Oxbow Regional Park — Attraction in Oregon

Gorgeous park, friendly staff, clean bathrooms and hot showers with great pressure. I'll definitely be back in the future.

My Gf and I were looking for a place to stay so we checked out Ainsworth campground but it was full! We did some research and found oxbow only 30 minutes away. We called around 7:30pm to make sure they still had sites available. Jenna had answered and assured us there were sites available. When we arrived she went over the process with us with a welcoming smile :).

We stayed at campground 29 next to the restrooms and showers. The next morning we decided we would stay another night so we asked if site 29 was still available and it was so we requested it again. After we had finished exploring Portland we decided to head back to camp. When we arrived to site 29 someone had taken it over. Lol someone straight up took our campsite over. They didn't even pay or check in at the office. When I went to the office I explained to jenna about what had happened and she radioed in to a ranger to check out why those people are on site 29. As my gf and I were waiting we drove by site 29 and the people had left to go swimming or something but all their camp gear and tent were still setup. We saw the rangers there looking for them but they couldn't really do anything until the showed up back to camp. It was getting late and we were hungry so we just decided to get another campsite. Jenna apologized for everything and checked us in to a different site and even gave us our money back for the inconvenience. I'm truly happy with the customer service this facility has and the staff that works here are friendly and great! Jenna is awesome!

The only cons I have is gates glose at sunset so that means if you're not back by sunset you're locked out. Until 7am next morning. No alcohol allowed either.

Other than that great park and I'll definitely be back! So glad we...

Park has variety of recreational opportunities including open and covered picnic areas, campgrounds, play structures, trails for hiking, bicycling or horseback riding, beaches for fishing, and a boat launch. Restrooms with pit or flush toilets are available in various locations. Those we looked in were clean and well maintained. Parking appeared to be mostly gravel. Fee is $5 per car. There is a self pay machine at the entrance station. It is supposed to take cash or credit card. It crumbled and returned the two bills I tried to insert several times. A credit card took about 6 attempts with "unable to read". The person before me took 3 attempts with a credit card. A receipt is issued to put on your dash board. Free brochures for day use and camping are available at the entrance station. Trails are dirt or gravel. Trails are unmarked. There are maps posted at some of the trailheads. No signs at trail intersections indicating name of trail, destination or distance. Some trails are not on the map. Single letter trail marker signs are in several locations that can help find your location in conjunction with the map. Some trails are not open to horses or bicycles. Pets are not allowed. Cell service is spotty. A few emergency phones are provided. There were a lot of water spigots around, some in odd places. Some worked, some did not. Campgrounds and picnic areas had bbq's and a table. The trail on the south side of the road passes through forests covered in moss. The trail north of the road has great views of the...

Beautiful park, very scenic. Lots of moss covered trees, clean campsites, and saw wildlife between the campground and the welcome center.

We camped just one night, and were aware that the park may close the gate at dusk, but so glad we arrived earlier than expected because once we got there, the sign said gate opens at 6:30 am and closes at 8:00 pm. We set up camp, went out to meet a friend for dinner, and barely got back in time. Sunset was closer to 9.

Make sure you are aware of the gate closing time as there is no way to get back into the park after the gate closes. The campground is a good 2 miles from the gate.

Other than that, we didn’t see anyone patrolling the park at all, and most bathrooms were not stocked well. The pit toilets were typical pit toilets (didn’t feel clean) but had toilet paper and hand sanitizer. The flush toilets had toilet paper but only one of four had soap. Didn’t use the showers but one was out of order. Same with bathrooms.

We also visited the welcome center before leaving and the woman at the desk was very helpful. She gave the kids stickers too! We used the restroom there and it was out of toilet paper, so we had to ask for some at the desk.

Good experience other than the soap/toilet paper not being stocked and the loud people in the campground late into the night. No one was enforcing quiet hours so...