Camping near Halfway, Oregon

Camping near Halfway at a glance

Public campgrounds

4 (4 National Forest)

Getting a site

4 first-come

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Mcbride Campground: "Single Site: $10 per night; self-service pay station"

Distance from Halfway

6.8 miles (Mcbride Campground) to 14 miles (Twin Lakes Campground) in a straight line; 4 within 15 miles

Elevation

3,250 ft (Lake Fork Campground) to 6,680 ft (Fish Lake Campground), 4 of 4 on record

Season

3 seasonal with posted dates

Campsites

46 across the 4 campgrounds that state a count

Drinking water

2 of 4

Distances are straight-line miles from Halfway'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 Halfway

• Eagle Forks Campground, 7.4 miles from Halfway in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $15 per night); listed under camping near Richland.
• Hewitt Park Campground, 8.3 miles from Halfway in a straight line , County , reservable ; listed under camping near Richland.
• Copperfield Park, 14 miles from Halfway in a straight line , Other Agency , reservable (RV site $35/night, tent site $20/night by card ($40/$25 cash or check), plus tax); listed under camping near Oxbow.
• Indian Crossing Campground, 17 miles from Halfway in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $15 per night); listed under camping near Enterprise.
• Hidden Campground, 18 miles from Halfway in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Enterprise.
• Coverdale Campground, 18 miles from Halfway in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Joseph.
• Tamarack Campground, 20 miles from Halfway in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $15 per night); listed under camping near Baker City.
• Lick Creek Campground, 20 miles from Halfway in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Joseph.
• Two Color Campground, 20 miles from Halfway in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near La Grande.
• Ollokot Campground, 22 miles from Halfway in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $15 per night); listed under camping near Joseph.
• Blackhorse Campground, 23 miles from Halfway in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Joseph.
• Wallowa Falls Campground, 28 miles from Halfway in a straight line , State Park , first-come ($15/night Oregon residents, $19 non-residents); listed under camping near Wallowa Lake.
• Wallowa Lake State Park, 29 miles from Halfway in a straight line , State Park , reservable (Residents: full hookup $31-$60, tent $20-$33 a night (2026 statewide ranges)); listed under camping near Wallowa Lake.
• Buck Creek Forest Camp, 29 miles from Halfway in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near La Grande.
• Shady Campground, 29 miles from Halfway in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Lostine.
• Arrow Forest Camp, 30 miles from Halfway in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Enterprise.

Things to do near Halfway

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

• Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, all 4 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Mcbride Campground at 6.8 miles from Halfway; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
• Fish Lake, Wallowa Mountains, at Fish Lake Campground (12 miles from Halfway): High-elevation lake beside the campground for fishing and small-boat use (canoes, kayaks, float tubes, small motors encouraged), with nearby wilderness and non-wilderness trailheads.
• Hells Canyon Scenic Byway and North Pine Creek, at Lake Fork Campground (13 miles from Halfway): The campground sits on North Pine Creek along the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway (Forest Road 39) in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.
• Twin Lakes boardwalks, at Twin Lakes Campground (14 miles from Halfway): Visitors fish from boardwalks along Twin Lakes; Trail No. 1874 into the Eagle Cap Wilderness leaves from the campground through an old burn.
• Wallowa Lake State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 28 miles from Halfway; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Eagle Cap Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 28 miles from Halfway; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Halfway

Nearest emergency room: St. Alphonsus Medical Center - Baker City, 3325 Pocahontas Rd, Baker City, OR, 37 miles from Halfway , (541) 523-6461. Next nearest: Wallowa Memorial Hospital, 601 Medical Pkwy, Enterprise, OR, 39 miles, (541) 426-3111. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• Hitching Post Groceries supermarket · 8.1 miles
• Gatway Store and Cafe convenience store · 12 miles

Fuel

• Soctty's Hells Canyon Outdoor Supply fuel station · 12 miles

RV dump station

• McCormick Park campground · 11 miles · (844) 472-7275
• Copperfield Park campground · 14 miles · (844) 472-7275
• Hells Canyon Park campground · 18 miles · (844) 472-7275

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Halfway: propane, 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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