Cold Creek Campground

Just spent four nights at Cold springs campground just outside of Sisters Oregon with my mountain bike team. This campground is 5 mi outside of town. The McKenzie highway that runs to the campground was recently paved and is very smooth and great for bikes. We were able to ride the two and a half miles into the high school and enjoy the jump track our first afternoon there. Additionally there are... Just spent four nights at Cold springs campground just outside of Sisters Oregon with my mountain bike team. This campground is 5 mi outside of town. The McKenzie highway that runs to the campground was recently paved and is very smooth and great for bikes. We were able to ride the two and a half miles into the high school and enjoy the jump track our first afternoon there. Additionally there are service roads that lead to trails right from the campsite. That was a bonus for us. The campsite itself is one big paved loop. Some of the campsites are pretty small and wouldn't work for tents and others were quite large and worked well for multiple tents. There are pit toilets and potable water, the water is pretty yellow though so we only used it for washing hands and dishes. The campground itself is beautiful as it is filled with ponderosa pine and small aspen trees. The wind blows through the trees in the evening creating a very soothing white noise. And it is overall a very quiet campground where they definitely observe quiet hours. There are garbage bins on site for refuse. The camp manager was very friendly and would check in on us occasionally to see if there was anything we needed. Overall I give this campsite a 5 for the beauty, the accessibility with the distance from town that creates a quiet campground, and the access to the trails. It is a little remote and doesn't have showers so just be aware of that. We did drive into town and use the public showers that fed off quarters.

Had a great experience here recently. Camp hosts were amazing. Very friendly and informative about the area. The grounds and toilets were very clean. The creek lives up to its name. It's cold enough that you can feel a difference in the ambient temp when you walk by it. Most sites are RV friendly, but there were no generators running at night. Most sites are pretty private, but if you are l... Had a great experience here recently. Camp hosts were amazing. Very friendly and informative about the area. The grounds and toilets were very clean. The creek lives up to its name. It's cold enough that you can feel a difference in the ambient temp when you walk by it. Most sites are RV friendly, but there were no generators running at night. Most sites are pretty private, but if you are looking for more privacy, I recommend the west side of the loop. There are some ATV/OHV trails that border the campground, and one afternoon there was some loud dirtbike noise, but it was short lived. Noise from the 242 highway is almost non-existent. Some Verizon cell signal. Not enough for much beyond texts and email, but great for checking in. I already have my next stay booked. Great campground find.

I noticed an unattended fire and proceeded to go tell the camp host. Talk about rude!!!!! He was sitting outside in a popup canopy. When I parked, I hopped out and started to say “you have an unattended fire” when I was aggressively and rudely cut off “I’M ON BREAK! EVERYTHING IS IN THE SIGN!!” “But sir, you have an…” “EVERYTHING IS IN THE SIGN!! I’M!! ON!! BREAK!!!” Ok, maybe you don’t care... I noticed an unattended fire and proceeded to go tell the camp host. Talk about rude!!!!! He was sitting outside in a popup canopy. When I parked, I hopped out and started to say “you have an unattended fire” when I was aggressively and rudely cut off “I’M ON BREAK! EVERYTHING IS IN THE SIGN!!” “But sir, you have an…” “EVERYTHING IS IN THE SIGN!! I’M!! ON!! BREAK!!!” Ok, maybe you don’t care about the forest burning down but considering we were just dealing with evacuations and a fire spanning 20,000+ acres, I do care. I had to call the forest service as well as 911 because there’s no number available for the company that manages these campgrounds. And as someone who has been a camp host several times, I understand not wanting to be bothered on your time off but if it’s something that is an emergency or could be very dangerous, I’d expect them to care. The company that runs these campgrounds is a JOKE!!!