Driftwood Campground - Deschutes

We love camping at Driftwood. The views and being lakefront is the best!

We stayed 2 nights. It was close to the Tam McArthur trail head. There was a little shop open for ice & sprays & things. We had 2 great flat clear spots for tent set up. There was a picnic table though it was showing its wear & not quite level. It was a 3-5 min walk to the bathroom which was very clean & filled with TP. Being on the lakeshore was nice & we loved watching the fish jump in the morning. The hike to the car from the tent sites was a mild trek & a little steep. It was only maybe a minute but made you calculate your trips in terms of maximizing efficiency & oxygen use.

The site I reserved was pretty open and really had no shade, so I won't get that one again. I've been going to Three Creeks for 30 years and was disappointed that they did not address garbage, the bathrooms and recycling the 4 days I was there, it was all overflowing and no toilet paper. Keep in mind when you reserve the back loop and sites are slanted to get to your spot from the road.

Beautiful lakeside view with quiet camping. The terrain to lug down camping supplies was quite the workout.

Shame that the services have been so cut back. No toilet paper for days. Bathrooms not cleaned. No sight of a campground host and trash piling up. I have been going to this lake for 58 years and it’s appalling that for 30 or so bucks a night you get nothing. The fishing was fun, hated the unleashed dogs all over the place. Asked a guy if his unleashed dog was ok with me walking past with my leashed dog. He said yes and of course his dog attacked ours. The hiking is nice but for that you have to have a permit now and they do check on that issue. Beautiful place but it’s not being taken care for.

When we arrived, we discovered our site was
1. occupied by someone else
2. much too sloped for an RV to park in
3. our name/info were nowhere on the registration post.
So we went elsewhere.

The site location was neither close to parking, nor the lake. It was on a significant slope that didn’t really allow for any spot to put a tent flat. Most annoyingly, there was a sizable downed tree between the site and parking, forcing you to squeeze around it.

There is not a lot of shade in site #4, so some sort of shade for the picnic table was very helpful. lots of places for a tent and parking fits a 24 ft trailer easy. Easy access to hikes from campsite. Beautiful view and access to lake.

Noisy and inconsidetate neighbors talking loudly around the campfire til midnight the last night and the campspot next door had confusion between an on - line reservation (the late night talkers) and one made at the sign at the entrance to the campground. There wer a lot of pull behind trailers at this tent only place too,,,,,

Beautiful peaceful lake, and lovely upper lake nearby to walk around. Site 17 nd other upper level Driftwood sites are steep, so hard work setting up and taking down camping gear, but worth the effort for the beautiful set-up.