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Campsites are located on the Wild and Scenic Elk River. Facilities 6 campsites with picnic tables, and fire pits No drinking water 2 vault toilets No garbage disposal - Please pack it out
From Port Orford, OR, go on Forest Road 5325 for 19 miles.
Drove by here on my way deeper into the natl forest and saw what looked like an abandoned trailer from the road, never went into this campground. I was told by locals that there are some homeless living here so it's not advisable to go camp here alone especially off season when the rangers don't seem to be particularly active patrolling. Recommend either deeper campgrounds or use the pullouts.
Great experience, very secluded, lush and green. The Elk River is gorgeous and there are so many deep pools of beautiful blue in which to swim. Make sure your vehicle has clearance as there was a rock slide on the road in. If you hate mosquitos, this is not the place for you ... we were there in July and they are thick!!
Beautiful. Great spots. Very clean. Only left because we ran out of smokes and had a medical issue.
Worst experience ever. First, the trek inland from 101 is about an hour. The road is very hazardous with falling rocks and parts of the road that has fallen into the river. Most of the road is gravel. Once we got to the site, we were all eaten alive by swarms of mosquitoes. When we were sitting around the campfire at night, hundreds of daddy long leg spiders appeared out of no where and kept climbing on our chairs and us. We had to call it a night early. There were also several homeless people camped out along the river and in the sites. Keep in mind that this is also a very primitive campground with no potable water and vault toilets. There are also only around 7 campsites so you will be lucky to find one in the summer. The only good thing is the river but it was freezing cold so we weren't able to swim for long.
