Little Cove Boat-in
Its 4 sites are reservable through Recreation.gov, and camping costs Single Site: $22 per night. Little Cove Boat-in is a National Forest campground near Sunriver, Oregon.
Reservable: Recreation.gov
- Managed by
- National Forest
Little Cove Boat-in sits inside Deschutes National Forest. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits 0.3 miles outside the boundary of Three Sisters Wilderness; its permit and camping rules and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Cultus Lake boat-in camping: One of three boat-in or hike-in campgrounds on the north side of glacier-formed Cultus Lake, which allows high-speed boating, waterskiing and sailing; trails into the Three Sisters Wilderness.
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- Recreation.gov Book a site
- Fee
- Single Site: $22 per night
Sources: apps.fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-28; recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Total sites
- 4
- ✓ Toilets
- ✕ Potable water
On site: Toilets. No potable water.
Sources: apps.fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-28; recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Rules
- Quiet hours
- 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m.
Source: apps.fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-28
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 6,300 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.1 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.
43.8447, -121.8482 in Deschutes. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Around Little Cove Boat-in
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Crane Prairie Reservoir, whose mapped center point is 5 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Crane Prairie Reservoir fishing on fishypedia.com.
Hot springs and waterfalls nearby
Nearest to Little Cove Boat-in, in straight-line miles: Proxy Falls (waterfall, 22 miles), McCredie Hot Springs (hot spring, 24 miles), Cougar Hot Springs (hot spring, 25 miles), Terwilliger Hot Springs (hot spring, 26 miles), and Belknap Hot Springs (hot spring, 26 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
Reservable Cultus Lake 
Reservable Big Cove Boat-in Reservable West Cultus Boat-in 
Reservable Cultus Corral Horse Camp More campgrounds: camping near Sunriver and campgrounds in Deschutes.
Sources
- apps.fs.usda.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-28
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
- apps.fs.usda.gov (reservationSystem, water, quietHours), accessed 2026-09-28
- recreation.gov (sites, reservationSystem, notableFeature), accessed 2026-09-29