Wyeth Campground
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- Right now
- Closed for the seasonOut of the season the agency publishes
- A night
- $20From, per site
- Sites
- 16All of them booked ahead
- Season
- May 1 – September 30Open May 1 through September 30
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
Wyeth Campground is just off of Interstate 84 in a forested setting with grassy fields. There are 13 individual sites, three group sites, and a camp host. In the past this site was a Seed Kiln, Guard Station, Church camp, Civilian Conservation Corps camp and Conscientious Objector Camp during World War II. Keep reading
Recreation
The Wyeth trail and the Gorge 400 trail access wilderness, waterfalls, the Pacific Crest Trail and dispersed camping opportunities. Fishing, sea kayaking, kiteboarding and windsurfing are nearby on the Columbia River while road biking is available on the Historic Columbia River Highway bike path adjacent to the campground. Please note that the Wyeth Trail #411 is closed indefinitely due to damage sustained during the Eagle Creek fire of 2017.
Facilities
Paved roads, paths and aprons make this site easily accessible to all. The full-time onsite hosts maintain a central flush toilet restroom with hot and cold water. Each site is equipped with picnic tables and fire grills and many sites are fully accessible. There are no RV hookups or dump sites.
Natural Features
Set at the base of classic Gorge cliffs, this historic site features easy access to trails, waterfalls, a bike path and a creek. The Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness and solitude is a short hike from the campground. Osprey and bald eagles reside locally.
Nearby Attractions
Take a hatchery tour 10 miles west at Bonneville Dam, enjoy world-class wind sailing activities 10 miles east in Hood River, tour orchards or see iconic waterfalls in the gorge, all within 45 minutes. Cascade Locks offers Sternwheeler cruises 8 miles west. The Historic Columbia River Highway bike path now runs directly adjacent to the campground and heads east anwestd for a relaxing hike or bike ride to Vieno State Park. See waterfalls along the way!
What the agency tells you
Please note that there are two US Forest Service campgrounds named "Wyeth" in Oregon. This one is in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic area on Interstate 84, exit 51 near Cascade Locks and Hood River. The other is on the Deschutes National Forest. Please make sure that you choose the one you intend to stay in.
A $5 fee for each additional vehicle can be added to your reservation.
There are no designated first-come, first-serve sites. Depending on reservations each day, some sites may be available for "walk-up" customers. Available dates will be posted at each site.
Everything else this campground posts · 4
As of 5/26/2026 no in-person cash or check payments at this time due to the fee tube being vandalized. "Walk-up" customers may reserve an open site on rec.gov while at the campground.
There are no RV hookups or waste dumps on site
There is firewood available for sale in Cascade Locks or Hood River.
100 yards west of the Wyeth Campground entrance is another recreation site labeled Wyeth Trailhead which is operated by Oregon State Parks. This trailhead is just west of the road bridge over Gorton Creek and does not offer camping. There is also a day-use trailhead operated by the Forest Service which is accessed via the Wyeth Campground road.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 16 · 3 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 30 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- 13
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets · Vault Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS on 14 of 16 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE FLUSH TOILETS on 16 of 16 campsite records / ACCESSIBLE VAULT TOILETS on 1 of 16 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER on 16 of 16 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE DRINKING WATER on 14 of 16 campsite records
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 28 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, River, Creek
- Backpacking
- Biking
- Birding
- Environmental Education
- Evening Programs
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Ranger programs
- Mountain biking
- Sailboarding
- Sea Kayaking
- Water access
- Wilderness access
- Night sky · 734th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 4
- Cell signal · Cell signal · Forest Service says
- Yes
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 · 15
What you actually pay
“Extra vehicles are $5/day per vehicle and can be paid on site at the campground fee box.” · the U.S. Forest Service’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
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
16 sites
All 16 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. 16 of the 16 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | 01 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | $20 |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | 02 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | $20 |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | 03 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | $20 |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | 04 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | $20 | |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | 05 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | $20 | |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | 06 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | $20 |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | 07 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | yes | $20 |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | 08 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | $20 | |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | 09 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | yes | $20 |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | 10 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | $20 |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | 11 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | $20 |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | 12 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | $20 |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | 13 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | $20 |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | Group 1 | group standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | $30 |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | Group 2 | group standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | $30 |
| WYETH CAMPGROUND | Group 3 | group standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | $30 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Rainy Lake CampgroundMt. Hood National Forest · 4.5 miBlack Lake Campground & Day Use AreaMt. Hood National Forest · 5.2 mi
Wahtum Lake CampgroundMt. Hood National Forest · 7.9 mi
Eagle Creek CampgroundMt. Hood National Forest · 8.1 mi
Eagle Creek Overlook Grp SiteMt. Hood National Forest · 8.4 mi
Moss Creek campground9.8 miFrom east or west on Oregon Interstate 84, take Wyeth exit #51. Turn west on Herman Creek Road. Wyeth Campground is 1/4 mile west of the interchange. Recommended maximum 30' trailer length.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Carson, WA
Typical weather
Typical May night 48°F, day 67°F.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
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
Wyeth Campground 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 →
How we know
every fact on this page, and where it came from
“the agency's own site records list "CELL PHONE SERVICE" on 15 of 16 campsites here”