Lost Creek Campground

• Lost Creek Campground has 16 sites for tents only. Registration is self-serve on the day of arrival. No advance registration is available. Payment can be made by check or exact cash. Credit cards are not accepted. Senior and Access pass holders are eligible for a 50% discount. The only means of knowing site availability is upon arrival at the campground. The campground typically fills up, so arrive early to secure a site.
• NOTE: This campground does not have running water. You must bring enough water for everyone in your party. Water is available at Steel Visitor Center or Mazama Village. Drive three miles south along Pinnacles Road from East Rim Drive. Turn right after the brown metal directional sign announcing the campground. You have arrived at the entrance. Welcoming you is a brown wood sign with the words Lost Creek Campground carved into the panel and painted white. It hangs from a beam leveraged by five round, multi-sized posts that create the sign’s base. Beneath towering lodge pole pines and Shasta Red Firs are grassy meadows with 16 tent sites distributed in an inner and outer circle. An Information bulletin board and pay kiosk is straight ahead. The bulletin board contains information on how to select a site, pay, rules, regulations and any current concerns regarding the campground. From the kiosk, go left towards site #1 and continue as the road winds around to site #4. If your go right, you will by-pass sites 1 through 4, and turn right in front of site 5. Lost Creek runs behind sites 2 thru 5. Wildflowers highlight the area during summer and fall colors resume their brilliance as the weather cools. Between sites 4 and 5 is Greyback Road, the former East Rim Drive. There is a locked metal gate swung across the road to prohibit vehicle traffic. This road is now considered a trail for hikers, bicyclists, and pet walking. Across from sites 4 and 5 is a native stone and wood structure. This restroom is closed due to water rights legislation which does not give the National Park Service senior rights to use of the water in Lost Creek and its reservoir. Instead, there are portable toilets, several which are accessible, stationed alongside the building. Beyond the closed restroom, the road continues in a circular fashion with access to sites 6 to 16. The road and all campsite parking are covered with small crushed gravel-like rock. Tent areas are mostly dirt and natural debris with some crushed rock. All sites are generally level with room to park two vehicles. Each site has one picnic table; bases are white and formed from concrete; tops are made of heavy planks of wood. Most are in the sun with a possibility of shade at times throughout the day. Each site also has one bear-proof, metal food storage locker. The park is home to many animals, including black bears. All of your food, garbage, cooking equipment, storage containers (e.g. ice chests), and toiletries (soaps, toothpaste, etc.) must be kept in your vehicle or in the bear-resistant locker provided at your campsite. There are tree stumps and logs throughout the meadow and around campsites. Many dead trees stand along and beyond the creek. There are trash and recycling containers in several locations in the campground. The creek is closed to fishing to save and protect native bull trout. Since the campground is alongside Pinnacles Road it is not quiet during the day due to cars traveling to and from Pinnacles Overlook. After sunset when vehicle traffic comes to a halt and sunshine shifts to a starlit sky, and again when quiet hours begin at 10 pm, giving way to the sounds of Lost Creek and the wind, that the campground is quiet.

Mazama Campground

• From the opening date (dependent on snow removal), all accessible sites are first come first serve through June 30. From July through September, all sites are available by reservation only, online (reservation button below). If no tent sites are available, tent campers may reserve an RV site at the posted fee for that site. Parking areas at tent sites cannot accommodate RVs, so RV campers may not rent tent sites. For complete details use the reservation button to go rec.gov or go to the ExplorUS website at https://explorecraterlake.com/stay-at-crater-lake/mazama-campground/.
• Turn right after Annie Creek Entrance Station, onto the main road to Mazama Campground. Stay straight driving past the right turn for the Mazama Village Store. 214 sites are organized on the left-hand side of the road into seven loops lettered A to G, each with a sign identifying the loop location. Travel throughout each loop is one-way in a clockwise direction. At the front of each site is a wooden post with the site number. The sites are dispersed through a forest of lodgepole pines, mountain hemlocks, Shasta red firs, and subalpine firs. Douglas squirrels, gray jays, and Steller’s jays are commonly seen and heard. Each site contains a brown wooden picnic table, a bear-resistant food locker, and a fire ring with a grill. A paved or gravel parking area is provided for cars or an RV. Trash and recycling receptacles are dispersed throughout each loop. The first left turn from the main campground road goes to A-loop with 15 sites including one accessible site, A10. A restroom with running water and flush toilets is near A13, with women on one end of the building and men on the other. A fresh-water spigot is across from the restroom. The second left turn from the main campground road goes to B-loop which has 16 sites including two accessible sites, B1 and B6. There are two restrooms (as previously described) behind sites B5 and B10, and two fresh-water spigots near the restrooms. A right turn at the intersection of loop B goes to the Mazama Village Store, gas pumps, and Annie Creek Restaurant and Gift Shop. The next left is C-loop with 26 sites, two restrooms, and fresh-water spigots at C6 and C19. Directly across from the start of C-loop is the dump station access. Turn right off the main campground road, then take an immediate left to access the dump station. Loop through the dump station area to get back to the main campground road. C-loop is followed by D-loop with 35 sites, one restroom near site D6, and multiple fresh-water spigots throughout the loop. A path between sites D20 and D21 leads to the campground amphitheater. E-loop is the largest loop in the campground with 55 sites, which accommodate tent campers only. There are two restrooms near sites E20 and E47, and multiple fresh-water spigots throughout the loop. Between sites E19 and E21 is a short, gravel access road to the campground amphitheater for park rangers and emergency vehicles, and for visitors walking to or dropping-off. F Loop has 29 sites, and two are accessible, F17 and F21. There is a restroom across from sites F1 and F2, and a restroom with an accessible shower between sites F18 and F22. Multiple fresh-water spigots are located throughout the loop. The end of the main campground road circles through G-loop. This loop has 37 sites with a restroom at the beginning of the loop and multiple fresh-water spigots throughout the loop. From July through early September, rangers present evening programs in the amphitheater, located between D & E loops. There is no parking, including accessible parking, at the amphitheater. Visitors must walk to or be dropped off. Drop-off drivers may use the gravel access road between sites E19 and E21 but cannot park there without the ranger’s permission due to limited space. Unlit walking paths from D & E loop which lead to the front of the outdoor amphitheater are soft soil, not a packed surface. In the amphitheater, lights are on the ground next to the 22 rows of wooden bench seats in three sections from left to right, with wide aisles. Benches face a stage and large movie screen protected within a white structure. There is no designated space for wheelchairs. On the left-hand side of the seating area is a large rock campfire pit, used at the ranger’s discretion. Rangers wear microphones and will try to accommodate any accessible requests brought to their attention. Annie Creek flows through a canyon behind the campground loops and can be heard from several campsites. Annie Creek Trail cuts behind loops C through G with access from the amphitheater or site C11. It is a steep, narrow, dirt path that descends into the canyon following alongside the creek before returning up steep switchbacks.