For maps with campground locations within the Deschutes Forest, please go to the Area Pages  listed below under each District. The above map shows the outline of the Forest. The Deschutes National Forest follows the summit of the Cascade Mountains from the Sisters Mountains to the southwest to Mt. Jefferson to the northwest. The Forest is well known for its myriad of recreational opportunities both in the summer and winter. Hoodoo is fortunate to manage over 80 campgrounds from Crescent Lake in the south to Lake Billy Chinook in the North. The Deschutes is distinguished from its western side of the Cascade counterpart mostly by the sunshine which prevails for about 75% of the year (almost 100% of the time in the summer) and by its giant Ponderosa Pine trees,  as compared to the towering Douglas Firs and majestic Red Cedars of the wetter Willamette National Forest. The Forest mostly surrounds Bend, Oregon where its Forest Headquarters is located. The campgrounds mostly open as the snow melts in May and start to close when the snow of the upper elevations start to threaten in October. However, there are some campgrounds open year around on the Metolius River near Camp Sherman and Sisters where their lower elevation location normally means a lack of snow. In spring a few of the higher elevation campgrounds get plowed in April in order to open for the fishing season. Make sure you look at the page with the opening and closing dates.