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Campsite: Cave Creek — Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve
I loved the Oregon caves! It was a magical experience!
I visited on a Saturday in July. My companion and I hadn’t reserved a tour. We ended up calling the Illinois Valley Visitor Center - they gave us a heads up about available tours and timings. So, we drove to the Illinois Valley Visitor center (which is on the way to the main Oregon Caves visitor center from where the tours start) to make reservations for the discovery tour. You can purchase the tour tickets here and then proceed to the caves.
Since self-guided tours are not permitted(and for good reason), do plan for and get reservations in advance if you can!
The route from the Illinois Valley visitor center to the caves is only 15-20 miles - but takes an hour due to the uphill winding road.
The caves themselves were awesome!! The stalagmites, stalactites, columns, draperies, bacon ribbons, etc. were so beautiful! The tour itself was super informative too! A shout out to the rangers here - they were awesome and shared very interesting geological information throughout the tour. My favorite parts of the tour were the ghost room, lost paradise and the part where the ranger turned off the lights to give a feel of how dark it truly is down there!! 😅
While we didn’t have time to explore other trails in here, the whole Siskiyou forest around looked gorgeous!!
Campsite: Purple Point Campground — Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
Very accessible and a great campground with access to a clean washroom with a flush toilet.
My group and I were in site 1 - which had 2 tent spots. We really loved camping here for two nights! There is a bear safe food storage unit for every 2 campsites. Each campsite has a picnic bench as well as a fire-pit(when we visited there was a fire ban, so we couldn’t use it). I really loved site 1 as it afforded views of the Cascade pass in the north and the Northern section of Lake Chelan. One thing though - our campsite was visible from the road - especially the picnic bench; often, we were saying hello or waving to other fellow travelers using the road. It wasn’t a big deal for us - however if that bothers you, I was told by my friend that you can put up a tarp as a screen!