Tahkenitch Landing
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:27 UTC
- A night
- $22From, per site
- Sites
- 2815 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices
In the agency’s own words
Tahkenitch Landing Campground sits on the shores of Tahkenitch Lake. The campground is located within the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, 9 miles north of Reedsport and 13 miles south of Florence, Oregon. The lake welcomes boating, swimming, and fishing for bass and trout. Hiking trails are nearby, providing rewarding walks through the dunes to the Pacific Ocean. Keep reading
Recreation
Bird watching, boating, and fishing are popular activities at the lake. Fishing may yield cutthroat and steelhead trout, largemouth bass, and yellow perch. For a change of scenery, campers can cross the road to the Tahkenitch Dunes Trail, which weaves through a conifer forest and across an open section of dunes to a beach along the Pacific.
Facilities
A boat ramp is provided and each campsite comes with a picnic table and a fire ring with grill. Vault toilets are onsite and families can enjoy picnicking in the day-use picnic area. Sites 2 - 8 have no turnarounds and are limited to tent camping or small campers. No water is available, so campers should bring a sufficient amount for drinking and washing.
Natural Features
Tahkenitch Lake spans 2,118 acres. Sites that fit tents or small campers sit on the rim of the lake, while larger sites that accommodate RVs are up the hill overlooking the lake. The grassy campground is hugged by coastal trees and shrubbery, including mixed pine and cedar. Wildlife watching is a popular pastime for campers. Portions of the nearby beaches are protected as nesting areas for the snowy plover, which is a small shorebird with a tan tail and snowy white underside. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (541) 271-6000.
Nearby Attractions
Nearby off-road vehicle trails at South Jetty provide hours of fun for off-road enthusiasts.
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
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.
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.
Everything else this campground posts · 8
No water available; please bring an ample amount
No RV hookups provided
Sites must occupied within first 24 hours of arrival time. Otherwise unoccupied sites will be considered a "no-show" and will be released.
For more information on Siuslaw National Forest, click here
Check out the forest's campground description for specific information to Fish Your National Forest
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.
Each site has a 2 vehicle limit
This campground is located in close proximity to multiple lakes and wetlands. Due to this, there can be an abundance of mosquitoes between the months of April and August. Please be prepared for this.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 28
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Accessible sites
- 2
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…picnic table and a fire ring with grill. Vault toilets are onsite and families can enjoy picnicking in the…”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…to tent camping or small campers. No water is available, so campers should bring a sufficient…”
- 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, Beach, Coast
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 447th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 2
15 of 26 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:27 UTC
recreation.gov lists 15 of the 28 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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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $22 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 16:27 UTC · rules read Oct 1, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
28 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 15 mapped sitesAll 28 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 28 of the 28 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. 15 of the 28 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 TAHKENITCH LANDING | 001 | type not stated | 25 ft | 30 ft | 343 ft | |||
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 002 | type not stated | 25 ft | 27 ft | 391 ft | |||
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 003 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 39 ft | 17 ft | 436 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 004 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 39 ft | 15 ft | 472 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 006 | type not stated | 25 ft | 12 ft | 514 ft | |||
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 007 | type not stated | 25 ft | 12 ft | 541 ft | |||
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 008 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 67 ft | under 10 ft | 580 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 009 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 42 ft | 142 ft | 94 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 010 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 42 ft | 154 ft | 135 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 011 | type not stated | 20 ft | 154 ft | 163 ft | |||
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 012 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 91 ft | 157 ft | 223 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 013 | type not stated | 20 ft | 157 ft | 272 ft | |||
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 014 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 58 ft | 157 ft | 323 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 015 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 47 ft | 107 ft | 362 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 016 | standard nonelectric | 21 ft | 47 ft | 106 ft | 407 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 017 | type not stated | 25 ft | 88 ft | 472 ft | |||
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 018 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 68 ft | 541 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 019 | type not stated | 30 ft | 194 ft | 349 ft | |||
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 020 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 61 ft | 224 ft | 349 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 021 | type not stated | 30 ft | 262 ft | 362 ft | |||
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 022 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 61 ft | 284 ft | 363 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 023 | type not stated | 20 ft | 281 ft | 386 ft | |||
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 024 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 61 ft | 258 ft | 399 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 025 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 106 ft | 200 ft | 248 ft | $22 |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 026 | type not stated | 30 ft | 244 ft | 194 ft | |||
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 027 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 106 ft | 260 ft | 142 ft | $22 | |
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 028 | type not stated | 30 ft | yes | 211 ft | 95 ft | ||
| AREA TAHKENITCH LANDING | 029 | type not stated | 30 ft | 151 ft | 89 ft |
25 of 28 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Tahkenitch CampgroundOregon Dunes National Recreation Area · 0.3 mi
Carter LakeOregon Dunes National Recreation Area · 3.9 mi
Waxmyrtle CampgroundOregon Dunes National Recreation Area · 5.2 mi
Lagoon CampgroundOregon Dunes National Recreation Area · 5.5 mi
Siltcoos Sand CampingOregon Dunes National Recreation Area · 5.6 mi
DriftwoodOregon Dunes National Recreation Area · 5.8 miFrom Reedsport, OR: Travel north approximately 9 miles on Highway 101. The campground entrance is on east (right) side of the highway.
From Florence, OR: Travel south approximately 13 miles on Highway 101. The campground entrance is on east (left) 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 Gardiner, OR
Typical weather
Typical October night 44°F, day 61°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical February night 37°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
Tahkenitch Landing 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 →