About this campground
This trailhead provides access to: Rider Creek Trail #3319 Terwilliger (Cougar) Hot Springs See trail pages for more information.
Getting there
Road conditions may change rapidly and visitors should use extreme caution when traveling on Aufderheide Scenic Byway (Forest Road 19), especially in the winter. This road is not maintained for snow and ice and travel is at your own risk. FROM HIGHWAY 126: From Blue River, OR, travel 4 miles east on Highway 126 to Aufderheide Scenic Byway (Forest Road 19). Continue on south Aufderheide Drive, taking a right at the Y to the top of Cougar Reservoir. Continue south on Aufderheide Drive for 5 miles to Terwilliger Hot Springs parking lot. FROM HIGHWAY 58: Take Westfir Road across from the Middle Fork Ranger Station and turn left at the stop sign. Continue to the red covered bridge. Go past the bridge and the road becomes Aufderheide Drive (Forest Road 19). Continue on Aufderheide Scenic Byway for about 50 miles until you reach the Terwilliger Hot Springs parking lot.
Activities
- HIKING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Terwilliger (Cougar) Hot SpringsWillamette National Forest0 mi
- SLIDE CREEKWillamette National Forest1 mi
- Cougar Crossing CampgroundWillamette National Forest2 mi
- COUGAR CROSSING CAMPGROUNDWillamette National Forest2 mi
- SUNNYSIDE CAMPGROUNDWillamette National Forest2 mi
- FRENCH PETE CAMPGROUNDWillamette National Forest3 mi
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Terwilliger (Cougar) Hot Springs Trailhead 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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