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 Sheep Springs Horse Campground

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$16 single   $8 extra vehicle

Campground is open from 5/14/10 to 10/11/10 weather permitting

Reservations are available from 5/27/10 to 9/11/10

A great way to explore the Metolius River Basin area is by horseback and Sheep Springs horse camp is where to stay. Located five miles northwest of Camp Sherman in the beautiful Metolius Basin, there are eleven sites with 44 individual box stalls. Riders in this area should be careful of burned over trees from the 2003 B and B fire. More information and other amenities like fee showers and RV dump information are available at the Camp Sherman RV park in the town of Camp Sherman

PLEASE, horse campgrounds are meant for those with horses, it can be dangerous to have people who are unfamiliar with horse camped nearby. Also horse campgrounds are limited and there are plenty of other campgrounds where those without horses can stay. Please be courteous.

     Host is in the campground from about Memorial Weekend through Labor Day Weekend. Otherwise the campground will be visited by an attendant two to four times per day.

To reserve a site at Sheep Springs, click on the Recreation.gov logo below, or call at 1-877-444-6777

RV use rating is a 3 (out of 5)

Deschutes National Forest

Media Release

For Immediate Release:  June 14, 2010

Contact:  Jean Nelson-Dean, 541-383-5561 or Kirk Flannigan, 541-549-7730 

Bridge Construction Will Cause Road Detour in July and August - Detour Map

Sisters, Ore – From mid-July until early September, the Deschutes National Forest, Sisters Ranger District, will close a segment of Forest Road 12, which is located just south and east of Suttle Lake off of State Highway 20, and visitors will be detoured.

From July 15 to September 2, 2010 a short segment of Forest Road 12 over Lake Creek will be closed while contractors replace culverts with a bridge to improve fish passage in the creek.  The road accesses popular recreation areas near Round Lake, Jack Creek and Camp Sherman; however, only a small portion of the road will be closed and most of Forest Road 12 will remain open.  Recreation areas will still be accessible via a signed detour that will be in place throughout the closure.  Message boards on State Highway 20 will forewarn visitors of the closure and information will be posted in local communities and businesses and on Forest Service websites.

In discussing the road closure, Sisters District Ranger, Bill Anthony, said, “We know it is a popular road for visitors to the national forest during July and August.  Though we regret impacting our visitors, we must do the bridge project on Lake Creek in the summer.  During the spring and fall we must avoid impacts to trout and salmon spawning and rearing in the creek. Also during the spring, we need to avoid possible impacts to spotted owls during their nesting season.”

 

For more information please contact Kirk Flannigan or Don Walker at the Sisters Ranger District, 541-549-7700.

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Horse Campers may only use Certified Weed-Seed-Free Hay when you stay at any of our USFS Horse Campgrounds (Certified Weed-Seed-Free Hay has a unique color twine).  For more information please call your local USFS Ranger station or click on the link here. Hay is available through Matt Cyrus at 541-771-4980 17430 Hwy 126 between Sisters and Redmond.

 
Site # Reservable are in red Grade* Driveway
Length		 Max Vehicle Length Back-in or Pull-Through Paved or Gravel Sunny or Shaded Located on water?
1       Back-in Gravel Shaded No
2       Back-in Gravel Shaded No
3       Back-in Gravel Shaded No
4       Back-in Gravel Shaded No
5       Back-in Gravel Shaded No
6       Back-in Gravel Shaded No
7       Back-in Gravel Shaded No
8       Back-in Gravel Shaded No
9       Back-in Gravel Shaded No
10       Back-in Gravel Shaded No
11       Back-in Gravel Shaded No
Host       Back-in Gravel Shaded No
Site numbers indicated in 'Red' are reservable by clicking on the numbers which will take you to that site's recreation.gov link.

*Grades are based solely on comparison with the other camp sites in that campground