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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.
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