Camping near Silver Lake, Oregon

Camping near Silver Lake at a glance

Public campgrounds

6 (5 National Forest, 1 BLM)

Getting a site

6 first-come

Cost

2 free; lowest posted fee at Silver Creek Marsh: "Single Site: $6 per night"

Distance from Silver Lake

6.5 miles (Duncan Reservoir Campground) to 13 miles (Eastbay) in a straight line; 6 within 15 miles

Elevation

4,823 ft (Silver Creek Marsh) to 5,066 ft (Buck Creek Upper), 6 of 6 on record

Season

2 open all year, 4 seasonal with posted dates

Campsites

68 across the 6 campgrounds that state a count

Drinking water

2 of 6

Distances are straight-line miles from Silver Lake'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 Silver Lake

• Jackson Creek, 23 miles from Silver Lake in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Chemult.
• Green Mountain Campground, 24 miles from Silver Lake in a straight line , BLM , first-come (No fees); listed under camping near Christmas Valley.

Things to do near Silver Lake

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

• Duncan Reservoir, at Duncan Reservoir Campground (6.5 miles from Silver Lake): Small reservoir in sagebrush rangeland west of Silver Lake with a boat ramp, covered picnic area, stocked rainbow trout and ice fishing when frozen.
• Fremont National Recreation Trail #160, at Silver Creek Marsh (9.3 miles from Silver Lake): Horse-friendly camp (corrals for 10-12 horses, hitching rails) at the Silver Creek Marsh Trailhead to the northern segment of the Fremont National Recreation Trail #160, with meadow and marsh views.
• Fremont-Winema National Forest, 5 of the 6 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Silver Creek Marsh at 9.3 miles from Silver Lake; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
• Buck Creek, at Buck Creek Lower (11 miles from Silver Lake): Campsites sit beside Buck Creek and a riparian meadow; the creek, which flows from Yamsay Mountain, holds brook trout. Vehicles must park at least 200 feet from the creek.
• Thompson Reservoir, at Thompson Reservoir (12 miles from Silver Lake): A three-square-mile reservoir with views of Hager Mountain, stocked once a year with rainbow trout, with a boat launch and a 10 mph speed limit on the lake.
• Hager Mountain Trail, at Eastbay (13 miles from Silver Lake): The campground has access to the hiker trail to the summit of Hager Mountain, about 4 miles one way; Thompson Reservoir is stocked with rainbow trout yearly.
• Fort Rock State Natural Area, a state park whose mapped point is 17 miles from Silver Lake; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Ana Reservoir fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 17 miles from Silver Lake; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Ana River fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 21 miles from Silver Lake; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Silver Lake

Nearest emergency room: St Charles Medical Center - Bend, 2500 NE Neff Rd, Bend, OR, 66 miles from Silver Lake , (541) 382-4321. Next nearest: Sky Lakes Medical Center, 2865 Daggett Ave, Klamath Falls, OR, 71 miles, (541) 882-6311. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• Silver Lake Market convenience store · 0.1 miles
• FastBreak convenience store · 0.1 miles
• Fort Rock Store supermarket · 16 miles

Fuel

• Fast Fuel fuel station · 0.1 miles
• Summer Lake Store fuel station · 17 miles
• Fuel Commander fuel station · 20 miles

Propane

• AmeriGas propane dealer · 20 miles

RV dump station

• Valley View RV Park RV park · 14 miles · (541) 974-8439
• Lakeside RV Park RV park · 20 miles · (541) 576-2309

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Silver Lake: 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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