Oregon · Campground directory

Campgrounds in or near John Day, OR

The official directory lists 13 reservable campgrounds with John Day as their location. When they sell out, cancellations return to the official calendar unannounced — we watch around the clock and text you the second a matching site opens.

🏕️ 13 campgrounds 📍 John Day, OR

Reservable campgrounds in or near John Day

CampgroundPark / areaSites
Magone Lake CampgroundMalheur National Forest21 sites
Parish Cabin CampgroundMalheur National Forest17 sites
Starr CampgroundMalheur National Forest11 sites
Middle Fork CampgroundMalheur National Forest10 sites
Dixie CampgroundMalheur National Forest9 sites
Lower Camp Creek CampgroundMalheur National Forest6 sites
Wickiup CampgroundMalheur National Forest6 sites
Deerhorn CampgroundMalheur National Forest5 sites
Magone LakeMalheur National Forest2 sites
Deer Creek Guard Station CabinMalheur National Forest1 sites
Fall Mountain Lookout CabinMalheur National Forest1 sites
Murderers Creek Guard StationMalheur National Forest1 sites
Sunshine Guard StationMalheur National Forest1 sites

Listings use the city recorded for each campground in the official Recreation Information Database (RIDB) — a campground listed here is in or near John Day, which is why this page says "in or near."

How itOpened watches John Day

Pick a campground above and set a free watch on it. We scan the official Recreation.gov calendar around the clock; the second a site matching your dates and equipment opens, you get a text with a direct link to that exact site. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell anything — monitoring is all we do, and it's what your fee pays for.

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Campground facts come from the official directory listings; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.