About this campground
This rustic camp offers a few sites and is also a trailhead which accesses the Vinegar Hill-Indian Rock Scenic Area. From the trailhead visitors can access other trails such as the Princess trail #251, Sunrise Butte Trail #255 and Blackeye Trail #243. Allowing for multiple opportunities for hiking.
Getting there
From Prairie City, OR., drive east on US Highway 26 for approximately 13 miles to the junction with US Highway 7. Take US Highway 7 for one mile to the junction with County Road 20. Follow County Road 20 for approximately 14 miles to the junction with Forest Service Road 45. Follow Forest Service Road 45 approximately 8 miles to Forest Service Road 4500-537. Follow Forest Service Road 4500-537 toward Indian Rock Lookout. This road will disect Head O'Boulder Forest Camp.
Activities
- CAMPING
- HIKING
- HORSEBACK RIDING
- HUNTING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- South Fork Desolation TrailheadUmatilla National Forest4 mi
- Lost Lake TrailheadUmatilla National Forest5 mi
- Olive Lake Campground (OR)Umatilla National Forest5 mi
- Skinner Diggins TrailheadUmatilla National Forest5 mi
- Howard Creek TrailheadUmatilla National Forest6 mi
- Lost Creek TrailheadUmatilla National Forest6 mi
Explore more Oregon camping
Head O' Boulder Forest Camp doesn't take campsite reservations — but plenty of nearby Oregon campgrounds do, and we'll alert you the moment a sold-out site opens up.
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