Hebo Lake Campground

Shortly after arrival and camp set up, the occupant of close neighbor campsite 6 turned on his generator (strapped outside on the bumper of his old broken window short school bus remodeled into a residence) and for the next five and a half hours, sent high decibel generator noise into five occupied campsites, disrupting their peaceful afternoon and evening. The generator's racket was loud at the picnic tables of the Group Shelter, campsites 3, 4, 5, 6 (the school bus), 7 (me), and 8. Unacceptable policy to enable and support one inconsiderate generator equipped camper to disrupt and disturb that many non-generator campers who seek out Hebo Campground for it's absence of electrical connections and look forward to a quiet camp stay in the forest amid wildlife. I know that some national campsites/forests restrict access to generators, and time for Suislaw Forest /Hebo Campground to do that too.

We love this campsite, and have for many years! Our most recent trip was poor due to a large group of children camping and fishing with their families. These kids were screaming constantly at the fishing platforms, starting at 8:30am. The parents did nothing and the new camp host was nowhere to be seen. We actually left a night early because of the noise.

Everyone was very nice and helpful. I loved the camp site

One of the most beautiful camp grounds! Absolutely loved it

We stayed in site 05, which was a delightfully fully enclosed by trees site. We couldn't see the other sites, however the parking for 4, 5, and 6 are very tight, so we ended up double parking our cars. The lake itself is small but absolutely brimming with critters- we caught newts, watched a bald eagle catch a fish, and listened to what I think is possibly the entire state of Oregon's breeding frog population ribbitting their little hearts out at night. Loud, but added a great charm to the site. There's a little .5 mi trail around the lake, which was a nice after dinner walk. The lake also has a trailhead for a longer hike, which we did about 4 miles of and it was a lot of cool ferns and trees.
Bathrooms were decently clean, parking was a bit tight, but overall I would absolutely recommend this campground. It's also only 30 mins to the coast! Had a wonderful time!

We had site 4 and it was huge and private. Gorgeous scenery and lots of birds and animals to watch. We didn't bring our fishing poles but there were tons of fish jumping in the lake. The only things to know before coming is make sure you bring your own drinking water and firewood. If anybody in your party gets car sick, you'll want to be prepared for that as the road up to the site is very windy. The drive is worth it though

We had site 4 and it was huge and private. Gorgeous scenery and lots of birds and animals to watch. We didn't bring our fishing poles but there were tons of fish jumping in the lake. The only things to know before coming is make sure you bring your own drinking water and firewood. If anybody in your party gets car sick, you'll want to be prepared for that as the road up to the site is very windy. The drive is worth it though

This gem is being overused, evidenced from the volume of fishing line fragments hanging from trees, trapping wildlife, to the bobbers and litter keeping the hosts busy. It is small enough that the experience will be largely influenced by the behavior of others who are also camping, like loud and unaware campers. Experiences may vary.

This gem is being overused, evidenced from the volume of fishing line fragments hanging from trees, trapping wildlife, to the bobbers and litter keeping the hosts busy. It is small enough that the experience will be largely influenced by the behavior of others who are also camping, like loud and unaware campers. Experiences may vary.

Very nice campground, check in process is truly unbelievable.

Upon arriving at this somewhat remote forest campground, you'll be informed by the camp host, who is a live person, I'm assuming being paid to be there, that they cannot give you a reservation or take your money. You have to get on your phone, which does not have service and scan a QR code, which does not work without phone service. You can drive around the area trying to get 1 bar of coverage on your phone so you can call a recreation.gov phone number, and wait on hold to make a reservation. What a system!