric | 126 ft | 85 ft | 3,174 ft | $30 | |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 020 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 111 ft | 63 ft | 3,259 ft | $30 |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 021 | tent only nonelectric | 111 ft | 53 ft | $30 | ||
| AREA STILL CREEK | 022 | tent only nonelectric | 118 ft | 68 ft | $30 | ||
| AREA STILL CREEK | 023 | tent only nonelectric | 82 ft | 90 ft | $30 | ||
| AREA STILL CREEK | 024 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 82 ft | 146 ft | 3,271 ft | $30 |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 025 | tent only nonelectric | 205 ft | 294 ft | 3,123 ft | $30 | |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 026 | tent only nonelectric | 237 ft | 232 ft | 2,930 ft | $30 | |
| AREA STILL CREEK | 027 Host | host pad | 39 ft | 2,656 ft |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It names it a host pad. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
25 of 27 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Alpine CampgroundMt. Hood National Forest · 2.0 mi
TrilliumMt. Hood National Forest · 2.1 mi
Frog LakeMt. Hood National Forest · 5.6 mi
Camp CreekMt. Hood National Forest · 6.4 mi
Barlow Creek CampgroundMount Hood National Recreation Area · 6.9 miLost Creek Campground/Day Use AreaMt. Hood National Forest · 7.5 miFrom Portland, travel east on Highway 26 to Government Camp. Continue 1 mile east of Government Camp. The campground is on the south side of the highway.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Government Camp, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 37°F, day 53°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 26°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
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Still Creek is in Oregon’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Maxine Dexter (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A. See every public-lands vote →