Cloud Cap Saddle
Its sites are first-come, first-served (no reservations), and camping costs Single Site: $20 per night. Cloud Cap Saddle is a National Forest campground near Hood River, Oregon.
First-come, first-served
- Managed by
- National Forest
Cloud Cap Saddle sits inside Mt. Hood National Forest. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits 0.7 miles outside the boundary of Mount Hood Wilderness; its permit and camping rules and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Cloud Cap Trailhead and Cloud Cap Inn: The campground holds Cloud Cap Trailhead to the Timberline and Tilly Jane trails on Mt. Hood's north side; the historic Cloud Cap Inn is just up the road. (fs.usda.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- None, first-come
- Fee
- Single Site: $20 per night
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
What's there
- ✓ Toilets
- ✕ Potable water
On site: Toilets. No potable water.
Rules
- Stay limit
- 14 consecutive days; 28 days total per calendar year
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 3,234 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- 4G LTE
- T-Mobile
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE and 5G mapped about 0.2 mi away
- Verizon
- No coverage mapped
Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, data as of December 31, 2025
Outdoor coverage each carrier reports to the FCC at this campground's map point, and the nearest mapped coverage within about half a mile. The FCC map only includes 4G LTE at 5/1 Mbps or better and 5G; a weaker signal, a text, or an emergency call may still get through, but don't count on it. These are carrier predictions, not measurements, and can be wrong either way: real service in canyons, under trees, and inside a tent or vehicle is often weaker. 5G speeds are the FCC's 7/1 and 35/3 Mbps tiers. This product uses the FCC Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the FCC.
45.4022, -121.5719 in Hood River. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Around Cloud Cap Saddle
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Rowland Lake, whose mapped center point is 23 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Rowland Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Hot springs and waterfalls nearby
Nearest to Cloud Cap Saddle, in straight-line miles: Punch Bowl Falls (waterfall, 22 miles), Carson Hot Springs (hot spring, 25 miles), Oneonta Falls (waterfall, 27 miles), Multnomah Falls (waterfall, 29 miles), and Wahkeena Falls (waterfall, 29 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
Reservable Sherwood Reservable Nottingham 
First-come Tilly Jane First-come Knebal Springs Campground More campgrounds: camping near Hood River and campgrounds in Hood River.
Sources
- apps.fs.usda.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-28
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
- fs.usda.gov (fee, reservationSystem, water, toilets, notableFeature), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (stayLimit), accessed 2026-09-29