Lost Lake
Its sites are reservable through Recreation.gov, camping costs Single Site: $21 per night; group site $105; additional vehicle $10, and it is open from May to September. Lost Lake is a National Forest campground near McKenzie Bridge, Oregon.
Reservable: Recreation.gov
- Managed by
- National Forest
Lost Lake sits inside Willamette National Forest. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits 0.7 miles outside the boundary of Mount Jefferson Wilderness; its permit and camping rules and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Lost Lake near Santiam Pass: Rustic campground on the west shore of shallow Lost Lake near the Santiam Pass summit, close to the Pacific Crest Trail, Sand Mountain Lookout and the Mt. Washington Wilderness.
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- Recreation.gov Book a site
- Fee
- Single Site: $21 per night; group site $105; additional vehicle $10
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
What's there
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Pets allowed
- ✕ Potable water
On site: Toilets and pets allowed. No potable water.
Rules
- Stay limit
- 14 days in a 60-day period
- Quiet hours
- 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m.
- Pets
- Allowed
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 4,000 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- 4G LTE; 5G mapped about 0.3 mi away
- T-Mobile
- 4G LTE; 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.
44.4299, -121.9128 in Linn. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Season and winter services
Lost Lake is open from May to September , at 4,000 ft.
Sources: epqs.nationalmap.gov, accessed 2026-09-29; fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
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Around Lost Lake
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Lake Billy Chinook, whose mapped center point is 29 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Lake Billy Chinook fishing on fishypedia.com.
Hot springs, waterfalls and swimming nearby
Nearest to Lost Lake, in straight-line miles: Clear Lake (swimming hole, 5.8 miles), Sahalie Falls (waterfall, 7 miles), Belknap Hot Springs (hot spring, 18 miles), Proxy Falls (waterfall, 19 miles), and Breitenbush Hot Springs (hot spring, 25 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
More campgrounds: camping near McKenzie Bridge and campgrounds in Linn.
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 (reservationSystem, reservationSystemName, reservationUrl, season, quietHours, stayLimit, petsAllowed, fee, notableFeature, toilets, water), accessed 2026-09-29