About this place
This campground sits at 6,000 feet, with long views and the Pacific Crest Trail close by. On a clear day, Mount Shasta shows from the crest.
It stands on the Siskiyou Crest just past the ski area, on a stretch of ridge known for wildflowers, butterflies and birds.
There are nine sites. Some you drive right up to. At the others you carry your tent in a short way, and every one has a fire ring and a picnic table. There are vault toilets.
Snow keeps the road shut until about June. The campground closes after October.
The facts
- Cost
- Free to camp
- Roads around it
- Some need high clearance
- Stay limit
- 14 days
- Drinking water
- No, bring your own
- Toilet
- Yes
- Type
- Specific campsite
- Managed by
- Klamath National Forest
The roads around this place are not maintained for a regular car. That comes from the US Forest Service, who grade every road by the kind of vehicle it is looked after for. Those records cover the roads nearby. They do not cover the last stretch in to the campsite, and nobody has checked that part. Treat this as a warning. We are not promising what you will find when you get there. If you have driven it, tell us what it was like and we will say so here.
Rules and restrictions
There is no water here, and nobody collects trash.
Bring all the water you need for drinking, cooking and washing, and bring extra on top to put your campfire out every day.
Everything you brought goes home with you, dog mess included.
Dogs stay on a leash.
You can camp here for 14 days.
Getting there
Leave Interstate 5 at the Mt. Ashland exit, south of Ashland. Follow Mt. Ashland Road for about 10.5 miles. It is also Forest Road 20. The campground is on the left, just past the ski area.
Coordinates 42.075579, -122.714515
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What is near here
A few more of our own spots are within reach of this one, along with some better-known places.
- Mount Ashland Directions
- Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Directions
- Mount McLoughlin Directions
- Upper Klamath Wild and Scenic River Directions
- Upper Klamath Lake Directions
Every distance on this page is the driving distance. A short distance can still take a long time. The road may be closed for the season, covered in snow, or washed out. Many of these roads are dirt. Plan your route before you leave home. Out here there is often no phone signal to look it up on the way.
Nearest town and supplies
- Ashland, OR Directions
Ashland is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.
Why the drive to town is usually twice what the map says — what we found measuring every campsite in this guide.
When it’s time to move on
You can camp here for 14 days. After that you have to move on. This is Forest Service land, and each forest sets its own rule for how far you have to go, so check before you travel.
The nearest other free campsite in this guide is Upper Klamath Wild and Scenic River, Oregon — 33 miles in a straight line, but a 57 mile drive. One more sits closer than 25 miles, if the rule here allows them.
This guide covers five states and does not list every free campsite, so there may be something closer that we do not hold. Check this site’s own rule before you rely on it.
Have you been here?
Fees and access change, and the records do not always keep up. If you have been, tell us what you found.
Thank you, that is recorded. It helps the next person.
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The thing we cannot get from any government record is what the drive in is actually like. If you have done it, this is the most useful thing you can leave behind. We read everything before it appears, and we print a first name with it if you give one.
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Where this information comes from
The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Forest Service’s own records, read in August 2026.