Fishermens Bend
October 2026
About
Overview
Fishermen's Bend Recreation Site has limited day use open. No camping or dump station is available.
$5 passenger vehicle (up to 9), $10 non-commercial vans (10-19 passengers), $20 non-commercial bus (over 19 passengers), $30 Northwest Oregon District Annual Day Pass for passengers vehicles only, America the Beautiful Interagency Passes and Golden passes are also acceptable for day-use fees
Cottonwoods Shelter rental $110 per day, does not include vehicle day-use fees
Recreation
Day use only until further notice. Expanded opened area includes River Loop only.
- Group picnic shelter, Cottonwoods, is reservable
- 7 first come-first serve individual picnic sites
- some hiking trails around River Loop and to the fishing overlook
- boat launch
- river access
Facilities
porta potties, picnic sites with picnic table, parking, and barbecue grill, hiking trails, boat ramp, camp host, fishing overlook
Natural Features
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Contact Info
For facility specific information, please call (503) 375-5646.
Nearby Attractions
North Santiam State Park is next door, with more great water and hiking opportunities.
Scenic John Neal Memorial County Park is less than 15 minutes away.
Silver Falls State Park is 45 minutes from Fishermen's Bend, with 10 majestic waterfalls, ranging from the grand 177' South Falls, to the delicate 27' Drake Falls.
Charges & Cancellations
Standard fees apply and are non-refundable.
Visit https://www.recreation.gov/rules-reservation-policies for more information.
Amenities
Phone: 503-897-2406
Is FISHERMENS BEND fully booked?
A campground showing no availability is almost never full for good. People cancel — plans change, weather turns, someone books three weekends and keeps one — and the site goes straight back into the booking system, usually without warning and often at odd hours. The reason sold-out campgrounds feel impossible is not that sites never free up; it is that nobody is watching at the moment they do.
CampHawk watches FISHERMENS BEND in Mill City, OR for you. We recheck it every 15 seconds, around the clock, and the moment a site opens we send a text, an email and a push notification — and on Recreation.gov we can put the site straight into your cart, so it is held while you get to your phone.
Searching is free and needs no account — the calendar above is live right now. Watching FISHERMENS BEND for cancellations is the paid part.