Canyon Forest Camp

Canyon Forest Camp

Part of Wallowa Whitman National Forest

Overview

Canyon Forest Camp is one of several small campgrounds located along the Wild and Scenic Lostine River. The camp is a rustic facility with 3 campsites, set in the cool fir and pine tree forest. It is very popular during the summer months with local and regional campers. Canyon Forest Camp is also very popular with visitors to the Eagle Cap Wilderness.

Season of use generally runs from early June to October.

Quiet hours are 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m.

Facilities

Canyon Forest Camp has 3 campsites with picnic table, fire rings and parking spaces.

Notifications and Alerts

  • With the continued hot temps and low Relative Humidity’s predicted in the weather on top of all the continued large fires going in the region, the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest will move to an IFPL 4 on Saturday morning the 8th of August at 0001. 

    With tinder dry forest fuels and high daytime temperatures, conditions are prime for potential human-caused forest fires. We ask that you be extremely careful when out on the forest.

    For more information on public-use restrictions, contact your local Forest Service office or visit our websites:

    http://bmidc.org/restrictions.shtml or www.fs.usda.gov/wallowa-whitman

    http://bluemountainfireinfo.blogspot.com/

Available Activities

  • Backpacking - Backpacking
  • Camping - Camping
  • Fishing - Fishing
  • Hiking - Hiking
  • Photography - Photography
  • Water Access - Water Access
  • Wilderness - Wilderness

Directions

<p>From Enterprise, Oregon travel northwest on State Highway 82 to Lostine; In Lostine go 7 miles south on the Lostine River Road to Forest boundary; Lostine River Road turns into Forest Road 8210; Travel on Forest Road 8210 up the Lostine Canyon for 3.5 more miles to campground on right side of road. The forest roads are gravel surface.</p>

Contact Information

201 E. 2nd Street
PO Box 905
joseph, OR 97846

Rental Options

Learn more about gear rental options for your trip

Available Campsites