Yellow Pine Campground
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 16 mi
This is how it should work.
- Right now
- Closed for the seasonOut of the season the agency publishes
- Season
- May 1 – September 30Open May 1 through September 30
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Yellow Pine Campground is the largest of three Wallowa-Whitman campgrounds along Highway 26, which is part of the Journey Through Time Scenic Byway . The campground offers campsites for both tents and small trailers, and has five accessible campsites. Popular activities include; overnight camping for visitors traveling across the state, picnicking and exploring along the scenic byway. There is also an accessible, barrier-free, trail to Wetmore Campground . Wildflowers, wildlife, birds and large old growth ponderosa ("yellow") pine can be seen during the hike.
Nothing to book, just show up
One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first. Get there before noon on a summer weekend.
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 3
What you actually pay
How we know this receipt · 4
rules read Sep 7, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Oregon CampgroundWhitman National Forest · 1.6 mi
Antlers Guard Station CabinWhitman National Forest · 7.3 mi
South Fork CampgroundWhitman National Forest · 8.7 miMiddle Fork CampgroundWhitman National Forest · 11 miDixie CampgroundMalheur National Forest · 13 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Unity, OR
Typical weather
Typical May night 34°F, day 62°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical May night 34°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
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 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
Yellow Pine 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 →