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Rujada Campground is located 21 miles east of Cottage Grove (45 minutes from Eugene) on a riverside terrace above Layng Creek. A favorite site for family picnics and camping, visitors will enjoy shaded campsites with privacy, access to swimming on the banks of Layng Creek and a hike through a rich riparian Douglas fir forest on the Swordfern trail. Check out a historic Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) shelter and a kid's playground with obstacles, swing, teeter- totter and monkey bars both located within the campground. Recreation Recreational opportunities are plentiful and include hiking, biking, fishing, swimming, and nature viewing. Spirit Falls, Moon Falls, and Pinard Falls Trails are just a few of the local waterfall trails in the area. Facilities This developed campground offers flush toilets, running water, picnic tables, campfire rings, and garbage collection. A campground host is typically onsite during the summer season. There are 15 sites, 8 are reservable, and 7 are available on a first-come first-serve basis. Natural Features This beautiful and quiet campground located in the Umpqua National Forest sits at approximately 1,200 feet in elevation among Douglas fir, hardwood trees and ferns. Nearby Attractions Rujada Day Use Picnic Area is located within the campground and may be reserved. Nearby are three spectacular waterfall trails. Spirit Falls is a short 0.4 mile, more difficult hike to a 60' waterfall. Moon Falls is an easy, 0.5 mile hike to a 125' cascading waterfall. Pinard Falls is a 0.6 mile, more difficult hike to a 105' waterfall. All three hikes are within 10 miles of the campground and can be done within a single day. ADA Access: N
From Cottage Grove, take exit 174 on Interstate 5, then take Row River Road #2400 east 19 miles to Layng Creek Road #17. Turn left (northeast) on Road #17 and continue for 2 miles until you reach Rujada Campground, located on the right, across Layng Creek.
Currently gate is closed and the campground and trails do not look like they have been maintained in quite some time. Looks like it would be a beautiful place to spend a day or a weekend. Sad to see this place in this state. Still pretty but needs some work.
I couldn't be happier with this place. We arrived without a reservation on a Thursday evening in late July and had 4 spots to choose from, all of which looked great. We stayed in number 10 which had more than enough room for our 3 person tent, and you could easily park a big truck or van out front. It's a beautiful place with many trails to explore and it was well maintained.
This is a nice campground with good flat tent sites. There's minimal car traffic on the road. The swordfern trail is a two mile loop that starts along the creek then climbs to an old logging road - it's a nice walk in the woods with just enough steep bits and logs across to keep it interesting. Lots of birds in the morning. The creek is perfect! With plenty of shallow spots for wading, a few swift spots to dip toes in, and an idyllic swimming hole complete with a rock to jump in from (at your own risk, of course). The cons were that while there's a fair amount of separations between sites, it's not entirely private. There were other campers with loud music playing and lots of merrymaking until around 10 every night we were there. Also, the pit toilet is a pit toilet.
Almost all the camp sites here are fairly private with lots of foilage between sites. They have a vault toilet and flush toilets with running water, a nice large day use area with what looks like a brand new children's playground consisting of a tire swing, teeter totter, monkey bars and pull up bars. There's a 1-2 mile hiking trail, which is currently classified as hazardous, but in my opinion should be closed. We hiked it this last weekend and there were approximately 75-100 trees down covering about 75-80% of the trail making it fairly dangerous to hike in my opinion. It took us over two hours to complete due to all the hazards.
Highlights: Fire pits, lots of spots (and you can reserve online!), picnic tables, cheap per night
Pro: Good camp sites with vegetation between for privacy
Con: Usually crowded, sound travels fairly easily between sites
I had a great time camping here. The sites are mostly private, though some of them are really close together (ideal if you're camping as a group!). I enjoyed walking the small trails at all the camp sites that wind between other sites and to amenities along the paved loop.
Lots of potable water access and big fire pits. The tent areas are nice and flat, I wanted mine to catch some more sunlight so I scooted over a little and opted to not use the designated area.
Currently there seems to be no camp host, and I had to clear a lot of trash from my fire pit before setting up camp. It was unfortunately crowded when I was here, so lots of dad rock from the RV down the way and a few groups of screaming children (and parents who don't know how to parent other than screaming at their children, yikes).
When it was quiet, I could still hear the river even though I was in the far side of the camping sites. The plethora of birds in the trees alone made the trip worth the while. Watch out for the large slugs! They're beautiful and a part of nature that needs to be respected.
Some road noise from logging trucks and other vehicles, but once the sun went down it was fairly peaceful Highly recommend coming out this way for a weekend camp. Site 11 is nice and isolated and well insulated by vegetation. Site 12 is very exposed to the loop. Make sure you check the campground map before you pick a spot! The reservation system seems to be lackluster, but nice to know you can snag a site for your specific time.
