Elijah Bristow State Park: three group day-use areas
Fall Creek State Recreation Site: Fisherman’s Point group camp area
Jasper State Recreation Site: four group day-use areas
Lowell State Recreation Site: day-use picnic shelter area
Jessie Honeyman State Park: group camping areas A and F, and hiker and bicycler areas (first-come, first-serve)
Carl Washburne State Park: hiker and bicycler camp (first-come, first-serve)
“Although we can’t open all group areas in all parks and the lower group limits isn’t what we are used to, we ask for your patience as we move forward,” said Jason Resch, communications manager for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
Oregon parks to resume group camping and day-use reservations starting Thursday By Louis Krauss, The Register-Guard
Published: April 14, 2021, 8:05am
Share: Mount Adams as seen from the junction where the Divide Camp Trail meets the Pacific Crest Trail.
Oregon State Parks will begin taking reservations for group camping and day-use areas in select parks starting Thursday.
This is the first reopening of group facilities since they were closed more than a year ago because of revenue shortfalls and reduced staffing caused by COVID-19, according to a state parks news release.
The online reservation slots will become available between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Thursday, and a list of which parks are available for group reservations is online at the Oregon State Parks website. The first reservable dates begin in May.
Group camping, picnic sites to reopen at Oregon state parks this spring
Updated 10:31 AM;
Today 10:31 AM
The group picnic shelter at Coffenbury Lake at Fort Stevens State Park on the north Oregon coast.Terry Richard/The Oregonian
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Families and friends will be allowed to gather at group camping and picnic sites at Oregon state parks this spring, though certain limitations will be in place.
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department announced Tuesday that reservable group facilities at some state parks will reopen May 1, with online reservations available starting April 15.
Most camping areas designed for people biking or hiking into state park campgrounds will also reopen May 1, with some reopening June 1. Those sites will remain first-come, first-served, the parks department said.
Oregon Coast / Inland Campgrounds Mostly Open, Some Fee Increases
Published 03/08/21 at 7:00 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Oregon Coast) – Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) is getting back to normal at an ever-quickening rate, and is now looking hopefully towards a more “normal” season at campgrounds on the Oregon coast and elsewhere. Staff rehiring is taking place after many positions were eliminated, and even with a massive revenue shortfall the agency has opened up most state parks and campgrounds, with a few more to go.
(Above: Cape Lookout State Park near Oceanside)
However, some small camping fee increases are taking place at several state parks, though not all.
Mar 8, 2021
The first signs of spring are here and Oregon State Parks staff are busy preparing campgrounds for a more “normal” 2021 Spring Break and summer camping season.
“Our visitors and staff have weathered a rough 12 months,” said Lisa Sumption, director of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD). “None of us imagined this time last year that we would face a more than two-month shutdown of Oregon State Parks and then reopen under pandemic and safety precautions, followed by last September’s wildfires that damaged our local communities and several state parks. This February’s ice storm also brought down trees and limbs and damaged some facilities in northern Willamette Valley and Columbia River Gorge parks.