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This trailhead provides access to McKenzie River National Recreation Trail #3507.
From McKenzie Bridge, OR, follow Highway 126 east 5 miles and turn left (north) into Paradise Campground (Forest Road 300). Past the 2 gates on your left, there will be parking on the right before the one way loop in the road. This parking is for McKenzie River Trailhead at Paradise Campground.
Camp site 006 has a lovely view and easy access to water and the bathrooms. We stayed the weekend with two friends and there was enough room for a small tent, a large tent, and a Clam over the table. We were able to see rafters float down the river from the bank, but otherwise it's pretty private with the trees and underbrush. Wood from the Camp Host was $25 cash for 4 bundles.
what to say about paradise? it rained the entire 2 weeks we were there but it was absolutely stunning and we loved it. gorgeous river/creek views. rich and cam are two of the most lovely people/camphosts we have ever met. its always entertaining to yell 'ahoy matey' to the rafters. great place to ride a bike or have a picnic near the boatramp when its not raining.
Beautiful, feels like you’re driving into a rainforest. So much greenery, the mossy trees are amazing. Site 51, great space for my two kids and dog. can connect to site 52 and we did as they were family. Close to potable water and vault toilet. River was an amazing sound machine. Was hard this to find someplace to dump, found hoodoo RV park.
What a beautiful campground with gorgeous spots right along the river, the camp host is world class at his job and clearly cares about this area. The sites and bathrooms are spotless, expect your site to be raked before your arrival. Plenty of first come spots even if you don’t get right on the river there are tons of sites.
Paradise campsite was amazing. We were afraid we weren't going to get a spot because we left and arrived pretty late and a lot of their capsites are first come first serve. Luckily, there were spaces available and we landed in a pretty cool spot. The spots are secluded with a good amount of privacy. Overall, it was a pretty quiet spot other than the rafters you could hear joyfully screaming in the distance as they floated down the rapids. The camp host was extremely friendly and knowledgeable and gave us a couple extra ideas of things to do locally. River is super cold, which means it's easy to eacape from the heat even when not getting into the water because the wind hits the cold water and provides natures air conditioning. Bathrooms were extremely clean and toilets were flushing, which was a nice surprise. Good place to camp if you are planning on doing the blue pool hike.
