Big Lake

Big Lake Campground

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$18 Single Site

$9 Extra Vehicles

Campground is open from 06/10/10 to 10/11/10. weather permitting

Sites may be reserved from 06/10/10 to 09/11/10

Located at the top of Santiam Pass within view of Hoodoo Ski Bowl, Big Lake Campground offers a high Cascade experience. The lakes altitude of about 4,600 feet sometimes means a late opening due to snow buildup in the winter. The lake is pristine and offers great adventure to those who want to cross water sports with high elevation adventures like hiking, sightseeing or exploring. Although most of our campers like to kick back, the Big Lake area offers a variety of trails for jogging (perfect elevation for the serious athlete), hiking, and riding. One can still see the pioneer wagon trail at the north end of the lake. Big Lake has been a popular stopping spot for many years. The best spots are often taken, so come early on weekends and holidays, but there really are few or no bad sites. This place is incredible in the fall when very few others are around, but it is nice most of the time, except for the first few weeks after the snow has melted when the mosquitoes take over, usually in late June or early July. The area boasts a boat launch and picnic area, water skiing, reservable sites and fishing. Four types of fish are stocked at Big Lake twice during the summer; Brook, Cutthroat, Brown Trout and Kokannee. The lake is up to 65 feet deep in places. ALSO SEE BIG LAKE WEST.

Normally the host is here from Memorial Day Weekend through at least the Labor Day Weekend otherwise there will be an attendant who will be visiting the campground two to four times per day.

To reserve a Site at Big Lake, Click the logo below for the Big Lake site at recreation.gov or click on one of the sites below to go to the recreation.gov page specifically for that site, or call 1-877-444-6777

RV use rating is a 5 (out of 5)

Big Lake Campground Map

Site # Reservable are in red

Grade*

Driveway
Length/Width

Max Vehicle Length

Back-in or Pull-Through

Paved or Gravel

Sunny or Shaded

Located on water?

1	B	25'	25'	Back in	Gravel	Shade	No
2	B	34'	34'	Back in	Gravel	Shade	No
3	C	38'	38'	Back in	Gravel	Both	No
4	B	25'	25'	Back in	Gravel	Shade	No
5	C	32'	32'	Back in	Gravel	Shade	No
6	C	27'	27'	Back in	Gravel	Shade	No
7	B	44'	44'	Back in	Gravel	Sunny	No
8	B	23'	23'	Back in	Gravel	Sunny	No
9	A	23'	23'	Back in	Gravel	Sunny	No
10	AA	33'	33'	Back in	Gravel	Sunny	Yes
11	AA	46'	46'	Back in	Gravel	Sunny	Yes
12	AA	46'	46'	Back in	Gravel	Sunny	Yes
13	AA	48'	48'	Back in	Gravel	Sunny	Yes
14	AA	39'	39'	Back in	Gravel	Sunny	Yes
15	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
16	C			Back in	Gravel		No
17	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
18	B			Back in	Gravel		No
19	AA			Back in	Gravel		Yes
20	AA			Back in	Gravel		Yes
21	B			Back in	Gravel		No
22	B			Back in	Gravel		No
23	B			Back in	Gravel		No
24	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
25	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
26	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
27	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
28	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
29	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
30	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
31	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
32	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
33	AA			Back in	Gravel		Yes
34	AA			Back in	Gravel		Yes
35	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
36	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
37	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
38	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
39	B			Back in	Gravel		No
40	B			Back in	Gravel		No
41	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
42	B			Back in	Gravel		No
43	B			Back in	Gravel		No
44	B			Back in	Gravel		No
45	A			Back in	Gravel		Yes
46	B			Back in	Gravel		No
47	B			Back in	Gravel		No
48	B			Back in	Gravel		No
49	C			Back in	Gravel		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