About Poole Creek
Number of accommodations: 61
Campground Amenities
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Potable Water -
Lake Access
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
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Reviews (108)
What Guests Are Saying
Poole Creek Campground serves as an excellent base for exploring Crater Lake, with a peaceful family-friendly atmosphere and attentive camp hosts. Many visitors appreciate the clean facilities, spacious campsites, and beautiful views of Lemolo Lake, making it a popular destination for summer camping and water activities. However, some guests noted issues with restroom cleanliness, noise from neighboring campers, and challenges with the reservation system, indicating room for improvement in certain areas.
What Guests Are Saying
Poole Creek Campground serves as an excellent base for exploring Crater Lake, with a peaceful family-friendly atmosphere and attentive camp hosts. Many visitors appreciate the clean facilities, spacious campsites, and beautiful views of Lemolo Lake, making it a popular destination for summer camping and water activities. However, some guests noted issues with restroom cleanliness, noise from neighboring campers, and challenges with the reservation system, indicating room for improvement in certain areas.
Review Summary
Jared B
VerifiedDecember 18, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 027, Loop: POOLE CREEK
great home base for crater lake and the surrounding.
Drew L
VerifiedNovember 5, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 008, Loop: POOLE CREEK
Great peaceful family environment. Camp hosts were great! We have been camping there for the last 6 to 8 years and enjoy our summers there meeting family and friends.
Tim R
VerifiedSeptember 28, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 008, Loop: POOLE CREEK
One of the best run and best managed USFS campgrounds in the country! The hosts were also friendly and were very attentive to everything in the campground. We will definitely be back next year!
Steven S
VerifiedSeptember 28, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 001, Loop: POOLE CREEK
Great spots, very clean, and wonderful location. Caught a night the day before seasonal closure and it was beautiful!
Tim W
VerifiedSeptember 21, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 028, Loop: POOLE CREEK
Beautiful campground. Easy to get to Crater Lake and see all the great waterfalls in the forest. Camp hosts were nice and helpful!
Javier M
VerifiedSeptember 9, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 022, Loop: POOLE CREEK
Almos everything good except the restrooms really bad.
bob h
VerifiedSeptember 3, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 005, Loop: POOLE CREEK
We hope that your reservation system works better next year. We always book 6 months in advance.
When friends or family have checked to reserve sites 2-3 weeks before arrival dates the system shows X a lot of times.
When arriving to campground there's sites available. What does the X mean?? Can you explain this.
The camp host this year did a good job.
Karen P
VerifiedAugust 31, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 054, Loop: POOLE CREEK
This is a pretty nice campground and we had a spot on the 3rd level; where most of the spots are doubles so quite a bit more money but as it turned out, worth the extra because our area was quiet as opposed to the lower areas closer to the lake were quite noisy.
Sonya P
VerifiedAugust 24, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 059, Loop: POOLE CREEK
Poole Creek was surprisingly pleasant, lemolo lake was so beautiful with white cliffs and theilsen in the background. We enjoyed swimming around the boat dock, walking to the dam and looking at the stars on the dock at night. Good campground location to check out crater lake was well. If we had more time it looked fun to paddle board and kayak around too. The bathrooms were clean, toilet paper stocked but no hand sanitizer. Campsite 59 is posted as a double-site but it was on a slant and only had 2 areas good for tents. We had to move a down tree from an area to find a βflatβ spot. It did had 2 tables, good shade, near a bathroom but def not the best ground
George M
VerifiedAugust 21, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 016, Loop: POOLE CREEK
Awesome place to camp! We had so much fun and there is lots to do!
Location Poole Creek
Address:
2020 Toketee Ranger Station Road
Idleyld Park, OR, 97447
United States
From Roseburg, OR, travel east on OR-138 / NE Diamond Lake Boulevard for approximately 72 miles, turn left onto Forest Road 2610 (Bird's Point Road). Proceed 4 miles and turn right at the Poole Creek Campground sign. The campground is located on the west shore of Lemolo Lake. Turn right after the fee station for the group site.
Latitude & Longitude: 43.31 / -122.2
Elevation: 1285 feet
Policies & Rules
| Category | About |
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Some individual sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservable and first-come first-serve sites are mixed throughout the campground. |
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Click here for more information about Umpqua National Forest |
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Don't Move Firewood: Please protect Pacific Northwest forests by preventing the spread of invasive species. Firewood can carry insects and diseases that can threaten the health of our western forests. You can make a difference by obtaining and burning your firewood near your camping destination. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information. |
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Extra vehicle fee $5 per vehicle per night |
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No horses or stock allowed at the group site |
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Maximum vehicle length: 35 feet |
