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This campground is surprisingly quiet and serene as it sits nestled among some large ponderosa pine trees just a few miles from the main highway. It also hosts the trailhead for Barnhouse Trail (#813) located in the northwest corner of the campground.
Coyotes and owls can be heard most summer evenings and occasionally local ranchers will graze their cattle nearby, which can make for some interesting serenades in the evening hours.
Size & number of trailer sites are limited (no dump station). No RV's over 25 feet. There is a 14 day stay limit on all National Grassland and US Forest Service land including but not limited to campgrounds and other developed facilities.
This campground has 6 campsites that each have a picnic table and combination fire pit/grill. Parking spurs vary in size so any site can accommodate tent camping, but some may not be able to accommodate RV camping.
From Prineville, Oregon:
Take Highway 380 east 55 miles to Paulina, Oregon.
From Paulina, head east on County Road 112 for 3.5 miles to Beaver Creek Road (County Road 113), turning north to Forest Service Road 42.
Follow Forest Service Road 42 north for 8 miles to Forest Service Road 12.
Follow Forest Service Road 12 north for 17 miles to the campground.
From John Day, Oregon:
Take Highway 26 west to Dayville, Oregon.
Travel 25 miles west from Dayville to Forest Service Road 12, then head south for 5 miles to the campground.
From Mitchell, Oregon:
Take Highway 26 east for 13 miles to Forest Service Road 12.
Take Forest Service Road 12 south for 5 miles to the campground.
This is a First Come, First Served facility.
Nice free camp ground.
Have to becafreful and not pass the road you need to take off 26.
The road to the campground goes through private ranch lands then up into the forest.
The road is paved but has a few cattle grids and often times cattle laying on the road, but they move .
This place is never really busy even in the summer, but there is often a couple of sites taken.
Some nice trails lead off from the back of the site.
This is a nice place just to get away and miraculously i get a couple of bars on my AT&T cell.
We were the only campers there all day. There was some industrial work going on somewhere nearby but nothing too close to bother us. It was very quiet when we got there and in the morning. There is a tiny little steam but no real body of water.
Overall a great campsite but there is no running water and only one toilet. It was very peaceful and away from everything.
Beautiful free forested campground with tables, firepits and vault toilet. Most sites are nicely spaced and the Barnhouse trail head starts in the campground. The bathroom could use a cleaning but it is Sunday so probably will get taken care of tomorrow. Please remember to take your garbage with you because there is no garbage service. Recent rains have left a few puddles though.
