Overview

Lake Fork Campground is situated along North Pine Creek and the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway. The site is popular in the late spring through fall camping seasons for recreationists who enjoy relaxing, day hiking and exploring along the Scenic Byway and throughout the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.

Primary use season is June - October

Quiet hours are 10pm to 6am

Facilities

Lake Fork CG has 10 sites each with picnic tables, fire rings and parking spots

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

• Camping - Camping
• Hiking - Hiking
• Photography - Photography
• Water Access - Water Access
• Wildlife Viewing - Wildlife Viewing
• Fishing - Fishing

Directions

<p>From Enterprise, Oregon travel south on Oregon State 82 towards Joseph for about 6.5 miles; In Joseph turn left on Oregon State 350 and go about 8 miles to the Wallowa Loop Road; Turn right on the Wallowa Loop Road (also known as the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway) and travel on this road which eventually becomes Forest Road 39 for 45 miles to the campground entrance on the right side of the road.</p><p>From Halfway, Oregon head east out of town for 1 mile on Record Road (Pine Creek Highway) to Highway 86; Once on Highway 86 go 9 miles to Wallowa Loop Road (also known as Forest Road 39 and Hells Canyon Scenic Byway) towards Enterprise and Joseph; Turn left on the Wallowa Loop Road/Forest Road 39 and travel about 8 miles to the campground entrance on the left side of the byway.</p><p><strong>Advisory:</strong> The Hells Canyon Scenic Byway is usually closed by snow from late October through late May or early June and is not passable with motor vehicles.</p>

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