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Located in groves of cottonwoods along the San Miguel River. Cottonwood campground has 14 campsites. RV and tent sites, a few cabanas, picnic tables, grills, toilets, and hand-carry boat ramps. No drinking water or trash services. The river in this...
Ledges Rockhouse Campground is one of several recreation sites along the river. The site includes a restroom, 12 RV and 12 tent camping sites, cabanas, picnic tables, grills, and a boat ramp. During wet weather, the narrow, one-lane road along...
The Bear Trap Wilderness is one of the four units of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness. The Bear Trap is the first wilderness areas to be managed by the BLM. The 6,347-acre area offers beautiful wilderness scenery plus exciting whitewater rafting...
Overview BLM manages more than 51,000 acres of public land in the Little Jacks Creek Wilderness. The Owyhee Canyonlands is a huge and remote area of eastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho and northern Nevada. Hidden within this vast high desert plateau...
This trail ascends to Little Lost Lake in the Widow Mountain Wilderness Study Area. The small and shallow alpine lake contains no fish. Undeveloped camping is allowed. The trail starts as a two track road and is ATV and motorcycle...
This heavily-timbered, isolated mountain range rises abruptly from the surrounding plains, providing habitat for a unique mix of mountain and prairie wildlife. Many species found infrequently in eastern Montana are found here. Bighorn sheep can often be seen on the...
Loco Lagoon, formerly known as Conoco Lake, is a three-acre freshwater pond providing habitat for wildlife and respite for humans in the middle of a vast forest of pumpjacks. The site was created in 1990 through a cooperative agreement between...
View from Juniper Trail. Trail accessed at Log Gulch
Overview Log Gulch Campground is situated on the picturesque Holter Lake in west central Montana. All sites are reservation only. The site is located approximately 45 miles north of Helena, Montana, and 60 miles south of Great Falls, Montana, along...
This small campground features six campsites and a group use area. The photogenic Rocky Canyon and its vertical rimrock cliffs offer photographers a variety of changing light and depth perspectives.
Featuring riverside campsites and a steep, primitive boat launch this cozy campground is a little bit away from the summertime busyness of nearby Maupin. One campsite offers limited shade so you’ll have to bring your own for the other sites...
Overview The Bureau of Land Management's Loon Lake Recreation Site is located in the heart of Oregon's Coast Range at an elevation of 392 feet, just 20 miles east-southeast of Reedsport, Oregon. Loon Lake Recreation Site is one of the...
Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview The trail ascends to Lost Lake within the Widow Mountain Wilderness Study Area. The scenic alpine lake contains cutthroat trout. Undeveloped camping is allowed and is open...
The campground is located between CO 145 and the San Miguel River about 0.4 miles downriver from the Beaver Creek Boat Ramp. There are three tent sites with tables and grills. Two parking areas will accommodate a few small RVs...
Overview Twelve miles of the Blackfoot River flows through public lands managed by the BLM in the Blackfoot River Recreation Corridor just 20 minutes east of Missoula. During the heat of the summer, the Blackfoot River is an excellent place...
Winding Lower Crooked River Back Country Byway with the Crooked River
Just 40 minutes east of the hubbub of Bend, Oregon, sleepy Highway 27 winds 43 miles north from Highway 20 to the city of Prineville. Although the entire route is a state highway, the southernmost 18 miles are unpaved but...
The northern terminus of the Lower Deschutes Back Country Byway at Macks Canyon campground.
Spanning 32 miles along the east bank of the Lower Deschutes Wild and Scenic River, this back country byway offers close-up views of rapids and steep canyon country. Twelve paved miles originate from the hamlet of Maupin and connect to...
Evening view of the Lower Deschutes Wild and Scenic River
The Deschutes River was designated an Oregon Scenic Waterway in 1970 and a Federal Wild and Scenic River in 1988. The river runs through a deep rimrock-lined canyon that ranges from 900 feet to 2,600 feet in depth. The elevation...
Overview: The natural bedrock slide at Lake Creek Falls is very popular and ideal for a hot summer day! A series of low cascades carved in the bedrock within a narrow gorge create this geological wonder that spills into Triangle...
In Idaho, BLM manages 3,500 acres of public lands in the Lower Salmon Falls Creek Wilderness Study Area. The WSA consists of 16-mile long, 1/2-mile wide canyon that carries Salmon Falls. This vertical-walled meandering canyon dissects the Antelope Pocket lava...
Overview The 425-mile Salmon River is one of the longest free-flowing river in the lower 48 states. The river begins at not much more than a trickle at an elevation of about 8,000 feet in the Sawtooth and Whitecloud Mountains...
This pack-in/pack-out BLM recreation site is located along the Sun River and provides river access for rafting and fishing. Five campsites are available on a first come first served basis with fire rings and picnic tables. One vault toilet is...
Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview Lud Drexler Park is located on the north end of Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir near the Idaho/Nevada border, about 36 miles south of Twin Falls, Idaho. The...
Accessible campsite 20 at Macks Canyon Recreation Site
The Macks Canyon archaeological site is a large, prehistoric village locale overlooking the Deschutes River in north-central Oregon. The site is characterized by shallow, circular, semi-subterranean house depressions, surface artifacts, and riverine shell deposits. Limited excavations conducted in the late...
Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview This popular site for fishing, boating, water skiing and ice fishing offers semi-developed camping. Nearby commercial facilities offer a range of accommodations and developed campgrounds with RV...
Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview McKay’s Bend, which is jointly managed by the BLM and Idaho Fish and Game, is a developed recreation site located along the Clearwater River and Lewis and...
Located at the south end of the Mt. Wilson volcanic caldera, this scenic area offers a variety of camping and outdoor pleasures. A popular camping area for users of Eagle Valley Reservoir. There are two camping areas in the upper...
The Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) offers 13.4 miles of hiking trails, 7 miles of horseback riding trails and 6.6 miles of mountain biking trails. It is the site of 2 fishing ponds (one of which is universally accessible)...
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Lower Potomac Field Station (LPFS) is located on Mason Neck in Fairfax County, Virginia. The Lower Potomac Field Station manages about 1300 acres across two Special Recreation Management Area (SRMAs): Meadowood SRMA in Virginia...
Situated on the banks of the Deschutes Wild and Scenic River, Mecca Flat Campground is located just a mile and a half from Oregon State Highway 26 near Warm Springs. The site features 13 individual campsites and one group use...
Overview The Merced River Recreation Management Area is a very special place just downstream from Yosemite. It is well known for excellent whitewater boating, wildflower viewing, camping, swimming, and recreational gold panning/prospecting. Bird watching is good throughout the area most...
Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview This unique boat-in campground offers 16 tent camping units, two mooring docks, a swimming beach, three picnic units, a group picnic shelter, vault toilets, drinking water and...
Overview: Just minutes northwest of the fast-growing urban environment of Redmond, Oregon, a deeply incised river canyon confines the riffles and rapids of the Middle Deschutes Wild and Scenic River. Delight in the trailside pool at Steelhead Falls or challenge...
Not only does Middle Fork Trail provide access to the Gulkana Wild and Scenic River, it provides outstanding views of Paxson Lake and the surrounding hills in Alaska.
This day-use picnic area is nestled between state highway 34 and the Alsea River approximately 33 miles southwest of Corvallis, Oregon. Missouri Bend contains picnic sites, vault toilet, a short trail, kiosk, river access and a winter pole slide boat...
A popular local fishing destination near Yuma, Mittry Lake provides excellent opportunities for both shore and boat angling for largemouth bass, sunfish, and catfish.
The Marias River starts in Glacier County at the confluence of the Two Medicine River and Cut Bank Creek. It flows generally southeastward from this point and is impounded by the Tiber Dam to form Lake Elwell. About 50 miles...
You must reserve your campsite for Three Bears and Cedar Grove online at www.recreation.gov or the Recreation.gov Mobile App that you must download before you enter the corridor to check site availability and reserve a campsite. Overview: Enjoy a scenic...
Located next to the Powder River, this site contains a semi-developed, yet primitive, campground popular for fall hunting camps, but beautiful to camp in year round. BLM managed lands are nearby providing hunting and many other recreational activities. Moorhead Campground...
The Mount Prindle Campground is one of two campgrounds located at either end of the Nome Creek Valley, on the southern edge of the White Mountains National Recreation Area in Alaska.
Want to go camping? Camping season is generally May-October. Reserve a site at one of our four campgrounds on recreation.gov or pay when you arrive for non-reserved campsites using the Recreation.gov Mobile App. You must download before you reach the...
View of Floras Lake at the southern portion of New River Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Running parallel to the Pacific Ocean for nine miles, New River is separated from the ocean by only a thin strip of sand. Many rare birds, animals and plants depend on New River's estuary, forest, meadow, wetland, and shrub habitat...
North Bank offers visitors the opportunity to hike, bike, and horseback ride on miles of roads and trails, with hidden creeks, high ridgelines, oak-savannah woodlands, and thickly forested canyons.
Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview The North Fork American River lies within a deeply incised canyon with the river itself being 2,000 feet to 2,400 feet below the canyon rim. This segment...
Overview: A rocky and tough landscape characterizes the North Fork of the Crooked Wild and Scenic River. But despite the hard basalt of the river bedrock, the river continues to cut a path creating this wild canyon country. Scented ponderosa...
Overview: Flowing west out of southern Idaho, the rugged and lightly-roaded country of the offers scenery, beautiful geology and plenty of solitude. Clear nocturnal skies are the norm here where the lack of light pollution allows unimpaired views of the...
Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview The North Fork Merced River joins the main stem Merced River 7 miles downstream from Briceburg. This is a lovely stream that is perfect for swimming in...
Overview: Made up of open sand dunes, forested islands, and wetlands, the North Spit of Coos Bay is at the southern-most end of a series of sand dunes extending along the Oregon coastline from Florence to Coos Bay. There are...
Overview: Pack your fishing gear and your raft and bring family and friends, because this corridor has something for everyone. This North Umpqua Wild and Scenic River Corridor is known for its stunning forest setting with the emerald green waters...
Picnic Tables and a view of the Deschutes River at Oakbrook Day Use Area
This quiet location provides a peaceful riverside sojourn along the Lower Deschutes River Back Country Byway. Short trails leading to the banks and a small beach on the Deschutes Wild and Scenic River offer opportunities for solitude only occasionally interrupted...