U.S. Forest Service · National Conservation Area · Oregon

Oregon Caves Protective Buffer Zone Protection Area (Administrative)

Here, none of the campgrounds take walk-ups.

1Campgrounds
$20A night at the one priced
17Sites
4,200 ftElevation

Where they are

1 of 1 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Kangaroo7,117 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Kangaroo14,390 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Indian Creek5,011 acres · 10 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Sep 30, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Garner Rd fire · 8.6 mi from the nearest campground here
Wildfire
New Hope Rd 5465 fire · 18 mi from the nearest campground here
Wildfire
Soda fire · 29 mi from the nearest campground here · 14 acres
Wildfire
W Fork Evans Creek fire · 42 mi from the nearest campground here · 283 acres · 75% contained
Wildfire
Morrison Creek Rd Mm 2.5 fire · 44 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Information
Major road construction on Hwy 199 Travelers using Highway 199 between Crescent City and Cave Junction should expect multiple traffic delays beginning as early as May due to ongoing Caltrans construction. For the most current delay and closure information—including upcoming…
Alerts: National Park Service alerts API · Oct 24, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 23, 2026

Who answers for this land

Oregon Caves Protective Buffer Zone Protection Area (Administrative)’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Cliff Bentz, official portrait
Cliff Bentz (R)OR 2nd · 1 campground · grade F
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly