Camping near Sweet Home, Oregon
Camping near Sweet Home, Oregon includes 11 public campgrounds on record, 11 reservable. Most (6 of 11) are run by the U.S. Forest Service. The nearest, Edgewater County Park and Marina, is 1.8 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line, and 5 of 11 are within 15 miles. 2 stay open all year. Another 17 public campgrounds filed under nearby towns are within 30 miles of Sweet Home.
Edgewater County Park and Marina 
Sunnyside County Park Campground 
River Bend County Park Campground 
Whitcomb Creek County Park Campground Rocky Top Bridge Group Camp 
Longbow Organizational Camp Group Campground Trout Creek Campground Camping near Sweet Home at a glance
- Public campgrounds
- 11 (6 National Forest, 5 County)
- Getting a site
- 11 reservable
- Cost
- Lowest posted fee at House Rock Campground: "Single Site: $25 per night"
- Distance from Sweet Home
- 1.8 miles (Edgewater County Park and Marina) to 31 miles (Lost Prairie Group Campground) in a straight line; 5 within 15 miles
- Elevation
- 647 ft (Edgewater County Park and Marina) to 3,353 ft (Lost Prairie Group Campground), 11 of 11 on record
- Season
- 2 open all year, 3 seasonal with posted dates
- Campsites
- 404 across the 10 campgrounds that state a count
- RVs
- 9 take RVs; hookups at Edgewater County Park and Marina, Sunnyside County Park Campground, and River Bend County Park Campground; longest stated RV length 99 ft (Yukwah)
- Drinking water
- 11 of 11
Distances are straight-line miles from Sweet Home'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.
Reservable Edgewater County Park and Marina - Agency
- County
- Sites
- 49
- Season
- Year-round
- Fee
- $41/night 30 amp, $46/night 50 amp (peak season May 1 to Sept. 30, 2024 guide)
Reservable Sunnyside County Park Campground - Agency
- County
- Sites
- 165
- Season
- late March to early November
- Fee
- $35/night with hookups, $28 without (seniors $30/$23); group camp A or B $325 (11 sites); $12 res. fee (2024 guide)
Reservable River Bend County Park Campground - Agency
- County
- Sites
- 83
- Season
- Year-round
- Fee
- $35/night power and water, $28 without (seniors $30/$23); 6-site group area $250; $12 reservation fee (2024 guide)
Reservable Whitcomb Creek County Park Campground - Agency
- County
- Sites
- 44
- Season
- mid-April to mid-October
- Fee
- $25/night (seniors $21); boat-in sites $15/night; $12 reservation fee (2024 guide)
- Agency
- County
- Sites
- Not on record
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- $250/night plus $50 non-refundable reservation fee (2024 guide)
Reservable Longbow Organizational Camp Group Campground - Agency
- National Forest
- Sites
- 1
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Overnight Use:
- Agency
- National Forest
- Sites
- 24
- Season
- May to October
- Fee
- Single Site: $25 per night; Double Site: $50 per night; additional vehicle $8 per night
Reservable Yukwah - Agency
- National Forest
- Sites
- 20
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Single Site: $25 per night
Reservable Fernview Group Campground - Agency
- National Forest
- Sites
- 1
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Group Site: $200 per night
Reservable House Rock Campground - Agency
- National Forest
- Sites
- 16
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Single Site: $25 per night
Reservable Lost Prairie Group Campground - Agency
- National Forest
- Sites
- 1
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Overnight Use:
No campgrounds match.
More campgrounds within 30 miles of Sweet Home
- Waterloo County Park Campground, 8.1 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , County , reservable ($35/night power and water, $28 without (seniors $30/$23); $12 reservation fee; $7 extra vehicle (2024 guide)); listed under camping near Lebanon.
- Cascadia County Park Campground, 11 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , County , reservable ($28/night (seniors $23); group tent camp A or B $100/night (25 people max); $7 extra vehicle (2024 guide)); listed under camping near Cascadia.
- Yellowbottom Recreation Site, 21 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , BLM , reservable ; listed under camping near Gates.
- Old Miner's Meadow Group Use Area, 21 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , BLM , reservable ($100 per night up to 50 people; $2 per additional person per night); listed under camping near Gates.
- Sevenmile, 24 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $16 per night; day use $7 per vehicle); listed under camping near Cascadia.
- Rock Creek Campsites, 25 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , State Forest , first-come ($20 vehicle sites, $5 extra vehicle); listed under camping near Gates.
- Lookout Campground, 26 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $24 per night); listed under camping near Blue River.
- Mona, 26 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $24 per night); listed under camping near Blue River.
- Fishermens Bend, 26 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , BLM , reservable ; listed under camping near Mill City.
- North Santiam County Park Campground, 26 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , County , reservable ($25/night plus $7 reservation fee; includes parking for one vehicle); listed under camping near Lyons.
- John Neal Memorial County Park Campground, 26 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , County , reservable ($28/night (seniors $23); group camping $300/night, 2-night minimum; $12 reservation fee (2024 guide)); listed under camping near Lyons.
- Armitage Park Campground, 27 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , County , reservable ; listed under camping near Coburg.
- Delta Campground, 27 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $23 per night); listed under camping near Blue River.
- Santiam Horse Camp, 27 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , State Forest , reservable ($20 horse site, $15 tent site; $5 per extra vehicle); listed under camping near Gates.
- Shellburg Falls Campground, 29 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , State Forest , first-come ($20 vehicle sites, $15 walk-in tent sites, $5 extra vehicle); listed under camping near Mehama.
- Elkhorn Valley Recreation Site, 30 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , BLM , reservable ; listed under camping near Lyons.
- Fall Creek State Recreation Area, 30 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line , State Park , reservable ; listed under camping near Lowell.
Things to do near Sweet Home
Public land and water within 30 miles of Sweet Home, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.
- Foster Reservoir marina, at Edgewater County Park and Marina (1.8 miles from Sweet Home): Full-hookup RV park on the southwest corner of Foster Reservoir with a 40-slip marina directly on the lake.
- Foster Reservoir, at Sunnyside County Park Campground (4.8 miles from Sweet Home): A 98-acre waterfront park on the eastern edge of Foster Reservoir with a boat ramp, moorage, fishing ponds and a fish cleaning station.
- South Santiam River bend, at River Bend County Park Campground (6.5 miles from Sweet Home): Set in a large bend of the upper South Santiam River with about half a mile of river frontage, six miles east of Sweet Home.
- Green Peter Reservoir, at Whitcomb Creek County Park Campground (11 miles from Sweet Home): A 328-acre forested park on Green Peter Reservoir about 15 miles up Quartzville Road, with a yurt village and five boat-in campsites.
- Cascadia State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 11 miles from Sweet Home; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
- Moose Creek, at Rocky Top Bridge Group Camp (14 miles from Sweet Home): Group camp on the Quartzville arm of Green Peter Reservoir with Moose Creek running behind it.
- Willamette National Forest, 6 of the 11 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Longbow Organizational Camp Group Campground at 17 miles from Sweet Home; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
- CCC day-use shelter, at Trout Creek Campground (17 miles from Sweet Home): The Civilian Conservation Corps built the campground in the 1930s, including a day-use shelter with a fireplace; the Trout Creek Trail into the Menagerie Wilderness starts here and Rooster Rock Trail is across the road.
- Menagerie Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 19 miles from Sweet Home; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
- Middle Santiam Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 25 miles from Sweet Home; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
Supplies and emergencies near Sweet Home
Nearest emergency room: Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, 525 N Santiam Hwy, Lebanon, OR, 14 miles from Sweet Home , (541) 258-2101. Next nearest: Samaritan Albany General Hospital, 1046 6th Ave SW, Albany, OR, 26 miles, (541) 812-4000. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.
- Groceries
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- Midway Grocery
- 7-Eleven
- Cooper's
- Fuel
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- Mobil
- Cooper's
- Chevron
- RV dump station
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- Sweet Home RV Dump
- Potable water fill
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- Sweet Home RV Dump
- Pharmacy
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- Walgreens
- Samaritan Pharmacy Lebanon
- Costco Pharmacy
- Laundromat
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- Coin Star
Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Sweet Home: propane 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.
Common questions
Where can I camp around Sweet Home, OR?
11 public campgrounds are on record near Sweet Home. Nearest first, straight-line from town: Edgewater County Park and Marina (1.8 miles), Sunnyside County Park Campground (4.8 miles), River Bend County Park Campground (6.5 miles), Whitcomb Creek County Park Campground (11 miles), and 7 more. 6 book through Recreation.gov and 5 book through CampLife (Linn County Parks).
Is there free camping near Sweet Home, OR?
Not at a developed campground: each of the 11 public campgrounds on record near Sweet Home charges a fee, listed in the table.
Where can I camp with an RV near Sweet Home, OR?
9 campgrounds near Sweet Home take RVs: Edgewater County Park and Marina, Fernview Group Campground, House Rock Campground, Longbow Organizational Camp Group Campground, and 5 more. Edgewater County Park and Marina, River Bend County Park Campground, and Sunnyside County Park Campground have hookups. The nearest mapped RV dump station is at Sweet Home RV Dump, 0.8 miles from town (OpenStreetMap).
Where can I camp near Sweet Home with drinking water?
Edgewater County Park and Marina, Fernview Group Campground, House Rock Campground, Longbow Organizational Camp Group Campground, and 7 more have potable water on record.
Are there year-round campgrounds near Sweet Home, OR?
Yes: Edgewater County Park and Marina and River Bend County Park Campground are open all year, per the managing agency. The rest are seasonal or have no season on record.
When is camping season near Sweet Home, OR?
Of the 3 seasonal campgrounds with posted dates, most open in March (1 of 3) and close in October (2 of 3). Edgewater County Park and Marina and River Bend County Park Campground stay open all year. Each campground's own dates are in the table.
Where is the nearest emergency room to Sweet Home, OR?
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, 525 N Santiam Hwy, Lebanon, OR, is 14 miles from Sweet Home in a straight line and reports emergency services to CMS; phone (541) 258-2101. In an emergency, call 911.
Every campground in the state: camping in Oregon ; by agency: County campgrounds in Oregon and National Forest campgrounds in Oregon ; by county: campgrounds in Linn .