Camping near Fossil, Oregon
Camping near Fossil, Oregon includes 4 public campgrounds on record, 2 reservable and 2 first-come. Most (3 of 4) are run by a county parks department. The nearest, Wheeler County Fairgrounds RV Park, is 0.2 miles from Fossil in a straight line, and all 4 are within 15 miles. 1 stays open all year. Another 7 public campgrounds filed under nearby towns are within 30 miles of Fossil.
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Camping near Fossil at a glance
- Public campgrounds
- 4 (3 County, 1 Tribal Land)
- Getting a site
- 2 reservable and 2 first-come
- Cost
- Lowest posted fee at Bear Hollow County Park Campground: "$20 first night, $15 each additional night; $5 per extra vehicle; groups site fee plus $2 per person"
- Distance from Fossil
- 0.2 miles (Wheeler County Fairgrounds RV Park) to 9.5 miles (Shelton Wayside County Park Campground) in a straight line; 4 within 15 miles
- Elevation
- 2,358 ft (Robinson Campground) to 3,327 ft (Bear Hollow County Park Campground), 4 of 4 on record
- Season
- 1 open all year, 1 seasonal with posted dates
- Campsites
- 54 across the 2 campgrounds that state a count
- RVs
- 1 take RVs; hookups at Wheeler County Fairgrounds RV Park
- Drinking water
- 2 of 4
Distances are straight-line miles from Fossil'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.
- Agency
- County
- Sites
- Not on record
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- $30/night RV space, $25 dry camp, $15 tent; $175/week (electric incl.); shower $3
- Agency
- County
- Sites
- 20
- Season
- Year-round
- Fee
- $20 first night, $15 each additional night; $5 per extra vehicle; groups site fee plus $2 per person
- Agency
- Tribal Land
- Sites
- Not on record
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Not on record
- Agency
- County
- Sites
- 34
- Season
- mid-April to Nov. 1
- Fee
- $20 first night, $15 each additional night; $5 per extra vehicle; groups site fee plus $2 per person
More campgrounds within 30 miles of Fossil
- Burns Park RV Campground, 17 miles from Fossil in a straight line , County , reservable ($40/night, $200/week, $550/month (regular season), $600/month off-season; tent $20/night); listed under camping near Condon.
- John Day River Basin Developed Campgrounds, 18 miles from Fossil in a straight line , BLM , first-come ; listed under camping near Spray.
- Fairview Campground & Trailhead, 25 miles from Fossil in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Heppner.
- Morrow-Grant County OHV Park Campground, 26 miles from Fossil in a straight line , County , reservable ($39/night full hookup, $30 water/electric, $27 water only, $25 dry or primitive; cabins $59; dump $15); listed under camping near Heppner.
- Bull Prairie Campground (north), 27 miles from Fossil in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $14 per night); listed under camping near Heppner.
- Bull Prairie Campground & Picnic, 27 miles from Fossil in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single $14, double $19, group $25 per night; $5 per extra vehicle); listed under camping near Heppner.
- Anson Wright Park Campground, 30 miles from Fossil in a straight line , County , reservable ($39/night full hookup, $30 water/electric, $27 water only, $25 dry or primitive; cabins $59; dump $15); listed under camping near Heppner.
Things to do near Fossil
Public land and water within 30 miles of Fossil, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.
- Ponderosa pine meadows, at Bear Hollow County Park Campground (6.1 miles from Fossil): Pine and true fir campground about 7 miles southeast of Fossil on Highway 19, with deer often in the nearby meadows.
- Spring Basin Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 13 miles from Fossil; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, a National Park Service unit whose mapped point is 25 miles from Fossil; its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
Supplies and emergencies near Fossil
Nearest emergency room: Pioneer Memorial Hospital, 564 E Pioneer Dr, Heppner, OR, 41 miles from Fossil , (541) 676-9133. Next nearest: St Charles Madras, 470 NE A St, Madras, OR, 51 miles, (541) 475-3882. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.
- Groceries
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- Fossil Mercantile
- Two Boys Select Market
- Service Creek Resort
- Fuel
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- Fatland's Tire Factory
- Sinclair
- Lone Elk Market
- Pharmacy
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- Murray's
Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Fossil: propane, RV dump station, potable water fill, 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.
Common questions
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