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If you are looking for campground with a family friendly atmosphere, try the West Point Campground northwest of Medford on the Mondeaux Flowage. The West Point Campground on the Medford-Park Falls Ranger District is located on the Mondeaux Flowage with 13 accessible campsites equipped with a parking spur, campfire ring with grill, picnic table, vault toilets and drinking water. There is an accessible vault toilet and fishing pier at nearby Lakeview Day Use Site. Day use facilities include access to the popular 416 acre Mondeaux Flowage and the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. There is no long term or day use parking for visitors entering the Ice Age National Scenic Trail within the campground. A dumpster is provided for registered campers. So, if you like to hike, fish, swim, canoe, or picnic, then the Mondeaux Dam Recreation Area is the place for you, located 25 minutes north of Medford. The West Point Recreation Area is pet friendly; See restrictions below for more information.
Travel north from Medford for 4 miles on State Hwy. 13. Turn left (west) on County Trunk Highway M for about 7 miles. Turn right (north) on County Trunk Highway E for 8.5 miles, then turn right (east) on Forest Road 1563 for 1 mile. Turn right (east) for 1 mile to the campground entrance.
Rustic and large private sites and the best spring water you can get
I had this campground all to myself! The stars! Oh my, the stars were brilliant!!
Dumbest set up ever. There's no simple way of booking a site. You have to call a 877 # then wait 45min. to talk to someone.
Family camping with plenty of privacy, Dave and Linda are wonderful hosts!!
An entirely first-come, first-served 13 site national forest campground offering stellar scenery and great hiking. The Ice Age Trail crosses the entrance driveway; hikers need not drive elsewhere to enjoy a substantial trail system.
This is a smaller campground than neighboring Spearhead Point, which seems to be the area’s flagship campground. By contrast, Spearhead has a dozen more sites - some reservable, and a shelter building.
There is no swimming beach here or at any of the four campgrounds on the Mondeaux Flowage. Those who can stand swimming amongst some sticks and stumps may be comfortable swimming directly from the waterfront at West Point, but you’ll find a developed beach at the Mondeaux Dam Lodge on the north end of the flowage. It’s not more than a five minute drive down the road, or a half hour hike north on the Ice Age Trail.
A nearby attraction is the glacial spring just northwest of Spearhead Point. You can fill your water containers there if you’re here in the early season and the campground’s own water pump isn’t in service yet.
West Point is a great option for campers not wanting to deal with the federal campsite reservation system and/or those seeking a spur-of-the-moment getaway. If you find the campground full, you can try Eastwood just across the flowage. It appears to be the least popular in the area, as the forest service plans to decommission a number of its campsites. All of the campgrounds on this flowage are in a great setting and surrounded by numerous recreational offerings.
