Owyhee Dam Campground
Its 7 sites are reservable through Owyhee Irrigation District reservation request form, and camping costs $10/night single site, $20 group site (first come); all 6 single sites $60/night by reservation. Owyhee Dam Campground is a Other Agency campground near Nyssa, Oregon.
Reservable: Owyhee Irrigation District reservation request form
- Managed by
- Other Agency
- Max RV length
- 27 ft
Owyhee Dam: The campground sits below Owyhee Dam, completed in 1932; the dam compound, including the campground, cabins and museum, has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2015. (oidnh.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- Other Agency
- Reservations
- Owyhee Irrigation District reservation request form Book a site
- Fee
- $10/night single site, $20 group site (first come); all 6 single sites $60/night by reservation
- Booking window
- Up to 6 months ahead, by request form reviewed on weekdays
- Cancellations
- Full refund of the nightly fee if canceled at least 7 days before check-in; processing fees not refunded.
Source: oidnh.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Total sites
- 7
- Group sites
- 1
- Max RV length
- 27 ft
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✓ Pets allowed
On site: Toilets, potable water, fire rings, and pets allowed.
Source: oidnh.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Rules
- Pets
- Allowed
Source: oidnh.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 2,363 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.5 mi away
- T-Mobile
- No coverage mapped
- 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.
43.6515, -117.2476 in Malheur. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Around Owyhee Dam Campground
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Owyhee Reservoir, whose mapped center point is 14 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Owyhee Reservoir fishing on fishypedia.com.
More campgrounds: camping near Nyssa and campgrounds in Malheur.
Sources
- oidnh.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-29
- oidnh.gov (fee, sites), accessed 2026-09-29
- oidnh.gov (notableFeature), accessed 2026-09-29
- openstreetmap.org (coordinates), accessed 2026-09-29
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
Photo credits
- Photo 1: Shane Johnson, CC BY 3.0