Bureau of Land Management · Oregon
Castle Rock Campground
Bureau of Land Management · Oregon, United States
- Season
- Year-round
- Elevation
- 2,969 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile weak · Verizon weak · AT&T none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Crooked Wild and Scenic River
- Nearest town
- Prineville
- Address
- Prineville District Office, Prineville, OR, 97754
- Phone
- 541-416-6700
- Activities
- Camping, Fishing
Site map
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About
Located south of Prineville, Oregon, this six-site campground offers year-round camping and Crooked River access along the Lower Crooked Back Country Byway. Castle Rock looms above its namesake campground on the Chimney Rock section of the Crooked Wild and Scenic River. An ADA-accessible vault toilet is onsite.
Know Before You Go
Open year-round on a first-come, first-served basis; no potable water available.
Cell phone service is not available in the campground.
Watch for bicyclists: the section of State Highway 27 between Prineville and Bowman dam is a state scenic bikeway
Point of Interest
Castle Rock Campground is the first in a series of twelve Bureau of Land Management recreation sites along the Crooked Wild and Scenic River, south of Prineville, Oregon. Eight additional campgrounds, two day-use areas and a trailhead offer ample access to camping, fishing, hiking and photography.
Fees
$8 per night; $2 per extra vehicle (tow vehicles excluded) with a maximum of two vehicles allowed per site.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 29° | 3° | 56° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 42° | 29° | -6° | 61° | 10 of 11 |
| March | 50° | 31° | 9° | 73° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 54° | 36° | 23° | 77° | 10 of 11 |
| May | 64° | 45° | 33° | 87° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 75° | 51° | 40° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 88° | 61° | 49° | 103° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 88° | 61° | 49° | 101° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 75° | 52° | 42° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 66° | 42° | 33° | 80° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 52° | 35° | 22° | 67° | 7 of 10 |
| December | 41° | 28° | 2° | 58° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Trails nearby
- Chimney Rock Trailhead · 1.9 mi as the crow flies
Chimney Rock Trail 1.3 mi Hike, Chimney Rock Campground Site Trail 0.5 mi Hike, Chimney Rock Site Trail Hike · Drive there - Milican Cliffs Pedestrian Access Gate · 4.9 mi as the crow flies · Drive there
- Reservoir Road OHV Play Area · 5.3 mi as the crow flies
Millican Plateau Ohv Trail 55 8.2 mi Hike, Millican Plateau Ohv Trail 80 4.2 mi Hike · Drive there - Corrals Staging Area · 5.7 mi as the crow flies
Millican Plateau Ohv Trail 81 9.4 mi Hike, Millican Plateau Ohv Trail 100 3.1 mi Hike · Drive there - Four Corners Staging Area · 7.6 mi as the crow flies
Millican Plateau Ohv Trail 120 12 mi Hike, Millican Plateau Ohv Trail 55 8.2 mi Hike, Millican Plateau Ohv Trail 56 1.1 mi Hike · Drive there
All 673 trails in BLM lands in Oregon
Trailheads the Park Service and the Forest Service map, within 10 miles as the crow flies; each trail's page has its length, climbing and the Service's description.
Nearby campgrounds
- Stillwater Campground · Bureau of Land Management · 1 mi
- Chimney Rock Campground · Bureau of Land Management · 2 mi
- Lone Pine Campground · Bureau of Land Management · 2 mi · 6 sites
- Post Pile Campground · Bureau of Land Management · 3 mi · 7 sites
- Poison Butte Campground · Bureau of Land Management · 3 mi · 5 sites
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