Rainy Lake
Its sites are first-come, first-served (no reservations), and camping costs Single Site: $20 per night. Rainy Lake is a National Forest campground near Hood River, Oregon.
First-come, first-served
- Managed by
- National Forest
Rainy Lake sits inside Mt. Hood National Forest. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits right at the edge of Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness; its permit and camping rules and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness trailhead: Small remote camp on Rainy Lake with trailheads into the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness: Rainy Lake Trail #423A, Rainy Wahtum Trail #409 and North Lake Trail #423.
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
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✕ Potable water
On site: Toilets and fire rings. No potable water.
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 4,007 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.2 mi away
- T-Mobile
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE and 5G mapped about 0.2 mi away
- Verizon
- 4G LTE
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.
45.6267, -121.7578 in Hood River. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Around Rainy Lake
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Ice House Lake, whose mapped center point is 7.6 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Ice House Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Public land within 15 miles: Wyeth State Recreation Area (4.5 miles to its center) , Starvation Creek State Park (5.4 miles to its center) , Viento State Park (6.4 miles to its center) , Wygant State Natural Area (7.2 miles to its center) , and Vinzenz Lausmann Memorial State Natural Area (7.7 miles to its center) ; publiclandsdb.com has each unit's camping rules and boundary.
Hot springs and waterfalls nearby
Nearest to Rainy Lake, in straight-line miles: Punch Bowl Falls (waterfall, 6.6 miles), Carson Hot Springs (hot spring, 7.5 miles), Oneonta Falls (waterfall, 16 miles), Multnomah Falls (waterfall, 18 miles), and Wahkeena Falls (waterfall, 18 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
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 (fireRings, notableFeature, fee, toilets, water, reservationSystem), accessed 2026-09-29