Trillium Lake Airstrip

Getting to a boondocking place can have a little anxiety that their might not be a spot open but this place has SO many!!! We have a 39ft 5th wheel and there was plenty to choose from (on Friday at 3pm)

I’d say there’s over 30+ spots carved and and probably 15 would fit large rigs!

Seems to be pretty popular spot with the locals - very close to the lake which is beautiful!

Definitely has more of a “party crowd” - wouldn’t call it the most family friendly atmosphere or popular camping spot. (Quite time started at 10pm and music blared from multiple directions until then.)

We didn’t leave anything out while we’re gone - didn’t give that safe family oriented vibe some other spot do!

Rangers do seem to ride by once or twice a day which is nice!

Lots of people letting their dogs roam wherever they pleased if you have pups id keep that in mind! ☺️

Overall we’d come back and stay a night or two if needed! Not our favorite boondocking but accessibility wise definitely better than most!

I travelled here with a 35’ 5th wheel and long bed pickup. This was my first experience with dispersed camping and it was not a great one due to rude and inconsiderate people. I know what proper boondocking etiquette is, but other people did not. One older camper came in and parked their trailer (which could have been a stand in for Walter White’s rig in Breaking Bad) and parked 12’ from me. Their windows were all covered and they left the generator running day and night without being around the trailer. Very strange. A large group of people crowded into a space across the clearing from me and decided to play music very loudly all night for multiple nights. I woke up several times and it was going until 7 am the next day. The heavy base made the dishes in my sink rattle. I did not approach them about it due to concerns about an unfavorable reaction. As other reviews have stated, this is a very dusty camping area which was made worse by people barreling through it. If you went slow, you wouldn’t kick up as much dust to blow on other people. It is a good place for larger rigs. I had no trouble getting into a nice spot and there were multiple other 30’+ rigs there as well. If I was coming back to the area, I would go across Perry Vickers Road where there are sites big enough for larger trailers, you just have to know which entrance to take to get to them (about mid-way across from Trillium Airstrip.) It is a popular place since you can easily hike to Trillium Lake. There is also tons of good hiking in the Mt. Hood area.

This is a very wide open location, suitable for all rig sizes! It is a bit dusty but thats fine for free. Most sites are full shade with some being partial, so if you need solar you will just want to be in the more open common area. Our Verizon internet was plenty fast with 3 bars.
When you come in if you go to the right there are bigger group sites but not as easy for big rigs to get into, if you go to the left there a lot more sites to choose from and bigger rig friendly. Also there is a bike/hike trail near the front on the left side (upon entry) that is about 1 miles to Trillium Lake, From there you can walk the 2 miles around the lake as well.
We used the campground to dump our trash, but didn't look like they had anywhere to dump water/waste unless you were staying there.

This is a spot for all types and sizes of rigs! We had no issues finding a spot for our 42' 5th wheel. This is dry camping, so be prepared!! There is water, trash, and restrooms at the campground down the road. We could not find a dump station in the area.

This is a National Forest area so you can stay up to 14 days. You will be near other people and well....other people can be rude. There were some people up until 3am screaming; we think they were high out of their gords. There was also a truck camper that had his non-muffled generator on until midnight.

There were permanent signs stating that fires are banned. There were a lot of fire pits and thankfully people were respecting the ban. There was a lot of very small pieces of broken glass around the fire pits. The cell phone service was great and perfect for the two of us to be on video calls.

Please, please, please pick up your trash!!