Susan Creek Campground
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 21 mi
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:57 UTC
- A night
- $20From, per site
- Sites
- 29All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
Reservations must be made 1-day prior to arrival. Firewood is currently unavailable for purchase on site. Susan Creek Campground is well known for its beautiful setting along the emerald-green waters of the North Umpqua Wild and Scenic River. Nestled under the canopy of a mature forest, the campsites are surrounded by trees up to seven feet in diameter. It is a short drive from the Umpqua National Forest, which boasts incredible glacial-cut mountain slopes across 984,602 acres of forest. Keep reading
Recreation
Hiking, picnicking, and relaxing are the primary activities at the campground. Well-developed trails on both the east and the west ends of the campground wind through tall trees and lush green understory providing views of wildlife such as the resident blacktail deer and soaring osprey. In spring and fall, salmon and steelhead trout come upriver to spawn, providing good fishing opportunities. Fishing on this stretch of the river is limited to fly-fishing only. The river also attracts swimmers and whitewater rafters and kayakers.
Facilities
The campground is built on a loop with 29 separate sites. You will have access to amenities including multiple spigots for drinking water, flush restrooms, horseshoe pits (currently closed) , nature trails, an emergency phone, and an amphitheater where Bureau of Land Management staff present educational programs on weekend evenings in July and August.
Natural Features
Susan Creek is on the western edge of the Cascade Mountains, set along the famous North Umpqua River. You will be treated to sounds of the rushing river as it weaves its way through volcanic bedrock. majestic fir, cedar, and hemlock trees dominate the mountainous region.
Nearby Attractions
The campground is centrally located, with easy access to nearby rafting, fly-fishing, mountain biking, picnicking and waterfall viewing. The 79-mile long North Umpqua Trail is a great place to hike or mountain bike, and can be reached from the campground by either trail or road. The Susan Creek Falls trail winds through a forest of diverse tree and plant species, ending at the stunning Susan Creek Falls. Take a drive along the Rogue-Umpqua National Scenic Byway yielding gorgeous views of mountain peaks, forested canyons, and alpine lakes.
What the agency tells you
There are 29 individual sites at Susan Creek Campground. All sites will be reservation only until further notice.
Firewood is currently unavailable for purchase on site.
There are no hook-ups available at the campsites.
Everything else this campground posts · 4
Campground hosts are on-site.
Check-in is at 1 p.m. Check-out time is 11 a.m.
Dogs must be on a 6 foot leash within the campground.
Excessive noise and drunkenness will not be tolerated.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 29
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 96 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…multiple spigots for drinking water, flush restrooms, horseshoe pits (currently closed) , nature trails,…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…access to amenities including multiple spigots for drinking water, flush restrooms, horseshoe pits…”
- Firewood
- Sold here
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, Lake, River, Creek
- Biking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Night sky · 433rd darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 2
14 of 58 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:57 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
OpenBooked
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
“A $5.00 per additional vehicle charge must paid upon arrival in the fee box at the campground informational kiosk.” · the Bureau of Land Management’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $20 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 16:57 UTC · rules read Oct 1, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
29 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 29 mapped sitesAll 29 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. 29 of the 29 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.
| Susan Creek Campground | 002 | standard nonelectric | 52 ft | 42 ft | 93 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 003 | standard nonelectric | 96 ft | 42 ft | 77 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 004 | standard nonelectric | 31 ft | 58 ft | 71 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 005 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 36 ft | 86 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 006 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 36 ft | 103 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 007 | standard nonelectric | 57 ft | 64 ft | 173 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 008 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 70 ft | 160 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 009 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 70 ft | 219 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 010 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 54 ft | 299 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 011 | standard nonelectric | 21 ft | 37 ft | 283 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 012 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 41 ft | 354 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 013 | standard nonelectric | 53 ft | 41 ft | 371 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 014 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 47 ft | 351 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 016 | standard nonelectric | 41 ft | 48 ft | 364 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 017 | standard nonelectric | 46 ft | 78 ft | 452 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 018 | standard nonelectric | 63 ft | 71 ft | 385 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 019 | standard nonelectric | 44 ft | 55 ft | 314 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 020 | standard nonelectric | 53 ft | 55 ft | 277 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 021 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 48 ft | 323 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 022 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 66 ft | 220 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 023 | standard nonelectric | 62 ft | 60 ft | 273 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 024 | standard nonelectric | 57 ft | 60 ft | 252 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 025 | standard nonelectric | 58 ft | 57 ft | 238 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 026 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 57 ft | 256 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 027 | standard nonelectric | 41 ft | 47 ft | 337 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 028 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 83 ft | 248 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 029 | standard nonelectric | 34 ft | 62 ft | 302 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 030 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 64 ft | 220 ft | $20 |
| Susan Creek Campground | 031 | standard nonelectric | 34 ft | 37 ft | 260 ft | $20 |
25 of 29 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Wolf Creek Group SiteUmpqua National Forest · 4.5 miCoolwater CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 4.6 mi
White Creek CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 5.0 mi
Bogus Creek CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 5.1 mi
Millpond Recreation SiteRoseburg District Swiftwater Field Office · 6.4 mi
Lone Pine Group CampgroundRoseburg District Swiftwater Field Office · 6.6 miThe campground is located just past milepost 28 on Highway 138.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Glide, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 41°F, day 64°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 33°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 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
Susan Creek 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 →