Camping near Baker City, Oregon

Camping near Baker City at a glance

Public campgrounds

9 (9 National Forest)

Getting a site

3 reservable and 6 first-come

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Anthony Lake Campground: "Single Site: $12 per night"

Distance from Baker City

11 miles (Union Creek Campground) to 25 miles (Tamarack Campground) in a straight line; 3 within 15 miles

Elevation

4,091 ft (Southwest Shore Campground) to 7,171 ft (Grande Ronde Lake Campground), 9 of 9 on record

Season

5 seasonal with posted dates

Campsites

142 across the 6 campgrounds that state a count

RVs

3 take RVs; hookups at Union Creek Campground and Mud Lake Campground; longest stated RV length 60 ft (Union Creek Campground)

Drinking water

4 of 9

Distances are straight-line miles from Baker City's point in the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2025), not driving distances. Every other fact comes from each campground's own sourced record, linked from its page.

More campgrounds within 30 miles of Baker City

• Thief Valley Reservoir County Park, 17 miles from Baker City in a straight line , County (free); listed under camping near North Powder.
• Pilcher Creek Reservoir County Park, 23 miles from Baker City in a straight line , County (free); listed under camping near North Powder.
• Unity Lake State Recreation Site, 26 miles from Baker City in a straight line , State Park , reservable (Residents: electric $29-$55 a night (2026 statewide ranges)); listed under camping near Unity.
• Two Color Campground, 26 miles from Baker City in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near La Grande.
• Catherine Creek State Park, 27 miles from Baker City in a straight line , State Park , first-come ; listed under camping near Union.
• Nf Catherine Creek Campground, 27 miles from Baker City in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near La Grande.
• No. Fork Catherine Group Campground, 28 miles from Baker City in a straight line , National Forest , reservable ($40 per night for the group site (up to 30 people)); listed under camping near La Grande.
• Buck Creek Forest Camp, 29 miles from Baker City in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near La Grande.
• Wetmore Campground, 29 miles from Baker City in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $15 per night); listed under camping near Unity.
• Eagle Forks Campground, 29 miles from Baker City in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $15 per night); listed under camping near Richland.
• Yellow Pine Campground, 29 miles from Baker City in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $15 per night); listed under camping near Unity.
• Oregon Campground, 30 miles from Baker City in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Unity.

Lake camping near Baker City

• On Anthony Lake: Anthony Lakes Tent Campground (23 miles from Baker City), Anthony Lake Campground (23 miles from Baker City), Mud Lake Campground (24 miles from Baker City) and Grande Ronde Lake Campground (25 miles from Baker City) . Fishing on this water: Anthony Lake fishing.

Every lake campground in the state: lake campgrounds in Oregon.

Things to do near Baker City

Public land and water within 30 miles of Baker City, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.

• Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, all 9 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Union Creek Campground at 11 miles from Baker City; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
• Phillips Lake, at Millers Lane Campground (14 miles from Baker City): The smallest of three campgrounds on Phillips Lake, on the south shore in open ponderosa pine; with fluctuating water levels the lake may be a short hike down.
• Phillips Lake, at Southwest Shore Campground (14 miles from Baker City): One of three campgrounds around Phillips Lake, in open pine; the lake may be a short hike down at low water, and the Phillips Lake South Shoreline Trail No. 1610 is popular for hiking.
• Elkhorn Drive Scenic Byway, at Mccully Forks Campground (20 miles from Baker City): Creekside campground on the Elkhorn Drive Scenic Byway past the historic town of Sumpter, near Sumpter Valley Dredge State Park.
• Anthony Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 23 miles from Baker City; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Eagle Creek fishing platforms, at Tamarack Campground (25 miles from Baker City): A short accessible path leads from the campground down to Wild and Scenic Eagle Creek and ends at two fishing platforms.
• Catherine Creek State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 27 miles from Baker City; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Baker City

Nearest emergency room: St. Alphonsus Medical Center - Baker City, 3325 Pocahontas Rd, Baker City, OR, 1.7 miles from Baker City , (541) 523-6461. Next nearest: Grande Ronde Hospital, 900 Sunset Dr, La Grande, OR, 40 miles, (541) 963-8421. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• Food Mart convenience store · 0.1 miles
• Baker Food Co-op supermarket · 0.2 miles
• York's Covered Wagon Store convenience store · 0.6 miles

Fuel

• Chevron fuel station · 0.1 miles
• Sinclair fuel station · 0.5 miles · (541) 523-7480
• Maverik fuel station · 0.7 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Baker City: propane, RV dump station, potable water fill, pharmacy, laundromat, and ice. Stores, fuel, propane, dump stations, water fill, laundromats, and pharmacies are the nearest few mapped within 25 miles, straight-line, © OpenStreetMap contributors (data as of 2026-09-29; this extract under the ODbL). Hours are as mapped; call ahead.

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